Wedding Showers: Ideas and Recipes for the Perfect Party [Paperback]

Michele Adams (Author), Gia Russo (Author), Kimberly Huson (Author), Jonelle Weaver (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

Your best friend is getting married, it's up to you to throw the shower. Now what? Forget the paper plateribbon bouquet. Times have changed and people are delving into tradition with contemporary flair. With four unique party themes, Wedding Showers offers menus, decorating ideas, creative projects, and activities to suit a range of personalities and visions, making it the ideal guide for today's shower host. A traditional afternoon of tea invites guests to a selection of mouthwatering cakes, tarts, and cookies. A tropical cocktail party carries the festivities outside. The day-at-the-beach shower takes a fun and casual approach with its bountiful barbecue and brightly colored canopies. An intimate beauty shower centers around luxuriant home-spa treatments followed by pretty boxed lunches. From making the plans to decorating the venue, the authors breathe new life into the long-standing tradition of the wedding shower.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Michele Adams is a stylist with a background in product, interior, and floral design. Formerly the associate weddings editor for Martha Stewart Living , she now lives in Santa Monica, California.

Gia Russo is a writer and stylist with a background in design and architecture. She currently resides in Santa Monica, California, and was the associate editor of gardening, weddings, and style for Martha Stewart Living.

Jonelle Weaver -- whose clients include Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, and Gourmet -- lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Edition edition (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811826775
• ISBN-13: 978-0811826778
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #20 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Weddings > Showers

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful ideas and recipes, April 26, 2004

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bonniferous (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wedding Showers: Ideas and Recipes for the Perfect Party (Paperback)

First off, this book is written by two editors from Martha Stewart's Living, so you know the ideas and recipes will be wonderful. They are!

My problem with this book is that it is very limited. As a first time maid of honor (AND bridesmaid), I am completely lost as to how to throw a wedding shower. This book has a little bit on the history of the wedding shower and what goes on during one, but that's about it for basic info. After reading this book, there were still many aspects to a shower that I found unclear. I know that there are suppose to be activities/games during a shower, but none were listed. Another problem I have with this book is that all the ideas and recipes require a bit of money to pull off. Silk napkins? Bamboo sake cups? Rose petals in the punch? It's all great and wonderful, but for someone on a tight budget, it's just not going to happen.

So what does this book have, you ask? Four really beautiful themes for wedding showers. With a good amount of pictures. We have "An Afternoon of Desserts" where everything is sort of dainty and pink. Very elegant. There's "Tropical Cocktails" with fun island inspired recipes and decorations. "A Day of Beauty" lacks decoration ideas, but has wonderful favors. Last but not least, "Beach Barbecue" is great for outdoors. Each theme has decoration ideas, menu ideas, and favor ideas. There is also a timeline guide so that you have an idea of when to do things.

Overall, I would recommend this book, but I would *definitely* have other wedding shower books around. This was the first book I purchased for shower planning, and have bought two others since then. I'm now ready to throw a party. :)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun and easy, June 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wedding Showers: Ideas and Recipes for the Perfect Party (Paperback)

A beautiful and handy book. Easy to follow, and lots of fun and unique ideas.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute but very limited, April 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wedding Showers: Ideas and Recipes for the Perfect Party (Paperback)

Mainly recipes and focuesed on only three themes: Beach BBQ, Deserts, and Tropical/Asian theme (sake, coconut, etc)...would have liked ideas on the more traditional shower.