Wedding Planning Resources

Websites

There are many wedding websites that i found to be absolutely invaluable during the wedding planning process. Here are some of the best.

Frugal Bride

Frugal Bride is a wedding planning and resources page for Canadian Brides. As you can tell by the name, it is intended to help you save money when planning your wedding -- because it can so get out of control! This amazing site has vendor listings, advice, and the best bridal bulletin board ever! The board has reviews and recommendations for vendors, advice, tips, and fun discussions! It has been an invaluable resource for me.

Wedding Bells

Another Canadian planning and resources site. It is pretty good, although i tended to use Frugal Bride more often, as it has user recommendations.

The Knot

The mother of all wedding websites. This is an American site, so the vendor listings may not be the most appropriate, but it has a really nifty bridal gown browser, and lots of other features.

Weddings.About

About.com is the one of the best human driven web directories out there. I found the Weddings section to be a bit lacking, but it is useful none the less.

Toronto.com

toronto.com is not only the ultimate guide to the city of Toronto, it also has a pretty good wedding section as well. There have articles on topics ranging from fashion, budgeting, honeymoons and speeches, as well as an exhaustive directory of Toronto wedding related products and services.

Downloads

I put together alot of digital resources for the wedding -- Word Documents, Maps, Image Files and PDF's. If you find any of them useful, feel free to use them as a starting point for your wedding materials.

Wedding Program (Word Document, 42KB)

Wedding Favour Tags:

Version 1 (Word Document, 29KB)
Version 2 (Word Document, 47KB)
Version 3 (Word Document, 42KB)

Map to Fantasy Farm and nearby hotels

PDF (295 KB)
JPG for Web Pages (80KB)
JPG for Printing (191KB)
Word Document (Zipped, 847KB)

Agenda (Word Document, 32KB)

MC's Agenda (Word Document, 21KB)

Toasts -- Examples and Guidelines (Word Document, 53KB)

Maura's List of Reception Songs (HTML, 66KB)

Verse for Washroom Baskets (Word Document, 33KB)

Quotes about Love (Text Docuemtn, 1KB)

Recommended Books

I found each of these books to be indispensable when planning the wedding. I copied the reviews from Chapters.com, and they accurately reflect my impressions of each of the books.

Weddings for Dummies -- Marcy Blum and Laura Fisher Kaiser.

"Don't let planning your big day discourage or overwhelm you; let the experts at Dummies guide you painlessly through the process. In Weddings for Dummies, renowned wedding planner Marcy Blum and newlywed Laura Fisher offer first-hand tips and practical advice to help you not only survive your wedding, but also actually enjoy it. This practical, down-to-earth guide offers idiot-proof steps that can help you create your own wedding-day schedule, design your invitations, stick to your budget and much more. "

The Working Woman's Wedding Planner -- Susan Tatsui-D'Arcy

Designed for today's busy working woman, this expanded edition of the bestselling wedding planner is packed with worksheets, checklists, guidelines, and a handy backcover pocket. It has added over 50 new topics on everything from planning a reception to making honeymoon arrangements and setting up a home.

Bridal Bargains -- Denise & Alan Fields

In this new edition of the bridal bargain bible, the authors outline specific budgets for beautiful weddings that cost a fraction of the average price. Includes reviews and ratings of more than 50 new bridal gown designers, tips on surfing the Web and saving on honeymoon costs, and a guide to the best online wedding bargains.

What No One Tells The Bride -- Marg Stark

Written by a recent bride, this book dispels the fairy-tale ideals and calms the fears of a new generation of brides--women who treasure their independence and are more accustomed to single life than those of previous eras