The Complete Book Of Wedding Flowers: Stunning Flower Arranging Inspiration for Everyone & Every Location (Paperback)

~ Shirley Monckton (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

“Attractively designed...offers generous, full-page color photographs illustrating a variety of floral arrangements, while step-by-step drawings accompany descriptions of materials, tools, and containers necessary to complete similar designs....Photographs of decorated sites... provide lovely examples of varied wedding motifs.”—Booklist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0304345652
• ISBN-13: 978-0304345656
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #570,712 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

159 of 160 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful elaborate do-it-yourself arrangments, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This book, although beautiful, wasn't quite what I expected. I was looking for a variety of decor and bouquet arrangements, but a in more traditional format, such as table centerpieces. Instead, I found a variety of different ideas for decorating doorways, church entrance gates and creating topiary-style flower trees. The instructions are very detailed, although quite elaborate. I'm not sure how many of these ideas I will be able to use, but it's a good starting point. I think it would be quite expensive to use some of these ideas, unless you are growing your own flowers (which the author suggests!).

Also, I found some of the author's comments to be quite condenscending. She is assuming everyone who has a wedding is 21, living at home and has a host of relatives around to help. (Of course, she's from a small English village, so her perspective is different than mine). Many of her suggestions just aren't possible for modern, urban weddings. (Or at least, when relatives are from out-of-town).

However, overall, she provides some very beautiful and unique flower ideas. Many of her arrangements use a lot of greenery and berries, and provide lovely alternatives for fall and winter weddings. It's a great book if you're looking for out-of-the-ordinary ideas.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the little details, August 30, 2001

By	Diana (Emporia, KS USA) - See all my reviews

I enjoyed this book because of the ideas it presented for the little details ... suggestions for floral arrangements that were dramatic, beautiful, and unique. It gave examples of floral arrangements for everything from baptismal fonts to tents. I was inspired to think beyond the standard altar pieces and table decorations.
While many of the actual examples were a little heavy for my taste, I found them to really demonstrate how powerful flowers and greenery - beyond the white roses and baby's breath - can be, and how carefully chosen floral arrangements can compliment any decor and create ambiance. I recommend that anyone needing to choose flowers for a wedding - or really, any occasion - at least take a look at this book for inspiration, even if one isn't going to actually arrange one's own flowers.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book with lots of ideas, February 28, 2002

By	Roxanne M. Sotelo "mrsgwc" (Whittier, California USA) - See all my reviews

This is a cute book with lots of ideas. Doesn't have a lot of "how-to's", but does have some. Great pictures. I use this as a book for "brides-to-be". Someone always chooses something from this book.