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Martha Stewart's Keepsake Wedding Planner |  | Author: Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 46569
Media: Ring-bound
Edition: Lslf
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 10.9 x 1.8
ISBN: 1400048001
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.220973
EAN: 9781400048007
ASIN: 1400048001
Publication Date: August 26, 2003
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Product Description
This planner is overflowing with useful features to help you plan and organize the perfect wedding—in addition, you can preserve those memories for a lifetime. The three-ring binder makes it easy to customize it for your needs. Inside you'll find:
• Ten in-depth chapters with planning information, inspirational color photographs, timelines, checklists, and diagrams
• Sturdy pocket folders to hold contracts, menus, and notes
• A clear plastic business-card holder and resealable plastic pouches for fabric swatches, paper samples, and ribbons
• A full-color glossary with photographs of hundreds of flowers
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 An elegant and thorough planner July 3, 2005
Hilary Thomson (Vancouver, BC)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I will admit going in that I am a little biased. I like Martha Stewart. That said, I did shop around when I looked for planners. I chose this one for a couple of reasons - the main one being it's classy design. It's much less tacky than the others I saw and the photography was gorgeous. I found it had all the information I needed.
The binder is divided into several sections by tabs, each of which is several pages and has room to keep include your own things. The first section is "Getting Started" which contains a timeline of when to do things and a calendar. Then there's a section on "Guests" with suggestions for out-of-towners and a worksheet for keeping track of invites. There's a complete section on "Stationery", which is a little more than I needed detailing the various components of a traditional invitation, with descriptions of font-sizes and pictures. The other sections are: "Fashion and Beauty," with tips on the outfits for all members of the bridal party (even ringbearers); "Ceremony," with details on processionals, recessionals etc.; "Reception" which has fantastic tips on working with caterers, renting tents and questions to ask about the site; "Photography and Music," which also contains lists of questions to ask vendors, suggestions for music and tips on digital or traditional film; "Flowers," which has wonderful colour illustrations of various flowers organised by colour and when they're in bloom, and finally "Cakes and Favours," and "Registry and Honeymoon," with a good checklist of suggestions for registering and booking travel.
Things I like about this planner are that it is lightweight and easy to carry around. Also there are plastic containers for business cards as well as folders to stick contracts and other documentation in. Some people have complained it fell apart easily, but mine has a canvas section around the back that is quite solid. The three metal rings are also sturdy. The best thing about is there is plenty of room to add your own clippings or papers in, a major flaw with some of the others. It's true, you do have to photocopy some of the worksheets like the one for guests, but since I will likely keep my guestlist electronically, I don't need all those extra copies. The sample she provides is thorough and useful though and I will be typing it up.
We are planning our wedding ourselves and it's been the book I've consulted most often. If you like classy, beautiful photography and want necessary information on planning, this is good for you. If you want a thick compendium that covers every possible thing from changing your name to how to tell your ex-husband you're getting married, then maybe you need something additional. For me, I didn't feel the need for advice on those topics, and this was great for just reminding me of what needed to be done and staying organised.
The Only Wedding Planner August 15, 2007
Michelle Mucker (San Francisco, California USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This was the third (and most complete) wedding planner I bought...
I bought Emily Post's Wedding Planner, which has a bit of helpful etiquette and tradition and some useful forms.
I also bought, and returned, The Knot's Ultimate Wedding Planner, which was a grave disappointment.
I ALSO bought a small 3-ring binder for sketches and clippings.
Martha Stewart's planner has it all.
It is the most concise, complete, helpful and beautiful.
What sets this planner apart is the format: it's a 1-1/2 inch 3-ring binder, which fits letter-sized paper!
It provides convention, tradition, etiquette, forms, and I can add all of my sketches and vendor documents.
The design concept is quintessential understated elegance - a celadon green satiny exterior with a matching cloth "binding."
It's large enough - plenty of room for copies of pages (get used to making copies for the contacts and guest list).
It comes with 2 zip-lock letter sized pockets, a sheet of business card pockets, and six one-sided paper pockets.
It has quite a bit of helpful information regarding invitation, seating, and procession conventions, with illustrations and diagrams.
The photographs are plenty and supplementary - never overdone or simply to look nice.
Speaking of pretty pictures, Martha Stewart's wedding planner is a great "companion," as the editors put it, to her Best of Weddings book.
Between the two I honestly do not feel the need for any bridal magazines.
I do wish I would have purchased this planner first, as I am not using the Emily Post planner anymore!
You will be impressed and relieved with both the quality and the quantity this essential resource embodies and encompasses.
I recommend:
Martha Stewart's Keepsake Wedding Planner - Great for solidifying ideas.
The Best of Martha Stewart Living Weddings - Great for ideas!
Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette - A MUST for anyone getting married, part of a wedding, or invited to a wedding.
The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions - Surprisingly insightful.
Martha is just the best! February 26, 2006
Lacy A. Williams (Austin, TX)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this wedding planner. If you are a sucker for Martha and her style, then this is the planner for you! The best things about it are:
-- beautiful pictures, tons of ideas, and great tips for every part of the wedding (etiquette, traditions, etc.)
-- the flower section is great because it has pictures of every kind of flower grouped together by color, so it's easy to compare each one to the next
-- Martha only includes one copy of certain pages you will need multiples of (like there is only one guest list page with room for five guests), and some people saw this as inconvenient. However, if you go to marthastewart.com/weddings, she has the same exact pages there that are available to download for free! (the website is also a great wedding resource!)
-- the book is a 3-ring binder, which makes it so easy to add extra pages, menus, printouts, etc.
-- there are pockets, a business card holder, and a zipper pouch for smaller things you want to keep (brochures, fabric swatches, etc.)
-- and overall, it is just pure Martha! That woman does it all!
I would highly recommend this product to all my fellow brides-to-be! Happy planning!
This is the one and only! September 12, 2003
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
After three days with my new Martha Stewart's Keepsake Wedding Planner, my entire wedding plan unfolded thanks to the creative suggestions and basic how-to's. With the references and ideas in this perfectly edited book, I took my vague concept to a concrete plan. Suddenly, planning my wedding is a breeze! The book is fun to read, the photos are inspiringly beautiful and with the help of the well-organized worksheets and timelines, the mystery of planning a large summer wedding is over! Thank you Martha; I never knew I could have such an incredible wedding!
Excellent resource October 14, 2005
L. Delhotal (Illinois)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I used this binder until it bulged at the seams. The only complaint I have is that not all sections have a pocket folder, but it's easy enough to 3-hole-punch a document to file it instead. The layout is simple and elegant, and the section on flowers, arranged by color with photos of many popular varieties, was phenomenal and was influential in my floral choices. The florists I spoke to were impressed with my knowledge! Martha has done it again. This is an indispensible tool for the organized bride, no matter your opinion of Martha Stewart or how "fancy" your event is. Fabulous.
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