Wedding Related Books

Here are a bunch of wedding-related books to help you plan your wedding. I have only personally viewed a few of these.

• 1001 ways to save money on your wedding
• A Bride's Book of Wedding Traditions by Arlene Hamilton Stewart -- explains the origins and reasons for many wedding customs
• A Bride's Bouquet -- 'A Celebration of Marriage in Prose and Poetry'
• A Groom of One's Own by Mimi Pond, Penguin Books, 1993; humorous and realistic viewpoint
• A little book of Irish toasts
• Bridal Bargains (Secrets to Throwing a Fantastic Wedding on a Realistic Budget) by Denise and Alan Fields (Windsor Peak Press); B. Dalton 1-800-888-0385
• Bridal Flowers by Maria McBride-Mellinger
• Bride's Guide to Emotional Survival by Rita Bigel-Casher, C.S.W., Ph.D., Prima Press
• Colette's Wedding Cakes by Colette Peters, a baker in Greenwich Village -- cakes ranging from traditional to unique; recipes divided by season; detailed instructions/recipes provided
• Craft an Elegant Wedding by Naomi Baker and Tammy Young (ISBN: 0-8019-8575-7, $17.95)
• Documents of the Marriage Liturgy by Searle, Mark and Kenneth W. Stevenson.
• English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century by Cunnington, published by Dover Books -- good pictures for how to wear long hair
• Far and Away Weddings, published by Windsor Peak Press, $8.95
• For as Long as We Both Shall Live by Roger Fritts -- guide to wedding ceremonies; explains each part of the service and has suggested wordings, including a section on lighting a unity candle and writing your own vows, also where readings and music are traditionally incorporated into the ceremony and a short section with various traditional and not-so-traditional readings
• For The Bride by Deb McCoy
• Gift Wraps, Baskets and Bows by Mary Norden -- has instructions for creative bows, boxes, and guest favors
• Honeymoons: A romantic travel guide, Gorgeous escapes in the US and Abroad by Elizabeth Harryman and Paul Lasley
• How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget by Diane Warner -- has instructions on how to make pew bows among a zillion other great $saving hints
• How to Have the Wedding You Want (Not the One Everybody Else Wants You to Have) by Danielle Claro
• I Do. A Guide to Creating Your Own Unique Wedding Ceremony by Sydney Barbara Metrick -- helpful in creating own ceremony, especially non-religious
• I Will Never Leave You, How Couples Can Achieve the Power of Lasting Love by Hugh and Gayle Prather -- wonderful for pre-marital reflection
• Interfaith Wedding Ceremonies -- published by Dovetail Books, Joan Hawxhurst, ed.; contains sample ceremonies as well as general advice
• Into the Garden, A Wedding Anthology edited by Robert Haas and Stephen Mitchell -- lots of readings/ceremony writing ideas - tons of great poems
• Love Is a Decision by Gary Smalley (good practical suggestions for having a strong, loving marriage and family)
• Marriage is a Promise of Love -- a collection of poems, Edited by Susan Polis Schutz
• Marry Like a Man -- a good book just for the groom!
• New Traditions by Susan Abel Lieverman, HarperCollins, 1991; practical ideas on how to create/revive traditions/family rituals
• Planning a Wedding to Remember by Beverly Clark -- has checklists and workbooks to help with those details!
• Planning a Wedding with Divorced Parents -- discusses situations such as parents remarried, but don't get along, "controversial" step-parent, parents divorced but do get along, etc. Sections on rehearsal dinner/reception w/ detailed seating charts. Also anticipates some sticky situations you might not think of.
• Scripture at Weddings by Graziano Marcheschi, Liturgical Training Publications
• The Best 637 Things Ever Said -- it's arranged by topic; check out the love and marriage quotes
• The Bride Did WHAT?! by Martha Woodham
• The Bride's Guide to Wedding Toasts by publishers of Bride's magazine
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Wedding by Teddy Lenderman -- Good budget worksheets, checklists, etc., plus a section called "Help, My Mother is Driving Me Crazy!"
• The Everything Wedding Vows Book: Anything and everything you could possibly say at the altar - and then some by Janet Anastasio & Michelle Bevilacqua, published by Bob Adams, Inc.; has several outlines for ways to write your own vows as well as suggestions for vows and poems and quotes
• The Good Marriage by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee -- good insights on marriage
• The Groom's Survival Manual by Michael Perry, Pocket Books, 1991; humorous and realistic viewpoint
• The Irish Wedding Book by Kim McGuire, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1994.
• The Longest Aisle -- An Offbeat Guide to Wedding Planning by Richard Mintzer, Citadel Press, 1994
• The Sides of Love by Gary Smalley (good practical suggestions for having a strong, loving marriage and family)
• The Wedding Organizer by Di Ana Ford, LifeStyles Publications (407/292-6250), $22.95, ISBN #: 1-887533-03-6; "A complete step-by-step guide to planning your wedding. This handy 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" notebook contains over 250 pages of worksheets, checklists and forms conveniently divided into 15 tabbed sections."
• There's No Such Thing As a Perfect Wedding by Margaret Bigger, Down Home Press, 1991; Collection of true wedding tales - hilarious; great ideas for rehearsal dinner speeches.
• Together For Life -- contains scripture readings, texts for the marriage rite; The author/editor is Joseph M. Champlin and it's published by Ave Maria Press in Notre Dame, IN.
• To Woo and to Wed -- book of poetry
• Weddings by Martha Stewart
• Weddings/A Complete Guide to All Religious and Interfaith Marriage Services by Abraham Klausner, Signet Books, 1986; informative and useful for mixed marriages
• Wedding Ceremonies: Planning Your Special Day -- (Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.)
• Weddings for Grownups by Carroll Stoner
• Weddings from the Heart by Kingma (I think) -- contains vows,readings, convocations, etc.
• Wedding Readings by Eleanor Munro -- poems and excerpts from larger works, both religious and secular
• Wedding Toasts and Speeches by Jo Packham