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National Wedding Show: 24th-26th February
19th Jan 2006
DillyDally Books will be at the National Wedding Show, Olympia from 24th-26th February 2006. Come and visit us at stand A24. We would love to see you!
DillyDally Offers Marital Bliss to Brides and Grooms
26th Oct 2005
'When I'm a Bride' and 'When I'm a Groom' reveal the secrets of wedding success
Kimberley Holgate, a UK debut author, is unleashing her two survival guides for engaged couples - 'When I'm a Bride' and 'When I'm a Groom'. A humorous and handy 'must-have' for anyone who's getting married in 2006, published by DillyDally Books (www.dillydallybooks.com), the stylish and savvy books launch on 7th November, 2005.
Aimed at couples of all ages, 'When I'm a Bride' and 'When I'm a Groom' offer an invaluable wedding reality check, based on Kimberley's first-hand research. The books provide a light-hearted insight into the thoughts of a bride and a groom as they plan what should be the biggest day of their lives. Containing 56 pages complete with quirky colour illustrations, the books encourage readers to focus on what's really important when they decide to get married. For example, the wedding day doesn't have to go exactly to plan to be a roaring success - no matter how much time and money go into the organisation.
Kimberley decided to produce the wedding books after witnessing the dramatic rise in divorce statistics and the worrying trend for couples to spend astronomical amounts of money on their special day. The average British couple spends between £15,500 and £18,200 on their wedding and almost one in two marriages in the UK end in divorce*. Kimberley believes these statistics illustrate that many couples focus on the day itself and forget the real meaning of marriage.
She said: "I've written 'When I'm a Bride' and 'When I'm a Groom' to show couples the main focus of a wedding should be to stand up in front of everyone you care about - family and friends - and state clearly that you are choosing one partner for the rest of your life. Getting married should not be about staging a showy and expensive day simply to impress hundreds of guests. With so many divorces taking place in the UK, I'd like to think my books will remind people, in a fun way, that marriage can be a joyous celebration if undertaken for the right reasons: love, commitment and companionship."
She adds: "A bride and groom may think their wedding should be perfect - but life events cannot be controlled, they simply unfold. Surely two souls choosing to walk together through life is more important than having histrionics about whether Aunt Beryl's blue rinse will clash with the meticulously planned colour scheme in the reception hall? A wedding that's organised to within an inch of its life is likely to wither before the two war-torn participants have even cut the cake. It doesn't matter if the ceremony has a few hitches and glitches - it's not the end of the world. My books aim to demonstrate that modern day weddings should be about fun, joy and laughter - not tears, tantrums and stresses!"
'When I'm a Bride' and 'When I'm a Groom' will be available from DillyDally Books from 7th November. Further titles in Kimberley's 'When I'm a ...' series will follow in 2006.
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* According to The British Council.