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The Best Canadian Animal Stories: Classic Tales by Master Storytellers
Manufacturer: McClelland & Stewart
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ASIN: 0771088191
Release Date: 1997-04-12 |
Customer Reviews:
A fun and Inspiring book.......2000-07-19
This book has a handful of good stories about animals, some funny, some heartwarming, other just plain great. My favorite is "Redruff: the story of the don valley partidge" as a grouse hunter, I loved the way this story was set up in the eyes of the grouse, and not the hunter for a change. This is a very nice book and I'd recomend it.
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For every bride (and her mother), The Knot Book of Wedding Flowers provides an invaluable and inspirational guide for planning a perfect storybook event--be it a private family affair or an all-out bash in a hotel ballroom. Author Carley Roney, editor-in-chief of The Knot online wedding planning site, which has branched out to offer this and other books (like The Knot's Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World), provides extensive information, friendly advice, and helpful tips for brides of every budget. Special features of the book include beautifully illustrated glossaries of a wide variety of common wedding flowers as well as surveys of the various shapes and styles of bouquets, centerpieces, guest favors, and boutonnieres. How-to sections help the bride decide on her floral style and palette--deep red or purple flowers are popular modern choices, and of course all-white weddings remain perennially popular. Do-it-yourself instructions, clearly illustrated, help brides create their own flower decorations. And even brides with very deep pockets will appreciate the guide to choosing a florist, as well as the timeline planner and sample worksheets at the back of the book. Throughout, 150 glorious color photos seem practically fragrant. --Judy Fireman
Book Description
From bouquets to boutonnieres, corsages to centerpieces, The Knot Book of Wedding Flowers features everything a bride needs to know about those all-important details. This lavishly illustrated book includes more than 150 color photographs and a wealth of useful information. Featuring page after page of beautiful arrangements, a fully photographed glossary of popular wedding flowers, advice on finding and working with a florist, step-by-step instructions for creating a host of floral accents by hand, and explanations of floral terminology, this is a book to be enjoyed well beyond a wedding. From the ceremony arrangements to the posies for the bridesmaids, this comprehensive resource guides the happy couple through every aspect of floral decoration.
Customer Reviews:
Informative on a basic level for brides-to-be.......2007-03-30
The first part of the book provides a list of favoured wedding flowers (with photos), and it gives a basic summary on their characteristics, seasonal availability and cost. The second part of the book contains a few DIY tips (not a lot) and a small gallery of centerpiece/bouquet designs, grouped by colors and themes.
The information in this book can be helpful for brides-to-be who are unfamiliar with the names of flowers, or what certain flowers look like. I personally think that the design examples are quite simple and unintimidating (ie. not flashy or over the top), and thus this book will be useful for brides who are looking for inspirations along those lines.
I recommend this book as a preliminary reference and it's a good start before meeting with your florist to discuss wedding flowers.
Not too exciting.......2007-03-07
I didn't find this book very exciting. I looked through it and there's really nothing in it that I can use. I was looking for ideas for my wedding bouquet and I really got NONE.
OK--but not the best.......2007-02-25
If you are looking for some floral tips and arrangement ideas, this book will help you with those ideas. However, if you are looking for an instructional book on how to make arrangements yourself, this book doesn't give enough information on this. (Yes, there is a small section in the book about making them yourself--but does not tell you how to make certain ones shown in the book). I would like a more informational--how-to-make boquet book. I might just have to write one myself!
The knot book of wedding flowers.......2007-01-20
I bought the book used, but it looked brand new. I was pleased.
Great basic guide for brides!.......2007-01-16
I found this book useful in that it was simple, straight forward guide to the most common flowers used in weddings. The first half is essentially a glossary of flowers. It provides basic information that made it easy to compare flowers: photo, meaning, colors available, when in season, and price range. The book also provides information on bouquet styles, color schemes, and flower arrangments, but I found the single flower photos most educational.
This book enabled me to have an intelligent conversation with my florist and narrow down which flowers I wanted for my wedding. I even took it along with me to discuss specific flowers with my florist.
I plan to lend it to all my friends for their wedding planning!
Book Description
With the help of this exquisite and instruction-filled guide, anyone can create gorgeous wedding arrangements with ease. It covers all the important points any designer must take into consideration: how to coordinate the flowers with the overall theme of the ceremony; where the arrangements will be needed, from personal boutonnieres to centerpieces at the reception; and how to work with a florist to get the blooms. Floral basics and how-tos range from important facts on color and composition to suggestions on bouquet shapes and their relation to the dresses. Most important are the various projects to duplicate exactly or use as a springboard, from lovely monochromatic themes to seasonal styles.
