For the first time, the #1 wedding website, The Knot, has compiled all their essential planning tools--and dozens of new ideas--into this beautiful wedding organizer binder. Inside you will find: Detailed timelines and worksheets for scheduling and budgeting Planning and money-saving tips on everything from the dress to the music to the reception decor 8 tabbed dividers packed with visual inspiration, including more than 100 color photos of centerpieces, table settings, favors, and more A perforated color swatch page for mixng and matching your own wedding palette Ideas for the twenty-first century bride, including how to use mobile and online tools for maximum convenience Extensive information on choosing your vendors, including checklists of key questions to ask Pockets for collecting inspiring tearsheets, important contracts, and business cards The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner & Organizer is an indispensible resource--and a lovely keepsake after the meaningful, joyful, and customized celebration you're sure to have.

Discusses proposals, engagements, prenuptial festivities, vows, and contracts, and surveys matrimonial traditions of other places and times

Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood style reception, Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted with the nuances of traditional nuptials. So, she chose to take a walk off the beaten aisle and embrace the nontraditional bride within. Shortly after her 2004 matrimony, Stallings began searching for other brides whose ceremonies defied age-old traditions and reflected who they are. From there, she developed the idea for a guide for the offbeat couple. Offbeat Bride validates choosing the funky, different, and offbeat over the traditional choices. This guide is filled with sidebars, tips, tricks, and planner encouragement — all taffeta-free — to help each bride figure out her special day. This updated second edition features new content, including a chapter on budget weddings in today's weak economy.

"With reality tv shows, glossy bridal magazines, and fanciful Pinterest boards leading the way, it can be easy for a recently engaged couple to slide from wedding planning into wedding madness. Inspiration and ideas abound; what couples really need is clear guidance on how to assess this information and sort the useful from the disastrous. Enter A Practical Wedding Planner, the (practical) companion volume to A Practical Wedding. Meg Keene walks couples through planning, from the big picture down to the nitty-gritty details. In her characteristic seasoned, sassy style, Keene offers no-nonsense guidance for planning a dream wedding on a real budget. "--

A valuable wedding planning handbook from the experts at TheKnot.com is filled with dozens of essential timelines, tools, checklists, and tips designed to help the bride-to-be design, organize, and prepare for the wedding of her dreams, with a minimum of fuss and hassle. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Covering everything from bouquets to boutonnieres, this lavishly illustrated handbook provides a wealth of practical information on everything a bride needs to know to select the right flowers for her wedding, along with advice on how to work with a florist, step-by-step directions for creating one's own arrangements, a glossary of floral terminology, and more.

The experts at Cook's Illustrated are well-versed in what it takes to scale down recipes without sacrificing flavor. It turns out it's not as easy as simply cutting a recipe in half; recipes need to be entirely reworked--a challenge America's Test Kitchen has embraced and mastered. Here, we have gathered 75 of our best recipes to help small households get delicious dinners on the table every night. Who better than America's Test Kitchen to help you cook dinner when there's just two of you? For decades, the rule of thumb for recipes has been "serves 4 to 6," or even more. But small households, newlyweds, empty nesters, college students, and other two-person families still want to cook great dinners without days of leftovers. The 75 appealing recipes in this book aren't just scaled down--they're re-engineered from the ground up using creative techniques. We take out all the guesswork so you're guaranteed perfect results every time. From cheesy Lasagna, which we cook in a loaf pan, to Juicy Pub-Style Burgers, where we grind the perfect amount of meat ourselves for optimal flavor, this collection truly represents the best dinners for two.

Insanity-free solutions for a beautiful, meaningful wedding that reflects your taste (and your budget), from the creator of APracticalWedding.com