While brows­ing the mag­a­zine stand, and of course end­ing up at the wed­ding sec­tion, I picked up Real Simple Weddings for prob­a­bly the third time since it came out. Finally I gave in and spent the 13 bucks on it. Turns out, it was money well spent. Not only is the con­tent superb, but the design makes it a plea­sure to read. The mag­a­zine makes great use of white space and wide mar­gins, invit­ing you to read the con­tent. Little spot illus­tra­tions are sprin­kled through­out and give it a light-hearted feel­ing. Each sec­tion begins with a short intro­duc­tion and moves into a spread on how to get started, fol­lowed by a spread of more details and then com­mon ques­tions. At the end of each sec­tion are some real wed­ding high­lights, each beau­ti­fully dis­play­ing the details of the wed­ding. The use of cap­tions on these spreads is great because you can pick and choose what you want to read about. It’s Real Simple, in both con­tent and design. (Did I men­tion how much I love the use of Caecilia?)

Real Simple Weddings, Cover

Introduction spread

Detail spread