Offray's Glorious Weddings [Hardcover]

Ellie Joos (Author), Ellie Schneider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

The follow-up to Offray's "The Splendor of Ribbon", this book combines ribbons and weddings to make a beautiful and romantic gift, perfect for the bride-to-be. The guide is a charming collection of wedding customs and traditions that offers ideas for using romantic ribbons in weddings. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Ribbons and wedding accessories are a natural pairing, and ribbon doyen Ellie Joos knows how to wrest spectacular flowers and bows out of a few yards of the stuff. Yet despite the elaborate appearance of her creations, she manages to keep the how-tos clear and (mostly) fairly easy, especially with the frequent use of premade craft-store flowers. She offers a nice selection of headpieces, garters, shoe and glove decorations, purses, keepsake boxes, centerpieces, pew bows, boutonnieres, corsages, wreaths, and favors, plus less common items like adornments for the cake server and champagne glasses, a lacy parasol, a unity candle, even a beautifully decorated rustic broom to celebrate the African American tradition of "jumping the broom." Most of the projects can be handled by the novice crafter, although some may take a fair amount of time and many will be a bit pricey--all that beautiful ribbon doesn't come cheap. Still, it's less expensive to make the items yourself than to buy them ready-made; plus, you can easily tailor them to suit your taste and color scheme. Woven throughout the more than 50 step-by-step instructions and pretty color photos are tidbits of wedding lore and charming engravings of Victorian weddings, as well as a brief wedding planner. A solid general techniques section details bow making, ribbon weaving, pinwheel folding, and some basic flower making. --Amy Handy

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567996507
• ISBN-13: 978-1567996500
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 10.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,658,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book was very helpful and creative for a wedding., March 27, 2000

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Patricia (Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Offray's Glorious Weddings (Hardcover)

My mom purchased this book and we used it to help in the ribbon work for my cousin's wedding and my brother's wedding. It was really helpful and had alot of ideas that were different from the everyday things as well as the traditions and such. So I recommend this book to the people who enjoy doing ribbon work and want to make ribbons a part of their wedding in a unique way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars offrays glorious weddings, June 20, 2002

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Debra L. Rising (pittsburgh, pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Offray Glorious Weddings: Traditions, Inspirations and Handmade Ribbon Treasures (Paperback)

i watched a show on tlc using this book, and loved the ideas, and I was no less impressed when i received it from amazon. i found a great used copy. the ideas, the directions.. it's a super book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! Inspiring! Easy-to-follow instructions!, April 1, 2011

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This review is from: Offray's Glorious Weddings (Hardcover)

Filled with numerous ideas, inspirations and how-to directions. These ideas and simple instructions can be applied easily to many other occasions besides the wedding examples shown in this book. Let these projects be your starting point and take all the info further to other levels. Ribbon is a user-friendly medium that adds romance to almost everything. Let your imagination go wild. Easy to follow instructions are basic and well illustrated. Changing the size and color of the ribbons can create endless designs. This is a "keeper" for my shelf of influence books.