#1 New York Times Bestselling Romance Author
SUSAN WIGGS
Planning a Romantic Wedding on a Budget- The true story of how she helped plan her daughters dream wedding
Bestselling author, Susan Wiggs and her daughter, Elizabeth Wiggs Mass, give their advice on planning a romantic wedding on a budget. When Elizabeth became engaged to her dream man, she couldnt wait to start planning the wedding with her mother – she envisioned a lavish, once-in-a-lifetime wedding, the kind of ultraromantic affair her mother might create in the final pages of one of her bestselling novels. Then Susan curbed the fantasy with a dose of reality: budget.
In How I Planned Your Wedding: The All-True Story of a Mother and Daughter Surviving the Happiest Day of Their Lives (Harlequin; February 2011), readers accompany Susan and Elizabeth through the process of planning her big day, Elizabeth never shies from the truth or soft-pedals her own recurring angst or the mistakes she made along the way. Whether standing firm when Susan wants to hold the wedding at home (daughter asks, do you want Porta Potties for 200 guests in your backyard?) or accepting Moms sage advice to not buy a $12,000 dress,
Susan and Elizabeth impart invaluable guidance on:
How to choose and dress your attendants (and how to avoid Elizabeths own inelegant methods of inviting her friends to be part of her big day).
Choosing and working with a wedding planner (it will save you moneyhonest!).
Deciding on the right approach for you when it comes to invitations, flowers, photographers, videographers and other wedding vendors (no, Mom, we cant just use Evites!).
Gift registries and the importance of sending prompt, heartfelt thank-you notes (especially to your mothers friends).
Why Mom says there must be cake (you want to sample how many cupcakes?).
Surviving the big day (and rolling with the inevitable punches).
Moms Tips:
Provide a sea of calm and maintain the voice of reason even as they waffle between abject delight at their daughters happiness and firm denial that they cant be old enough to be the mother of a bride.
Things will go wrong the secrete is adopting a combination of grace and humor
About the Authors
Susan Wiggs is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of womens fiction, including the popular Lakeshore Chronicles series. She raised her daughter to be an independent, good-hearted womanand a spectacular bride who believes in the magic of happily-ever-after. Visit her website at www.SusanWiggs.com.
Elizabeth Wiggs Maas is a graduate of Pomona College and an MBA candidate at the University of Chicago. Her blog, www.IAmTheBeholder.com, a compendium of food, fitness and fabulosity, has garnered thousands of readers eager to follow her hilarious misadventures on the way to the altar.
Visit Susan Wiggs on her website at www.SusanWiggs.com
Elizabeth Wiggs Maas blog, www.IAmTheBeholder.com
