Wedding Flowers: More Than Sixty Beautiful Arrangements [Paperback]

Fiona Barnett (Author), Debbie Patterson (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1999

Bring color, life, and individuality to any wedding ceremony. Arrange your own wedding flowers or show a professional a range of examples to interpret from 20 seasonal schemes that are so breathtakingly splendid they can't fail to please. Evoke a feeling of beauty and sophistication with tulips in Color and Elegance; reproduce the marvelous variety of blooms found in nature in Woodland Romance; recall days of courtly love by combining flowers, fruit, vegetables, nuts, and berries in Medieval Magnificence; and suggest romance with blossoms rich in history and symbolism in Valentine Wedding. Fashion enchanting bridal bouquets, headdresses, corsages, swags, garlands, pomanders, and table decorations. Fiona Barnett, whose prestigious clients include Cosmopolitan magazine, encourages you to make the most of one of the most important elements of a wedding. 144 pages (all in color), 9 x 9 1/2.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850296855
• ISBN-13: 978-1850296850
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,550,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed!, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wedding Flowers: More Than Sixty Beautiful Arrangements (Paperback)

I was so anxious to get this book but it turned out to be such a disappointment. I sent this book back to Amazon the very next day! Everything was so outdated (it looked like it was from the 70s and 80s). Some arrangements might have been OK if you were having an informal outdoor, country wedding. Too many LARGE, 'busy' arrangements -- lacked simplicity and elegance.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars O.K., I guess.........., June 9, 2000

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This review is from: Wedding Flowers: More Than Sixty Beautiful Arrangements (Paperback)

I got this book to either help me design my own wedding flowers or to get ideas for my florist. I think I could have found better pictures in the bride magazines. The book had some pretty flowers but most of the arrangements were just O.K. or outdated. There wasn't a very large variety of boquets to look at, it was mostly composed of the similar large arrangements with different flowers. Don't get me wrong, it did show a few diagrams on constructing arrangements, but it was nothing to get excited about.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Floral Abundance, February 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wedding Flowers: More Than Sixty Beautiful Arrangements (Paperback)

In preparation of a wedding in 1992 this was the first floral book I had ever read, and I loved it immediately! With wonderful photographs that evoke feelings of the Elizabethan period, and lush English gardens it is visually stunning to look at. While most of these arrangements do represent a larger, free-form style, they also exemplify rich color, and texture combinations that are less common in today's magazines.

For couples who will base their wedding around a period theme, or plan to have an outdoors event I highly recommend this book. Also keep in mind that professional florists can downscale most any arrangement should its size become an issue.

Though admittedly not a "step by step" manual it lists complete information for each theme throughout the book, and does contain basic instructions towards the back. However, for brides that desire to make their own bouquets I would not suggest this serve as your guide unless having had prior experience.

A companion book too this one which may seem more up to date is "Festive Flowers" by Paula Pryke. It contains unique, and vibrant designs that are a must see.