The Bride's Instruction Manual: How to Survive and Possibly Even Enjoy the Biggest Day of Your Life

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At Last! A No-Nonsense Guide to Bridal Essentials! Feuding in-laws, rehearsal dinner meltdowns, controlling wedding planners- what's a gal to do when her Big Day threatens to go down with more drama than a boatload of wedding crashers? Have no fear- The Bride's Instruction Manual boils it all down to the basics, covering every topic you need to know to march down that aisle with confidence, from setting the date and choosing The Dress to creating your guest list. Chock-full of cheat sheets to keep you on track and on budget, The Bride's Instruction Manual is the perfect shower gift for every blushing bride-to-be-courtesy of veteran wedding journalist Carrie Denny.

Although as of press time, Carrie Denny had not yet planned her own wedding, she's been in the biz for years as editor of Philadelphia magazine's bridal publication, Philadelphia Wedding. She has fielded questions from brides about whether they can "forget" to invite their super-pretty best friend because they think she might show them up on the big day (no); whether it's OK for a bride to blow as much of her budget on a personal trainer as she did on the Dress, just to make sure she looked that good in it (yes); and whether it's really that bad if a bride-to-be changes her entire registry when her groom's not looking (maybe). She's spent years as a walking, breathing wedding encyclopedia for her friends, on-call during their engagements like an OB during the ninth month. And yes, when her boyfriend finally cracks, she will be the calmest, coolest, most logical, rational, and non-Bridezilla bride to ever plan a wedding. She lives in Center City, Philadelphia. Paul Kepple and Scotty Reifsnyder are better known as the Philadelphia-based studio Headcase Design. Their work has been featured in many design and illustration publications, such as AIGA 365 and 50 Books/50 Covers, American Illustration, Communication Arts, and Print. Paul worked at Running Press Book Publishers for several years before opening Headcase in 1998. Paul graduated from the Tyler School of Art, where he now teaches. Scotty is a graduate of Kutztown University and received his M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, where he had Paul as an instructor.