A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

This guide covers every step needed to produce beautiful digital wedding albums. Photographers learn what images to shoot for creative designs, how to work with couples to select album images, and all the Photoshop shortcuts and design strategies needed to quickly create professional-looking albums. Tutorials show readers how to recreate the award-winning album pages shown in the illustrations.

Grandma shows Emily and Michael the photograph album with pictures from her wedding. Includes wedding traditions from many different cultures.

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Rapunzel, Belle, Tiana, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Jasmine, and Snow White describe their beautiful royal weddings, detailing the proposals, wedding gowns, guest lists, and cake.

Maci Bookout’s storybook romance with Taylor McKinney has culminated in a beautiful wedding—and now you can color it! From the ceremony at the Honey Lake Plantation Church to the elegant reception, The Maci and Taylor Wedding Album features all the unforgettable moments from Maci’s special day. Color in the bride and groom as they share their first kiss as husband and wife. Join Maci and Taylor as they have their first dance and cut the cake—not to mention the garter toss! Come join Maci Bookout and her new husband Taylor McKinney as they celebrate their marriage! The Maci and Taylor Wedding Album features 30 colorable single-sided illustrations.

If you and your partner have always dreamed of whisking yourselves away to say 'I do' in the most imitate and authentic setting, then you've landed in the right place. The Elopement Experience is your step-by-step guide to help you plan, prepare and most importantly, pull-off a seamless and stress free elopement wedding. Divided into 9 key chapters, this eBook is brimming with tips, expert advice, couple case studies and stunning imagery to keep your inspired, motivated and on-track every step of the way. In this book, you will learn If eloping is the right choice for you. The different wedding ceremony options. Whether you should DIY the day or hire a planner. The top 10 destinations for eloping and why. How to create inspirational mood boards. How to plan the perfect timeline. Eloping etiquette and what to pack. Rochelle is an award-winning, world-renowned, wedding photographer with a passion for capturing the spontaneity and raw emotion of couples in love. Born in the USA and raised in Rome, Rochelle spent her childhood travelling to stunning locations such as the Amalfi Coast and the Swiss Alps. From a young age she felt a strong drive to capture the beauty around her, either by snapping her Polaroid camera or bringing moments to life through painted portraits.

Dreaming of having the most beautiful wedding photos? It's important to choose an amazing photographer, but you shouldn't stop there. To have the best wedding photos, you also need wedding plans that are carefully designed with your photography in mind. In this inspirational and practical guide, wedding photographer Cavin Elizabeth teaches you how simple changes and additions to your wedding plans can elevate the beauty of your wedding photography. With sections such as choosing your dream photographer, what to look for in a getting ready room, and how to construct an ideal photography timeline, Cavin Elizabeth's easy-to-follow book will have you planning for a picture perfect wedding.

Fashion and style innovator Alice Harris, whose critically acclaimed books The Blue Jean and The White T were hugely popular, has compiled the most incredible selection of photographs and stories designed to illustrate the romance, love, celebration, and just how far some go to say "I do." The Wedding Album takes readers on a tour of the most fabulous, dynamic, and sometimes outlandish ceremonies, chronicling the changing manners and mores of the wedding worldwide. Adomed with iconic images of couples joining together in holy matrimony, this title features colourful nuptials from many cultures throughout history, as well as those whose unions make history themselves. A sophisticated, spellbinding volume, The Wedding Album provides stylish inspiration in a touching celebration of the ceremony that unites people with the one they love.

Full of instructive images and insightful hints, this book is indispensable for photographers who want to boost their wedding-album sales. Updated with the latest styles, this showcase of 15 top wedding photographers' work and business practices provides insight into each artist's creative process, client service skills, and album design. Information on album types and basic design principles is accompanied by tips for marketing albums, including creating a dazzling sample album, expertly preparing the images for presentation after the ceremony, and discussing the importance of the album as a memento to be cherished for a lifetime. Savvy photographers will learn how to turn an album purchase into a multiple-album sale, how to add on á la carte images, and how to make networking and referrals generate additional business.