Words for the wedding : creative ideas for personalizing your vows, toasts, invitations, and more
Overview: "Come live with me and be my love ..." Nothing personalizes a wedding more than using the right words. Brides- and grooms-to-be looking for unique, inspiring ways to celebrate their special day will find the best words of love in this practical guide. Romantic and witty, classic and contemporary, multicultural, pop-cultural, and just plain fun-if it's been said about love, it's in this book. Covering everything from invitations and wedding websites to readings, programs, party favors, and more, Words for the Wedding presents hundreds of classic and contemporary poems, quotes, quips, and blessings-from the Buddha to Bono-along with advice on how to use them most memorably. Whether you're planning a traditional nuptial or a do-it-yourself celebration on a shoestring, this useful and inspiring book will help you find all the right words to go along with "I do."
Print Book, English, 2011
Rev. Perigee trade pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Perigee Book, New York, 2011
quotations (texts)
xiv, 282 pages ; 21 cm
9780399526527, 9780399537042, 0399526528, 039953704X
706018298
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: What To Say:
Poetry, prose, quips and quotes relating to weddings, marriage, romantic partnership and love
1: To have and to hold:
Comfort
Commitment
Communication
Conviction
Courtship
Devotion
Faith
Family and home
Fate
Follow your heart, not your head
Happiness, joy and laughter
Intimacy
Love
Marriage itself
Partnership, friendship and companionship
Passion
Sex
Soul mates
But we're still individuals
Vows and blessings
Wedding day
Words about husbands
Words about wives
2: For better or for worse:
Beautiful in your eyes
Because of you, life is better
Compromise and tolerance
Constancy
Etiquette and fashion
Fighting
Hardship
Holding it together
Maturity
Myths and folklore
Power
Surprise
3: For richer or for poorer:
Values
Lack thereof
Sharing the love
Sharing the wealth
Success
4: In sickness and in health:
Healthy habits
Love helps you grow
Love in a time of sickness
Love sets you free
5: Till death do part:
Forever love
It's better when you're older
Or not
Love keeps you young
Part 2: How To Say It:
How to use poetry, prose, quips and quotes to customize your wedding:
6: Make your wedding website sing-or rhyme:
How to use poetry, prose, quips and quotes to personalize your wedding website, share information with style and create excitement and community around your big day. 7: Personalize your invitations and pre-wedding parties:
How to use poetry, prose, quips and quotes on your save-the-date cards, invitations, wedding shower, bachelor/bachelorette parties and rehearsal dinner
8: Customize your ceremony:
How to use poetry, prose, quips and quotes to help you walk down the aisle in your personal style
9: Rock your reception your way:
How to use poetry, prose, quips and quotes during toasts and throughout your post-nuptial party; includes creative cross-cultural traditions and do-it-yourself ideas
10: Tailor your second wedding or vow renewal to fit you:
How to use poetry, prose, quips and quotes to make your remarriage or vow renewal speak about you
11: You can put poetry there?! Extra touches and DIY details:
Creative, do-it-yourself ways to incorporate language, from the moment you announce your pending wedding until you drive off for your honeymoon; includes wedding favors, thank-you notes and do-it-yourself ideas for specific wedding themes
After words
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