Wedding Showers: Ideas and Recipes for the Perfect Party (Paperback)

by Michele Adams (Author), Gia Russo (Author), Kimberly Huson (Author), Jonelle Weaver (Photographer) "Once you have offered to host a wedding, you will need to do some preliminary brainstorming..." (more)
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Product Description
Your best friend is getting married, it's up to you to throw the shower. Now what? Forget the paper plate-ribbon bouquet. Times have changed and people are delving into the old traditions with contemporary flair. With four unique party themes, Wedding Showers offers menus, decorating ideas, 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 mouth-watering 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.

About the Author
Michele Adams is a stylist and writer with a background in architecture and product design. She was an associate editor creating stories in gardening, weddings, and style for Martha Stewart Living before she moved with her husband to Los Angeles, California.

Gia Russo (left) is a stylist and writer with a strong background in interior and floral design. She was an associate weddings and style editor for Martha Stewart Living specializing in flower, jewelry, and craft stories before moving to Los Angeles, California with her husband.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811826775
• ISBN-13: 978-0811826778
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #467,450 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

By	"bonniferous" (Davis, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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

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

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.