Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine

I recently got married (6/24), but when I was planning my wedding, I nearly did a jig each time the new "Martha Stewart's Weddings" would arrive on the grocery store shelf. Each issue is so rich with little tidbits and ideas, you want to get "settled" before you read it, so that you're not disturbed while drinking everything in, from cover to cover. This magazine was like a little Christmas for me - I was so excited for its arrival, and I savored each moment once I brought it home.

Yes, it's true, Martha's ideas are a bit "out there" - not only in terms of price, but also in terms of the time they require to come to fruition. I mean, unless you already own a glue gun, chances are you might not be ready to duplicate all of Martha's masterpieces. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed looking at the images depicted in the magazine, because it stirred up my own sense of creativity, on a level I was comfortable with (i.e., instead of "painting a cloth with lilac colored watercolor, using a raw silk sponge, making little "v" shapes in a downward spiral," I would just purchase a purple cloth - but . . . AT LEAST I WAS TRYING!) :)

This magazine is fantasy, but I think it is time well spent for any bride-to-be (or wedding enthusiast).