Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: IDG Books; 1st edition October 5, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764552635
ISBN-13: 978-0764552632
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Product Review
If you're planning a wedding, accept it now--there's a ton of details mucking up the happy path to the altar. There is so much on your mind that it's easy to freeze up and forget everything, or go crazy and paper the house with cryptic post-it notes. "After all," say authors Marcy Blum and Laura Fisher Kaiser, "a wedding is a complex affair to orchestrate, and keeping track of all those details, phone calls, expenses, and decisions is a job and a half." Organization is key. Wedding Kit for Dummies breaks the whole planning process down for you with a series of questions, charts, and spreadsheets. Intended as a companion piece to Weddings for Dummies, this book does not help you word your invitations or tell you where your step-grandmother should be seated. Rather, it helps you knowledgeably talk with your stationer (How much extra are the vellum invites? Should the date be written out or numeric?) and helps you chart who will escort whom down the aisle and when.
Weddings can be ridiculously complicated, and almost everyone involved--especially the bride--is running on high. Wedding Kit for Dummies aims to lessen the stress with its comprehensive checklists, examples of contracts (for the caterer, hotel, flowers, DJ, etc.), and Excel spreadsheets (invitation list, RSVP list, budget tracker). Included is a CD-ROM that prints out hard copies of the lists and runs the spreadsheets (you'll need Windows 95 or later or Mac OS 7.5.5 or later to use the CD). And since so many couples plan on using the Internet, Wedding Kit for Dummies includes the Web addresses of many wedding-oriented sites. --Dana Van Nest
From Library Journal
This book/CD-ROM package from the authors of Weddings for DummiesR is not a repeat of previous information but rather a collection, with cross references, of resources and tools for executing the ideas presented in the earlier title. Templates for worksheets, forms, and checklists will help couples track expenses, fine-tune guest lists, negotiate contracts, and compare vendors and sites. These are intended to be generic enough for couples to personalize and customize for their own situation.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
