"Simple Stunning Weddings" by Karen Bussen
The
three biggest trends in weddings are simplicity, personalization, and color!
Wedding designer and expert Karen Bussen focuses on these elements as she shows
couples how to design their own weddings without going crazy or broke. Simple
Stunning Weddings is the first wedding design book to focus on the WHERE of the
event. Location is the first and most important decision; everything else flows
from it. Bussen then shows how to create unifying themes with color, flowers,
and personal touches; how to talk to vendors; how to decide where to spend the
wedding budget; how to adapt the design for every budget - for example, by
changing tablecloths from silk to cotton; striking flower arrangements that use
only one or two flower types, which can be a significant cost saving; and
advising the reader when it is actually faster, safer, and less expensive to
hire someone else to do a job than to tackle it
oneself.
Karen
Bussen is one of New York's most exciting wedding and event designers. Her
styling and floral designs have been featured in magazines such as Modern Bride,
Martha Stewart Weddings, Home, Food & Wine, Country Living, and Interior
Design. She is a consultant to one of Japans largest hotel chains. Over the past
six years, Karen has designed over 100 weddings for real brides and grooms
throughout the country - couples with widely varying styles, locations and
budgets.
In this
incredible collection of inspiration, images, and ideas, Preston Bailey shares
his experience from more than twenty years of designing celebrity and
high-profile weddings to show brides- and grooms-to-be how to create an
unforgettable event. Each chapter portrays one of nine breath-taking weddings
designed by Bailey. The themed wedding events - including a Glorious Glasshouse
Fantasy, a Tropical Latin Fantasy, and a Modern Metropolitan Fantasy - are
illustrated with luxe, full-color photographs. Bailey's engaging text guides
the reader through the entire process of planning the decor for a wedding and
explains how to bring diverse elements together to create a stunning, yet
personal, environment. Beginning with large decisions, such as choosing a color
theme and transforming a space to fit the couple's vision, he moves on to the
details - flowers, centerpieces, arches, napkin rings, lighting, table
settings, and more. Bailey also presents nine design motifs from his Signature
line. Above all, Preston Bailey's Fantasy Weddings encourages those planning a
wedding to have fun and allow their creativity to blossom while designing their
dream event.
Preston Bailey is regularly covered in major media outlets like the New York Times, In Style, Martha Stewart Living, CBS's Early Show, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He has headed Preston Bailey Set & Entertainment Design in New York City for over 23 years. Bailey has a quarterly column in Elle Decor magazine, and is a much sought-after guest speaker. He was recently inducted into the BizBash Event Style Hall of Fame.
"In Style: Weddings" by the Editors of In Style Magazine
How many times has the
instant that a wedding turned magical taken you by surprise? Was it the
disarmingly accurate rehearsal dinner toast or the bride's knowing glance
during the exchange of rings? Was it the vow that could only have been written
by that particular man about this special woman or the significance of the song
playing as they take the floor for their first dance as husband and wife?
Whether staged with black tie formality in a candle-lit chateau or with bare
feet under a summer oak tree, the perfect wedding is only perfect to the extent
that it's personal. When you've decided to say yes, "In Style
Weddings" is the one book you'll need to create your unique expression of
this timeless ritual. So that when the time comes to say I do, you'll be in the
moment - and loving it.
"In Style Weddings" offers a world of inspiring options shown in exquisite
detail - invitations, dresses, flowers, music, cakes - and tips from today's
top wedding planners on how to make it all come together in a way that's
personal, meaningful, and just right. Throughout each chapter, "In Style
Weddings" includes details from celebrity nuptials: How Kate Beckinsale
fell in love with her strapless Vera Wang gown, the flowers that Debra Messing
carried, and the cake that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas picked for
their wedding.
Dallas Light and Sound maintains a copy of "In Style: Weddings" in our reference library, relying on it often when in need of "personal" inspiration.
"Fete - The Wedding Experience" by Jung Lee
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| Jung Lee's "Fete - The Wedding
Experience" is a souce of inspiration, one of the many outstanding titles included in the Dallas Light and Sound reference library. |
Lee writes from the perspective that extraordinary weddings are the ones that bring the marrying couple’s vision to vivid life. Every element-—venue, music, food, decor—should resonate with meaning, reflecting the pair’s own taste and style. Putting all those elements together in a way that ensures a magical time for the wedding party and all the guests entails much more than just ticking off the boxes on a preset checklist. It requires introspection to discern the bride and groom’s true wishes—and it takes the impeccable orchestration of the total experience.
By focusing on introspection and orchestration—and by enabling couples to realize their wedding-day fantasies, no matter where they live and no matter what their budget—Jung Lee and her company, Fête, have secured a position amongst the top levels of the wedding-planning industry. In Fête: The Wedding Experience, Lee shares her secrets with every bride- and groom-to-be, walking them through the same planning process she’s developed for her sophisticated clientele.
Knowing that every memorable wedding is uniquely personal, Lee tells the stories of eight Fête-produced weddings, each highlighting a different aspect of planning. Lavishly illustrated with 150 stunning photographs, Fête: The Wedding Experience will provide endless inspiration.
