"The goal of Martha Stewart Living Weddings" is to provide anyone with planning a wedding with inspiration and ideas that will help her create an unforgettable wedding day" - Martha Stewart Living Magazine.

For more than 10 years, Martha Stewart and the editors of Martha Stewart Weddings have guided brides down the aisle, onto the dance floor, and over the threshold with thousands of ideas for making their wedding day a perfect day. In this breathtakingly beautiful volume, brides-to-be or anyone participating in planning this joyous event, will find ideas for personalizing each of the elements of a wedding, including decoration, flowers, wedding cakes, food, wedding favors, and photography.

Organzing a wedding is a multi-stepped process that can take 6 months to a year before the wedding date. In the Best of Martha Steward Living Weddings you can use the Wedding Planner on page 207 to guide you in organising your wedding. 

There are many decisions to be made and determining the wedding budget is the first. In general the reception counts for 50% of the wedding budget, the wedding gown and accessories, the music, the photography, the flowers and any miscellany - invitations, favours, wedding menu cards, bridal party gifts, accounts for around 10 percent of the budget each. 

You will find the very best ideas from MarthaStewart Weddings have been organized in the book in four sections: For the Ceremony, For the Reception, Forever, and For Reference.

For the Ceremony is filled with bridal bouquets, boutonnieres, and bridesmaids flowers. There are decorating ideas for every kind of ceremony imaginable, a classic clapboard church, a grassy meadow, or the family living room.

For the Reception features exquisite lighting ideas, a selection of drinks and hors d'oeuvres, charming favors for guests, and, of course, cakes. There are more than 30 cakes to inspire you, and there is one to suit every style, taste, and budget. Novice bakers can learn how to make a basic wedding cake in Wedding Cake 101.

Forever includes albums, guest books, and keepsakes.

For Reference section there is information to help you plan the ceremony and reception, select music, chose stationery, prepare hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, and find supplies to make many of the projects pictured.