Product Description

The three biggest trends in weddings are simplicity, personalization, and colour! 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 colour, 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109483 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous!
I treated myself to this book and I'm so pleased that I did. Although it's definitely aimed at American brides, there are so many ideas for little details in here that can easily be used in the UK. Also, you can adapt some of the ideas to suit any budget which is great. The pictures are really gorgeous and each design is also given a difficultly rating! I love having this book on my coffee table.

Beautiful. Inspiring. Buy this book!!!
This is a stunning book.

Even if you intend to plan your own wedding on the smallest of budgets, this book is wonderfully inspiring and money well spent. I got married over two years ago and 're-discovered' it just the other day on my bookcase. It was a pleasure to leaf through it's pages once again. Not only did that remind me to give it a glowing review but it got me thinking how I could still use some of it's idea's for a future party.

Buy this beautiful book and enjoy it for many years.