Samantha Birch has written for GLAMOUR, Brides, You & Your Wedding and Cosmopolitan Bride. She knows a thing or two about planning a wedding on a budget, how much you can expect to pay for everything and where to go to get it for less. And she's put it all down here.You can say your vows in a catwalk gown so beautiful it reduces your mum to tears (and not because she paid for it).You can style a reception so stunning your guests won’t believe you didn’t hire an A-list planner.And you can sprinkle the day with personal touches that make everyone feel like you gave them special attention before they even got there. Without spending a house deposit on it. Honest.“This book has truly changed my wedding, full of simple and affordable ideas to spice up any wedding on any budget – the writer clearly knows what they are talking about.”

The High-Street Bride’s Guide: How to Plan Your Perfect Wedding On A Budget (Harperimpulse Contemporary Romance)

Self-Help

Birch, Samantha

Relationships

One More Chapter

A lavish full-colour celebration of the 2000 books by more than 250 authors published by the iconic Crime Club between 1930 and 1994.
The Hooded Gunman was the sinister figure who, having appeared in various guises on the covers of Collins’ various series of Mystery and Detective books in the 1920s, finally gained recognition with the launch of Collins’ Crime Club, becoming the definitive imprint stamp on more than 2,000 books published by that august imprint between 1930 and 1994. From Agatha Christie to Reginald Hill, the Hooded Gunman was a guarantee of a first-class crime novel for almost 65 years, and those books are now as sought after and collectable and almost any other book series, with many commanding high prices and almost impossible to find.
In the year that Collins – the publisher founded by William Collins in Glasgow in 1819 – is enjoying its 200th birthday, this book celebrates probably its most famous publishing imprint. Written and researched by Agatha Christie writer, expert and archivist Dr John Curran, this sumptuous coffee table book looks back at the history of the Crime Club and its authors, showing the jackets of every book published by the imprint over seven decades, and the descriptive ‘blurbs’ of every book, running to more than 350,000 words.
With facts, figures and lists, and drawing on rare archival photos, correspondence and marketing materials, it is the first time that anyone has attempted to chronicle the publishing of the Crime Club – the ultimate book for fans of crime fiction and also of twentieth century book jacket design.

The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club

Arts & Photography

Curran, John

History & Criticism

Collins Crime Club

#TEAMBRIDE is the essential handbook to make sure your BFF has the hen party of her dreams!
Look no further for the perfect hen party keepsake for your #teambride!
Perfect for party bags, this cute book is packed with quizzes and games; party planning inspiration, checklists, and décor ideas; advice for the bride-to-be; disaster management solutions for last minute wobbles; rude recipes; and a memory section to tell the story of your friendship and capture those once-in-a-lifetime hen memories.
Don’t waste hours party-planning online when you can get all the fun you need in one adorable little book!

#Team Bride: How to plan the perfect party for your BFF

Brabbin, Charlotte

Reference

Harpercollins

ROSÉ MADE ME DO IT: 60 perfectly pink punches and cocktails

Graham, Colleen

Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette

Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette is the classic indispensable, comprehensive guide to creating the wedding of your dream, now in its sixth edition.
Today's weddings are more complicated than ever, with new traditions replacing old, and new relationships to consider as family life grows more complex. Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette has everything a bride will ever need to know to have the perfect wedding.
Anna Post guides brides and their friends and family through weddings to maximize fun and reduce stress, including:
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<li> How to handle awkward family situations</li> <li> How to address envelopes and word invitations</li> <li> How to choose an officiant</li> <li> How to blend family traditions</li> <li> The timeline of events throughout the engagement and during the wedding</li> <li> Who to include on your guest list</li> <li> How to use technology to your advantage</li>
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Anna Post

Lizzie Post

William Morrow

In this irreverent wedding guide, MTV’s wedding planning guru and star of Girl Code, comedian and bride-to-be Jamie Lee, offers practical advice and hilarious insights on how to stay sane while planning your "big day."
Weddings. What was once a beautiful celebration of a couple coming together for a lifetime of happiness has become a bit ridiculous, complete with the whimsical monogrammed mason jars and unconventional photo shoots. The Epic task of creating that special event can be nightmarish—a dizzying maze of minutiae and seemingly endless choices that might tempt you to say yes to a quickie drive-through chapel in Vegas. 
But weddings don’t have to be stressful. You don’t have to give in to the crazy—or give up completely. Famous funny gal Jamie Lee learned much more than she counted on pulling together her own wedding, and in Weddiculous she shares her first-hand experiences and hilarious hard-won insights with every girl who just said "yes." 
Jamie gives you the real low-down, puts the madness into perspective, and walks you through the process step by step in a calm, realistic, and highly entertaining way. Weddiculous includes helpful checklists, timelines, and suggestions on everything from what questions to ask vendors to how to handle difficult bridesmaids to what’s worth the extra cost (and more importantly, what’s not). Throughout, Jamie provides guidance on when you should trust your gut and when you need to listen to others. 
What Amy Sedaris has done for hospitality and crafting, Jamie Lee now does for weddings. Weddiculous will help remind you what’s really important about your wedding day: it’s just the first day in a long and happy marriage.

