Weddings: The Essential Guide to Organising Your Perfect Day

Planning a wedding is such an enormous task that it can be hard to know where to begin. In Weddings, Alison Price guides you through every step, from setting the style and sending invitations to planning the seating arrangements and serving the cake. Whether the marriage is to be an intimate gathering or a grand affair with hundreds of guests, all the practicalities are addressed, with helpful information on churches, dresses, guest lists, invitations, caterers, florists, and more. Since food and drink are such a memorable part of a wedding, Price offers a variety of reception styles and an entire section of elegant recipes, including specially designed wedding cakes. And most helpfully, she offers encouraging advice on how to negotiate the minefield of organizing a wedding while keeping in mind the purpose of the big day. Alison Price has been a professional party planner for over 15 years; among her clients are Dame Judi Dench, the Getty family, Sir Elton John, and members of European royalty.