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[dreamgirly19.livejournal.com]

Can anyone recommend a wedding planner (doesnt havent to be in boston...i live in somerville and wouldnt mind traveling a little bit if worth it) who didnt spend an extrodinarily large amount of money for the wedding? I would like to get price ranges (if you know offhand what you paid), and what sort of style the person had. I know nothing about wedding planning and I dont know when I am supposed to start doing the steps towards the date :)

Thanks so much!

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[leighjen.livejournal.com]

I don't have any planner recommendations, but I can tell you that there are tons of on-line lists that tell you when to start doing things. The ones that I used were The Knot (http://www.theknot.com/) and The Wedding Channel (http://www.weddingchannel.com). Once you put in your wedding date, it gives you a week by week break down (until the last few weeks when it give you a day by day break down). You still might want a real person helping you, but I found that the lists helped to shine a light on the process.

Additionally, if you book a location like a hotel or a wedding facility, they often have planners that come as part of your package, so if you are looking to get married in a place like that, you might want to wait on getting a planner. Although, you can still have your own outside planner even if you use a place that gives you a planner. I mean, it is pretty sure that a planner that is part of a hotel ballroom package is going to be working for the hotel and not for you.

Congratulations and good luck with the planning. It is both really cool and really sucky. :-)

[dreamgirly19.livejournal.com]

I love theknot, been on it a bunch the last few weeks.

I just feel so clueless in general. I dont know where to find civil people who can add spiritual stuff to the ceremony (neither of us are too religious but want something spiritual), and other various things like that.

:)

Thanks!

[eeyorecol.livejournal.com]

Another place to try for information is the Boston.com wedding message board. Lots of people on there have information that you might find useful. The Wedding Planning for Dummies book was also a big help to me. :-)

I also think that Somerville City Hall has a listing of people who can perform wedding ceremonies, if that is what you are looking for. You can look over the list and interview people before you hire them.

[dreams-of-wings.livejournal.com]

If you want a non-specifically religious but spiritual wedding, you might try a Unitarian Universalist minister.

Rev. Hank Peirce at the Medford UU church is particularly cool.

[dreamgirly19.livejournal.com]

what is a unitarian universalist?I am jewish but not really practicing, he is catholic not really practicing but he is divorced so i dont believe he can get married in a church?

[dreams-of-wings.livejournal.com]

Erm.
Well, your fiance probably can't get married in a Catholic church, but that doesn't rule out other kinds of churches.

UUism is a religion that grew out of Protestant Christianity but really isn't Christian at all anymore. We believe in a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning," which is to say that there are lots of ways to truth and our churches are ways of helping you find those paths. There are UU Christians, UU Jews, UU Buddhits, UU Pagans, and they all co-exist pretty peacefully together.

For more information, see http://uua.org/

Good luck to you!

[seaweedgirle.livejournal.com]

Rev. Hank rocks!

[siderea]

FYI, if you didn't know, here in MA, it's possible for anyone to get a one-time-only officiant's license for a modest fee, so if you know someone you think would do a good job, you can ask them even if they're not clergy/jp/captain of a boat.

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

I used Duncanson Events. (http://www.duncansonevents.com/aboutus.html) Agustina is really good at planning and she also is a flower arranger. She's up in Maine but travels down to the Boston area all of the time.

[spicysurprise.livejournal.com]

You should check out www.indiebride.com, the forums in the "kvetch" section. I've been helping a friend organize for her wedding this fall and the ladies over there are awesome!