Customer Reviews:
Great Ideas.......2007-09-10
I Have a Wedding floral Design business from my home and am always looking for great and fresh ideas I can share with my brides. The book has many great suggestions and photos.
The New Book of Wedding Flowers : Simple & Stylish Arrangements for the Creative Bride.......2005-09-30
The book has beautiful pictures and wonderful ideas. I wish it would identify all flowers and amounts used in the boquets.
I thought it might be more of an instructional book. It is a good reference.
Book Description
“Attractively designed...offers generous, full-page color photographs illustrating a variety of floral arrangements, while step-by-step drawings accompany descriptions of materials, tools, and containers necessary to complete similar designs....Photographs of decorated sites... provide lovely examples of varied wedding motifs.”—Booklist.
Customer Reviews:
Tradition.......2007-02-20
I loved this book for it's absolute tradition. This will show people tradition is still very much alive and kicking. Very handy tip's easy to use and doing the arrangements looks easy and won't put you off.
Complete Book of Wedding Flowers:Stunning Flower Arranging.........2003-02-13
I found that this book was not detailed enough for beginners in terms of creating the arrangements. It focused more on the wedding day rather than the actual flower arrangements. I was looking for more of a step-by-step guide for arranging wedding flowers.
Great book with lots of ideas.......2002-03-01
This is a cute book with lots of ideas. Doesn't have a lot of "how-to's", but does have some. Great pictures. I use this as a book for "brides-to-be". Someone always chooses something from this book.
It's the little details.......2001-08-31
I enjoyed this book because of the ideas it presented for the little details ... suggestions for floral arrangements that were dramatic, beautiful, and unique. It gave examples of floral arrangements for everything from baptismal fonts to tents. I was inspired to think beyond the standard altar pieces and table decorations.
While many of the actual examples were a little heavy for my taste, I found them to really demonstrate how powerful flowers and greenery - beyond the white roses and baby's breath - can be, and how carefully chosen floral arrangements can compliment any decor and create ambiance. I recommend that anyone needing to choose flowers for a wedding - or really, any occasion - at least take a look at this book for inspiration, even if one isn't going to actually arrange one's own flowers.
Great source of experienced advice and aesthetic inspiration.......2000-08-02
I am thoroughly enjoying Shirley Monckton's book, which I happily discovered on returning from an "early honeymoon" in England, in which my fiance and I explored wonderful Gothic cathedrals and appealing parish churches. Yes, Ms. Monckton is writing for an English audience and her lovely decorations are suited more for the churches and manor houses in her country, but she has a great sense of design and lots of detailed advice for the rest of us, too. Being "florally-challenged," I greatly appreciate Ms. Monckton's experienced guidance on things I would never have considered, such as determining what the rules are in decorating a particular church or hall and who enforces them, how to keep a vertical arrangement from looking like a Christmas tree, how to prevent plastic in a basket arrangement from reflecting sunlight or camera flashes in your wedding pictures, and how long to condition flowers before arranging them (two hours to overnight . . . not the two minutes I would've allowed). Shirley emphasizes planning ahead and informs the reader which things can and cannot be completed until the Big Day. She kindly nudges the bride to delegate the last-minute work to the florist or talented friends/family members. Of the three wedding flower books I've read in recent weeks, Shirley Monckton's is definitely the best.
Customer Reviews:
Tacky and Sloppy.......2006-09-22
Just bought this book because of the previous reviews. What a mistake. I've been doing highend weddings for 15 years and this stuff is sloppy and tacky. Lot's of photos but I think I counted 5 that I wouldn't be ashamed of.
More bridal bouquet photos than any other book..........2006-06-10
As a special event florist specializing in wedding design, I own nearly 40 floral and floral design books that I use as reference (for myself and my clients) for my business, and in my opinion, this book is the best bridal bouquet photo book in existance today. It's not a step-by-step, "how to" book so readers won't see any instructions for how to re-create the designs in the book. However, what they will see is a large book that showcases a HUGE volume of photos of diversely-styled bouquets designed by many different floral designers (some well known and some up-and-coming) from across the US.
While many of the recently published books contain designs by only the book's author, and often many of the pages in those books contain a lot of text and filler photos (with perhaps only 1 photo per page), this book contains multiple photos on the majority of pages. Overall (and I counted) throughout the book's 176 pages, there are 351 large and small photos of bouquets and 71 photos of bouts, corsages, hair flowers, etc. (that doesn't even cover the 9 photos on the back and front cover). The book also contains wedding resources pages and an introduction/foreward from the President of the Association for Wedding Professionals International.
