Your engagement -- Sharing the great news -- Informing friends and family -- Save the date cards -- Wedding announcements and save the date cards -- Newspaper announcements -- Printed announcements -- Engagement parties -- Your wedding website -- Choosing your wedding party -- Selecting and asking your wedding party members to participate -- Making your choices of maid of honor and best man -- Handling difficult situations -- The etiquette of the working together process -- The roles of your wedding party members -- Removing a wedding party member -- Your planning team -- Inviting parents and others to help plan the wedding -- Deciding their level of involvement -- How to ask them respectfully -- Parent and stepparent etiquette -- Wedding coordinator etiquette -- Parents' roles and responsibilities : a new world of etiquette rules -- Money issues -- Talking money to set a budget -- When money is an issue -- The etiquette of prenuptial agreements -- Prenuptial agreements -- Your guest list -- Building your guest list -- Creating your list -- Parents' guest list etiquette and guest issues -- Handling the issue of children -- Cutting your list down -- Ceremony planning -- Ceremony style etiquette -- Religious ceremonies -- Interfaith ceremonies -- Secular ceremonies -- Ceremonies -- Second weddings -- Destination weddings -- Other special styles -- Working with an officiant -- Personalizing your ceremony -- Tributes and special touches -- Reception planning -- A matter of style and formality -- Working with your reception manger or caterer -- Seating chart etiquette -- Wedding day wardrobe -- Matching choices to formality and style -- The etiquette of group shopping, long-distance organizing, ordering, and paying -- Invitations -- Choosing your style of print packages -- Invitation wording -- Etiquette of additional printed items -- Handling regrets and cancellations -- Flowers and decor -- Special etiquette notes about flowers -- Parties, gifts, and more -- Etiquette tips for additional parties -- Bridal showers -- Bridal brunches and breakfasts -- Wedding weekend events -- Wedding morning gatherings -- Favors and gifts -- Ideal choices -- Donations instead of gifts or favors? -- Guests' lodging and transportation needs -- The rehearsal and rehearsal dinner -- Rehearsal etiquette -- Rehearsal dinner etiquette -- On the wedding day -- The wedding morning -- Pre-ceremony etiquette -- Guests are greeted and seated -- Timely arrivals : late is not fashionable -- Who's escorting the bride down the aisle -- Post-ceremony etiquette -- The receiving line -- Post-ceremony moments -- At the reception -- The grand entrance -- Special dances -- Toasts -- Greeting guests and accepting gifts -- Cutting the cake -- Garter and bouquet tosses -- Your departure -- After the wedding -- The after-party and wedding morning celebrations -- Sending guests home happy -- Saying thank you