Weddings for Grownups: Everything You Need to Know to Plan Your Wedding Your Way

by Carroll Stoner

Carroll Stoner broke new ground with the original edition of Weddings for Grownups, the first wedding planner for real people. Over 21,000 copies later, thousands of brides and grooms, including second- and third-timers, have turned to this practical manual for common sense and creative ideas. With this expanded edition, Weddings for Grownups becomes even more indispensable -- now complete with a full range of checklists to speed engaged couples through every part of the planning process. This invaluable sourcebook offers a new way to discover a personal wedding style and provides an abundance of terrific ideas to make every wedding special. With a newly designed cover and a still-appealing retail price, Weddings for Grownups will continue to be the planner of choice for brides of every kind.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1993

Reviews

[Sarah Schieffer Riehl]

The underlying message of this book is that no matter how much money you don't have, you can create your own satisfactory wedding experience. To accomplish this you make a list of the wedding features that are important or not to you (time of day, live music, fancy dress, etc), and shop for vendors based on your actual budget and your desires, not someone else's expectations of what is "wedding".

Sure the book was written before the internets, but if you're under 50 you know enough about the internets yourself to discover options for websites, photo hosting, electronic RSVPs, etc with some help from your friend Google. The principles expressed in this book, using your own judgment and having the tenacity to dig up vendors with your style and price point, are even more helpful and important with the explosion of vendor exposure in this the age of internets.

This book helped me relax and enjoy planning my wedding.

[Stephanie]

This book is aimed at "mature brides" - apparently this means over the age of 26 - and the message of this book is "it's OK to do what you want". A gift from my friend T. We got some interesting ideas from this but to be honest it is a little outdated in terms of research and communication. (It's pre-internet, and it shows: one suggestion is to hire a secretary from an agency to compile our wedding guest list from our Rolodex. NO REALLY.)