One of the handiest features is that the book is organized by bouquet colors and feeling (such as Traditional, Fresh, Vibrant, Stately, Feminine, etc), and that has been extremely helpful as well as a time saver for my wedding/bridal clients. Although the book's cover photo isn't the most eye-catching and the book's publisher isn't one of the powerhouse publishers that gets a lot of promotion or hype in the big bridal magazines, don't let either of those things fool you about what's inside of this book. There are more bouquet photos in this book than any other I've ever seen, the photography is nice, and the book's paper is weighty and high quality so it makes a great reference book. I highly recommend this to both brides and fellow florists who are looking for a a wide variety of bouquet colors and styles in one, comprehensive photo reference book.
Now THIS is the book I've been waiting for........2005-03-17
A really great book to get ideas for your bridal bouquet. I looked for something like this for my own wedding, but the only books available showed a couple dozen different bouquets or were how-to's (NOT for me!). This book shows hundreds and hundreds of different bouquets. You will absolutely find the bouquet style you want in this book. Dividing it by color was the best choice since that is how brides choose flowers - at least I did. I bought it to help my sister choose her bouquet and that of her attendants, but now the hard part is choosing from so many really beautiful pictures. Really fun to see this many bouquets in one book.
Book Description
Learn how to make everything for a wedding from bridal bouquets to arch decorations to cake flowers. This book is filled with fabulous wedding floral ideas. Every design is accompanied with fully illustrated, detailed instructions to help you make professional looking arrangements.
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The Complete Book of Wedding Flowers
Shirley Monckton
Manufacturer: Cassell
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0304342017 |
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Every bride faces the challenge of choosing wedding flowers -- and of explaining her preferences to the florist. Now, Bride's Little Book of Bouquets and Flowers, from the editors of Bride's magazine, offers ideas for every imaginable bloom -- from traditional to cutting edge, from bouquet to boutonniere, from church to table -- fully illustrated with over 35 full-color photographs.
The treasury traces the romance of wedding flowers and lists the varieties in bloom each season. With notes on the meaning of each blossom, it explains how flowers can give your wedding a personal signature.
For brides-to-be, their mothers, and all wedding planners, Bride's Little Book of Bouquets and Flowers is an invaluable resource for the wedding day.
Bride's magazine, founded in 1934, is the most authoritative end most respected publication for those planning a wedding -- from amateurs to professionals. Other books by Bride's editors include Bride's Little Book of Cakes and Toasts, Bride's Wedding Planner and Bride's Book of Etiquette.
Customer Reviews:
Cute Little Book with Great Pictures.......2000-03-23
I was having a hard time finding books with bouquets. Out of all the books I looked at, this book had the best pictures and ideas. I like the fact that they tell you the names of each flower. It also tells you which flowers are in bloom for each season. I found it very helpful. A lot of info. in a very cute little book.
Excellent small complete show and tell of wedding flowers.......1999-07-21
I use this book with almost every bride who visits and have shared with persons who make Bridal Flowers in their homes. I cannot always remember what flower is in what season and give a good description, so I carry this tiny book with me. I think I need a second one for the library at home!
Cute little book with good descriptions and some ideas........1999-05-03
I was expecting a little bit bigger book with lots of ideas for bouquets for a wedding. There were some pages with pictures of flowers, their names, and what season they were available in. There is a little bit of advice on shopping for wedding flowers, but not much. I expected more from the editors of Bride's Magazine.
Save your $$.......1999-04-02
The book provides the names of about twenty flowers, many of the pictures are of the same type of flower in a different color or bouquet. I don't think the book was all that helpful.
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Bridal Bouquet
S Pickles
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0517127547
Release Date: 1995-11-19 |
Book Description
A romantic selection of verse and prose honoring the ultimate celebration of love between two people, Bridal Bouquet is the perfect gift for any bride. Thoughtful, nostalgic, and moving passages from well-loved writers and poets. such as Thomas Hardy, John Donne and Colette, capture the excitement of proposals, engagements, the wedding day, and the honeymoon, and are accompanied by exquisite paintings and drawings from Renaissance masters to twentieth-century artists. Bridal Bouquet is scented with "Orange Blossom," a honeyed, floral aroma created by Penhaligon's especially for the wedding day.
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The complete book of wedding flowers and decorations, with a section on etiquette
Virginia Hickman Clark
Manufacturer: Hearthside Press
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: B0007E9S7A |
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