Resources

PLANNING BOOKS
EFCC has wedding planning books for you to look through at our church office.  Please make an appointment with Maggie or Sundee to come in and view them before you purchase one on your own.

MUSIC
EFCC has several compliation CDs of music appropriate for a wedding.  Please ask the Wedding Team to sample these CDs to see if any of the music is a fit for your wedding. For example, Pachelbel, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Cannon in D parts 1-2, Ode to Joy and many others.

ON-LINE PLANNING RESOURCES AND CHECK LISTS
This list is not exhaustive, you are welcome to GOOGLE for more info!
http://www.frugalbride.com/weddingplanningchecklist.html
http://www.yourbridalplanner.com/wedding_checklist.pdf
http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/planning-a-wedding.aspx

LOCAL SERVICES
Costco and Target offer enlarged photo prints and collages on poster board.  Target’s photo department will create a photo slideshow with music.  Please contact them to get pricing & details.
You may have heard that Costco is entering the bridal market by being a one-stop-shop for all your wedding needs.  You can check them out here: http://shop.costco.com/Feature/Costco-Weddings.aspx.

Local stores such as Kelly Paper, Party City, Dollar Tree, The .99 Cent Only Store and Michaels are just a few places around Escondido that carry purposeful wedding items with out breaking your bank.

Also, the U.S. Post Office on Valley and Escondido Blvd. has a postal store that carries a wide variety of stamps that are a nice touch to mailing out your invites and putting on your response cards.  Some stamps say "love" or have flower patterns, wedding rings, etc.

MARRIAGE LICENSE
Obtain your license by appointment only from the County Clerk, 619.237.0502, read the requirements on their web site:
http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/arcc/services/marriage_licenses.aspx

BIBLIOGRAPHY
These books are available for free from the San Marcos, CA Library.

Long, Becky. “Something Old, Something New: 701 Creative Ways to Personalize Your Wedding.” Meadowbrook Press, New York, NY, 1997.

Post, Peggy. “Emily Post Wedding Etiquette: Cherished Traditions and Contemporary Ideas for a Joyous Celebration, 4th Edition.” Harper Resource, New York, N.Y., 2001.

Shaw, Kim. “The New Book of Wedding Etiquette: How to Combine the Best Traditions with Today’s Flair.” Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA, 2001.

Smith, Jacqueline. “The Creative Wedding Idea Book: Bold suggestions to Make Every Aspect of Your Wedding Special, from the Invitations to the Honeymoon.” Bob Adams, Inc., Holbrook, MA, 1994.