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The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way
The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way

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Author: Kelly Bare
Creator: Natalie Zee Drieu
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book

List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 6 reviews

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 180
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.7

ISBN: 0811857840
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5941
EAN: 9780811857840

Publication Date: November 29, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - Has remainder mark. Fast shipping from trusted wholesaler with many exclusive publisher contracts.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Goodbye, caterers. So long, wedding coordinators. Here is the bride's guide to thinking outside that robin's egg blue wedding-industry box. In this, the only comprehensive do-it-yourself wedding book, you ll find everything you need to pull off a personalized celebration. No cookie-cutter weddings here! With how-to info on flowers, invites, food, the ceremony, and more, The DIY Wedding makes it easy to spend less and create an event that is entirely original. Inspiring ideas, countless resources, budgeting tips, contract templates, plus start-to-finish projects ease the planning pressure.


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3 out of 5 stars Good for beginning crafters, o.k. for the more experienced   August 7, 2008
This book inspired me to create my own stationary for my wedding, but didn't do much besides that. I was already planning to make my own gown and decorations and there aren't very many suggestions on those topics.

I think for brides like me, who are already crafty and have ideas for their weddings, this book would be fun to skim at a bookstore, but it isn't essential. For brides who want to take on some diy projects and don't know where to begin, this book could be worth buying.



3 out of 5 stars Too vague with very few suggestions   June 17, 2008
I was hoping for more (or less).

There weren't enough new and helpful suggestions - much of the advice was of the sort I've read in magazines. There wasn't much in the way of resources, and just a scattering of recipes and step-by-step instructions - with very few illustrations!

It wasn't at all about a budget (When in doubt, always buy more flowers! I think she uses the phrase "go overboard"), and it made a rather weak attempt at suggesting a few "green" ways of doing things (Use recycled paper!).

But it wasn't very general either. It didn't have any real underlying message, and it wasn't very fun to read.

As for indie? Eh. I highly recommend "Offbeat Bride" by Ariel Meadow Stallings. Less concrete suggestions, but a heck of a lot more inspiration.



5 out of 5 stars Love it!   April 3, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book is full of ideas and breaks the whole DIY wedding planning into parts I felt I could really handle. We're planning a smaller wedding at my parent's home and I'd have to agree with another reviewer that this book really speaks to those who don't want an outlandishly large ultra formal wedding. I enjoyed the book. I DON'T think everything in the book was super obvious information. Also, the resource links were handy. :D


2 out of 5 stars Not very "DIY", advice felt too obvious   February 22, 2008
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book didn't end up being what I was looking for in a do-it-yourself (DIY) wedding book. There are a few suggestions of specific projects - flower arrangements and snack mix for guests - but not as much as I was hoping for in 180 pages.

Also, many of the suggestions seemed too obvious to me. "You don't have to buy a new wedding dress - check vintage shops and thrift stores." And there is hardly any discussion of choosing where to have the event, a huge omission.

This book is definitely not what I was looking for in a wedding guide. For real DIY projects, I recommend The DIY Bride: 40 Fun Projects for Your Ultimate One-of-a-Kind Wedding instead.



5 out of 5 stars Awsome!!   February 10, 2008
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

After buying some other wedding books and quickly returning I was feeling that I would be unable to find a book that was catering to my non traditional needs. I was marryed last year with my friends at city hall and on our one year aniversry I want to have the "wedding" I did not do last year with my family. I am a very creative person and was planning on utalizing that to have a low cost DIY wedding, but to tell you the truth I was totaly over whelmed and had no idea where to really start. The fun stuff like dress shopping, invitations, location, and honeymoon were taken care of but there is a lot more to this. After opening this book and reading the first couple pages I felt so much more centered and sure I could have a 60 person wedding on a $3000 budget. Like the other reviewer I would say this is the bible of wedding planning and if you are planning a small non traditional wedding this is a must!

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