Check List for a Perfect Wedding

by Barbara Lee Follett

The guide for brides-to-be for more than thirty years, with over a million copies sold, this priceless organizer moves step-by-step from engagement to honeymoon. Revised and updated for a new generation of brides and their mothers.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

Reviews

[Danette · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book utilizes a checklist system for working through the wedding tasks. It is VERY dated - I kept reading because it was so entertaining. For instance, I learned that gloves are not appropriate for a home wedding and the rules for monograms on your sheets and personal stationery. It also seemed geared more to upper-middle-class suburbanites - you can ask if your club has facilities for a reception. :)
Recommended by a friend who swears by the list system.
I read in one evening and did come away with a handful of ideas to talk about with my daughter.

2021 A book of your choice

[Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unexpectedly delightful! Read more as cultural anthropology than a practical guide, but it could honestly be pretty useful! Charming deprecations of ushers and insistence on timely guest list creation provide bits of humour in what it otherwise a very kind-hearted, open-minded guide. Lovely way to pass an afternoon with a friend who is getting married.

[Kaethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I looked at a lot of books before the wedding, and this one was the most useful format for me. But I was never very interested in wedding planning, and left most of it to the Spouse and my mom and his mom.