Excellence in Wedding Planning: The Preliminaries...The Wedding Proper...The Celebrations - Softcover

Nixon, Doris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425958966 ISBN 13: 9781425958961

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2007

Synopsis

EXCELLENCE in WEDDING PLANNING takes the reader on a journey that leads to a destination! It begins with how to set up a wedding planning business and ends with the final good-bys at the wedding reception! Written from decades of personal experience, plus the knowledge gained by working with hundreds of students in thirty-five countries, the business part of the book will save a person desiring to be a wedding planner many hours of research. It spells out exactly what has to be done to start a wedding planning business and how to keep it successful. Those already working as wedding planners will find refinements to help take their business to a different level. Brides who are working without a professional planner will find EXCELLENCE in WEDDING PLANNING a great guide for what has to be done and when, information to give the wedding party and etiquette and guidelines for wording and addressing invitations in today's society. There is information about the choosing the most flattering gown for different figure types as well as a discussion of products in a Bridal Registry.Ever wonder why a bride wears,"Something old, some new and a lucky sixpence in her shoe?" Or, when wedding bands came into vogue? Why a wedding gown is white? Have they always been white? The origin of these and many other wedding traditions is discussed in a chapter written to enlighten and amuse the reader. If there is a wedding in your future, either as a planner or a bride, EXCELLENCE in WEDDING PLANNING is a "must read" book!

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About the Author

· Authored a book, EXCELLENCE IN WEDDING PLANNING, An Embellished Guide for Businesses. Plans, the Preliminaries, the Ceremony and the Celebrations, published 2006. · President of Weddings Beautiful Worldwide 1995-2005· Monthly contributing editor GIFTS and DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES Magazine 1977-1998 · Author of Weddings Beautiful Home Study Course 1985, revising it in 1995 and 2004. The course was translated into the Japanese language in 2001 · Bridal Business Editor MODERN JEWELER Magazine 1977-1983 · Director of Educational Services for National Bridal Service 1974-2005 · Co-author and administrator of the Registered Bridal Consultant Standard of Excellence Home Study Course, National Bridal Service · Wrote script and co-starred in video training tape," What Every Bridal Consultant Should Know about Invitations and Weddings · Wrote YOUR WEDDING and How to Enjoy IT- over 150,000 copies distributed · Co-Authored THE GROOM'S CORNER, a guide for grooms · Wrote BRIDAL LINES/WEDDING NOTES, a syndicated newspaper column, distributed in 100 locations , 1979-2005 · Editorial writer and co- editor for a cookbook, RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR HONEYMOON LAST · Numerous articles published in SOUTHERN JEWELRY Magazine, VOWS Magazine and RICHMOND SURROUNDINGS Magazine · Has lead

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1425958966
• ISBN 13: 9781425958961
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332