Weddiculous: An Unfiltered Guide to Being a Bride

Humor & Entertainment

Lee, Jamie

Humor

HarperOne

Your wedding day. It should be one of the happiest days of your life, not one of the most harried. The perfect wedding doesn't just happen--it takes planning. Things you never thought about suddenly occupy your every waking hour: How are the invitations worded? What is a semiformal wedding anyway? Why are announcements sent out, and who receives them anyway? What obligations does a wedding invitation confer on the recipient? Do guidelines exist for selecting a wedding gift? Who gives the wedding showers? Are there any guidelines for finding and working with a videographer?
Brides and grooms and their parents will find the answers to these questions and much more in the pages of this indispensable book.

Emily Post on Weddings: Revised Edition

Post, Elizabeth L.

Organiza tu fiesta siguiendo estos sencillos pasos, y celebra la quinceañera inolvidable que siempre soñaste… Los quince años son más que una fiesta. Esta celebración encierran un significado espiritual y tradicional que la convierte en un evento único e irrepetible. Tu quinceañera te trae la ayuda que estabas esperando para organizar tu fiesta de quince soñada ¡sin gastar una fortuna! Alyeso Bridger te guiará paso a paso con la ayuda fundamental de un “organizador central,” para lograr celebrar con éxito este día tan especial. En Tu quinceañera encontrarás consejos e información útil e imprescindible sobre temas como: • El presupuesto • El protocolo y la etiqueta para la quinceañera y su fiesta • Información sobre la preparación espiritual de la quinceañera • Consejos sobre el vestido y el lugar de la celebración • Tips para escoger la comida, las bebidas y ¡el pastel! • Datos sobre cómo prepararse para el futuro Desde hoy, puedes estar tranquila porque tienes en tus manos la guía más completa y fácil de usar para celebrar tus memorables quince años sin salirte de tu presupuesto. Sigue los consejos de Tu quinceañera, y comienza a planear hoy la fiesta que recordarás por el resto de tu vida.

Tu Quinceañera!: Una guía moderna y divertida ¡para una fiesta de quince espectacular! (Hecho facil) (Spanish Edition)

Bridger, Aleyso

C.A.Press

An engaging introduction to the cutting-edge discipline of experience design for students and practitioners in creative fields, including architecture, product design, gaming, exhibition design, and performance\nWhat does it mean to design experiences? Traditional design practices invite us to design things, and to use those things to solve problems. But experience is not a problem; it is life. Experience designers engage with unpredictability and the unknown, partnering with their audiences to generate possibility and relationality. Experience designers create worlds, craft narratives that leave the page and enter people’s lives, and structure transformation. Broadly interdisciplinary and deeply human, experience design is a practice that at once embraces new technologies and offers a balm for our disconnected lives.\nIn this playful, accessible, and visually engaging book, Burickson lays out ten basic principles for this emerging practice. Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto invites the reader to stop making things and, instead, to craft the minutes and hours of human life. Rigorous and philosophical, the book guides the reader through the processes of empathic research; constructing worlds not just for fantasy fiction but in schools, communities, homes; and mastering the tools necessary to work coherently across disciplines to create new experiences. Whether you are a maker of immersive theater, an architect, a graphic designer, a community organizer, or just someone hoping to give a better gift, this book offers a vision of creating that is both new and as old as civilization.

Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto

Burickson, Abraham

Yale University Press

When you imagine your wedding, what do you see? Maybe you dream of exchanging vows before an intimate gathering of family and friends at sunset, followed by a chic and elegant dinner under the stars in balmy weather. You can practically see yourself at the altar, taste the cuisine, smell the gardenias, and feel the music playing when you join your guests to party at the reception. But before your wedding comes together with all the romance and glamour you’ve imagined, you’ll need to make decisions about the details. Is your color scheme bold and rich or soft and ethereal? Will you be married in your mother’s garden at the end of a serpentine path or on an exotic beach with the ocean crashing in the background? Do you desire an elegant sit-down dinner or a fabulous cocktail party with a great DJ who keeps the party going late into the night? With so many choices, it can be hard to decide where to begin. Now there’s no reason to get overwhelmed, because wedding designer extraordinaire Colin Cowie is by your side every step of the way. In Colin Cowie Wedding Chic, he shows how to weave a thread of style throughout your celebration, from determining the overall feeling and mood to the smallest and most personal details of the event. Following inspirational introductions from Colin about every part of your celebration, each detail is captured with magnificent photographs: bouquets; ceremony décor; centerpieces; reception décor; food and drink; cakes; invitations, favors, and gifts; appearance for the bride, groom, and attendants; ritual and ceremony; and music and after-party. Brimming with the kind of style that has made Colin the number one wedding planner in the world for celebrities, heads of state, and even royals, Wedding Chic finally gathers all of the options in one dazzling, easy-to-reference place. With photographs of more than 1,001 gorgeous details, it is simply the most comprehensive, varied, and beautiful resource a bride-to-be could ever wish for—one that is certain to make the wedding a celebration to remember forever.

Colin Cowie Wedding Chic: 1,001 Ideas for Every Moment of Your Celebration

Cowie, Colin

Potter Style

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