Generic Boilerplate Wedding Contract
Business By Doug Updated 30 Nov 2016 , 4:13pm by sistersvillesweets
Doug, that is fantastic! Must have taken you forever. Thanks so much for sharing. Ummm, pc illiterate. How do I find the header/footer?
under old Word (97-2003) it's under the VIEW menu.
in new (and IMHO worse) Word 2007, just double click on the footer (the part at the bottom where you would edit the bakery address) and it will open up. (or you can go to the INSERT menu and click on footer and then click on EDIT FOOTER at the bottom of the menu that shows up)
Doug, thanks for this wealth of information and anwering my PM. I have the document downloaded on my desktop in Word. (Yea!) I have tried to remove the word sample and could not see how to do that from the header/footer view. I have Word 2002, I'll keep trying.
Thanks for all your help.
Doug, that is awesome! Thank you so much for the time and effort in producing such a backside covering (we're talking full coverage here....) contract. It's quite intimidating though...looking at it from the other side of the consultation table.
If unable to sign in with the cut and paste....try typing it in---------the cut and paste didn't work for me, I had to type it in.
Can anyone tell me how to get the word SAMPLE out of the contract? Thanks!
download the word version
then do VIEW HEADERS AND FOOTERS (or open the head/footer)
then delete it from there -- it's a piece of Word Art
I purposefully put it in the header/footer so it would show as a washed out image on all pages regardless of what was on the page (tables can make things go all wonky!)
HTH
Hope all is well Doug. First and foremost, thank for providing such a template for your fellow decorators to utilize; your kindness and generosity is greatly appreciated! While I am able to view the contracts on-site when I go to the link you provided, it does not give me the option to download in a Word format and when I print it as a pdf, only half of each page of the contract is generated and I cannot extract any text. Would you mind forwarding the Word version to my attention under separate cover? My email address is [email protected]
Again, thank you for your assistance in this matter; your efforts are duly recognized and greatly appreciated!!!!
That is quite a contract Doug! If I had use for it I would be so grateful!!! Maybe I'll keep a copy for my dreams...LOL
Question....
I saw the one about Vibrations and whilst the Beach Boys Good Vibrations is playing in my mind and I am sway-in in my seat. That one got me thinking... has music ever caused a cake to shimmy on down to it's demise?
Com one you know you hear it too... Good Good, Good Vibrations!
Wow!! This covered everything and then some!! Thanks SO MUCH!!
Hey Doug thanks so much for this. I think it is a great contract and answers pretty much every question under the sun. So I actually used it for my recent cake testing... I edited and removed somethings that I didn't think I needed and so on. It ended up being 9 pages! yikes!
So I have a question though... Have you ever had any brides look at that and be like, wow! That is one contract then turn around and run. I realize that there are some brides who may do this and it is good they did run. However, I am a little afraid that my last client has been a little turned off by such a contract. Have you had any experience with this?
Wow and this would be only one element of the contract? You'd end up sending the bride home with a book to read! Haha. Must be a bit overwhelming?
This is really great though... and I'll definitely be taking some ideas off this. A lot of effort you've put in. 
Hey Doug thanks so much for this. I think it is a great contract and answers pretty much every question under the sun. So I actually used it for my recent cake testing... I edited and removed somethings that I didn't think I needed and so on. It ended up being 9 pages! yikes!
So I have a question though... Have you ever had any brides look at that and be like, wow! That is one contract then turn around and run. I realize that there are some brides who may do this and it is good they did run. However, I am a little afraid that my last client has been a little turned off by such a contract. Have you had any experience with this?
by covering every base, infield, outfield, in-laws and even a few outlaws...this gives everyone a place to start and adapt to personal situation.
all these clauses (and there are more waiting in the wings) were the result of some bridezilla or tale of client woe thread on here.
So, I wrote a clause to address each of them up until the time I posted it.
and i thought mine was too long!! (4 pages) LOL
thanks for the additional clauses, this will definitely help me to revise my already revised contract (how I know about those bridezillas)
Wow...that sure covers everything. I'm one of those who would be afraid of handing this out though -- I'm married to an attorney, and even *I* felt overwhelmed by all the bits to intial and agree to....
no one said you had to use it all -- just those parts you need (or in your case hubby advises are needed)
True.
I just laughed though because I'm the kind of person that has trouble writing ANYthing in just a few words. (Why use 4 words when you can use 40? Can't help it, I was a technical writer in my Before Children days...I was paid to be wordy and old habits die hard.)
So my inclination would be to keep it ALL in, just in case. Thereby freaking out any and all potential customers. 
True.
I just laughed though because I'm the kind of person that has trouble writing ANYthing in just a few words. (Why use 4 words when you can use 40? Can't help it, I was a technical writer in my Before Children days...I was paid to be wordy and old habits die hard.)
So my inclination would be to keep it ALL in, just in case. Thereby freaking out any and all potential customers.
hhmmmm....I get it!
Tech writers and lawyers went the to the Charles Dickens School of Writing!
where we are paid by the word (he was -- 1 cent/word -- that helps explains why his novels are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long!)
Doug,
Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you. Jodi
I just found this link and I noticed how long ago it was created. I'm trying to view the contract, but I'm gettting a message that the "Login has Failed". Is there another way to view it? Thanks!
I just tried it and it worked.
I did both copy/paste method and also typed the password in -- it IS CASE SENSITIVE and those little dashes are required too.
Are you copying and pasting the password - being sure to NOT include any extra spaces?
I did have to hit the log-in button twice (seems to be a glitch on their end) but it did work
It worked this time. I copied and pasted the first few times I tried it. This time I typed it myself. Not sure what went wrong, but thank you!
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