The Artful Bride: Wedding Favors and Decorations: A Stylish Bride's Guide to Simple, Handmade Wedding Crafts (Paperback)

by April L. Paffrath (Author), Paula Grasdal (Author), Livia McRee (Author) "Sweetness is a theme for the day..." (more)
Key Phrases: decorative paper, craft glue, card stock, Mod Podge

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Product Description
Saavy, modern brides are seeking ways to personalize their wedding celebrations, and to make them unique, special, and unbelievably fun without relying on tradition-heavy standards. This beautiful guide contains everything a bride needs to put her own stamp on all of the special events surrounding her wedding, from pre-celebration parties to the rehearsal evening to the reception, with elegant-but also simple and inexpensive touches. Artful Wedding Celebrations includes more than 20 fashionable and fun-to-make projects from handmade place cards to humorous party favors, dramatic centerpieces to customized glassware.

About the Author
April L. Paffrath is a freelance editor and writer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to book and magazine editing, she has written architecture profiles, travel pieces, cooking articles, and craft how-to's, for magazines such as Scientific American Explorations and Martha Stewart Living. She is coauthor with Laura McFadden of The Artful Bride: Simple, Handmade Wedding Projects (Rockport, 2003).

Livia McRee is a craft writer and designer who is always looking for new twists on beautiful crafts. She lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is author of four craft books, and has contributed to several others.

Paula Grasdal is a printmaker and mixed-media artist living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has contributed to several Rockport publications and is coauthor, with Holly Harrison, of Collage for the Soul: Expressing Hopes and Dreams through Art.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books; illustrated edition edition (February 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592530397
• ISBN-13: 978-1592530397
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #501,230 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I sadly missed McFadden in this artful bride book., April 7, 2004

By A Customer

Compared to the wonderfully creative and unique original 'Artful Bride' I found `wedding favours', the third book of the artful bride series to be a real let down. I was terribly disappointed so I checked and saw it was only written by one of the two authors of the first book, sadly Graphic Designer Laura Mc Fadden is absent. I found all of the projects in the third book to be rather obvious and lacking in enthusiasm, and especially lacking the edgy well designed feel of the first book, which is a bible for the crafty anti-bride.

Only two of this books projects appealed, but they are no stretch of the imagination for bridal favours either: home made chocolates & bonsai trees, please, I think they lifted those ideas from Martha Stewarts weddings! Overall the feel of the book was of icky bridal triteness, with a lot of pink, heart shapes and a flower on nearly every page. I am waiting for the second book in the series, Invitations, which, unlike `wedding favours' was co-written by Laura Mc Fadden and I hope it will be better.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Martha's employee makes a book., April 7, 2004

By A Customer

Following from the previous review where I commented that the projects in this book could have been from 'Martha Stewarts weddings' imagine my amusement when I saw on the back of the book that the Author IS from Martha Stewart's living! Trust me, this book is truly banal.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I am returning it, September 26, 2007

By	Lundy Wilder (Gulf Shores, AL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wow, I didn't realize Amazon offered Video reviews ! Next time....meanwhile, I am returning this book. Not worth the postage in my opinion. And, from the look of the corners and edges, I may not be the first to have returned this particular book. That alone would have no bearing on whether I liked the book or not, I only mention it as a 'heads up' to others considering ordering it.
I consider most of the projects to be very time consuming,AND way out of proportion to the value of the finished piece. Funny thing is the text refers to the placesetting favors as treasured keepsakes,.... I think not.