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Emma Arendoski's new book, The Inspired Wedding, is an idea book featuring an exciting and fresh collection of themes for couples who dream of making their wedding day both personal and unforgettable. Featuring more than 500 photographs of dozens of real weddings, the book amply illustrates handcrafted ideas for each of the themes and shows how creativity, passion, and smart planning are the secret ingredients that will take your wedding day from ordinary to outstanding. The book offers an array of themes and each features photographs that illustrate the imaginative work of dozens of skilled handcrafters from around the world. From a modern, classic approach with details to match, to romantically vintage to bohemian chic or a blissful beach wedding, each chapter is rich in ideas and inspiration. The handcrafted touches and styling ideas have made author Emma Arendoski's Web site, EmmalineBride.com, a must-see for about-to-be-married couples all over the globe.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
The weddings and images are real-individualized (or couple-ized) unions depicted in more than 500 photos of people tying the knot or granny knot or slip knot, depending on one's style. And style is personalized here in seven ways-beach bum, urban chic, romantic vintage, or countrified among them-that can be further modified to accommodate the quirks and tastes of the couple. DIY wedding schemes are as overdone as chalkboard place cards at a reception. But Arendoski (The Handcrafted Wedding) has gone beyond the "Let's put up some hay bales and put vodka lemonade in Mason jars" that pervades so much of the DIY wedding market, and into a world where personal is possible, right down to Garbo-esque trimmings on the vintage romantic gown. Cue the Belafonte - or the Beach Boys or Beastie Boys, depending on one's taste. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Library Journal Review
Arendoski (emmalinebride.com; The Handcrafted Wedding) aspires to assist couples seeking hand-crafted alternatives to personalize their weddings. She groups ideas around seven wedding themes: romantically vintage, farmhouse rustic, beach bliss, urban chic, free spirit, traditional, and boho style. For each theme, the author offers comments on invitations, the ceremony, attire, flowers, and the reception. Some ideas seem original (such as lawn scrabble at a free-spirit reception) but even pat activities like photo booths become fresh when the use of photo props is suggested. Dense, at times repetitive, the text is adorned with more than 500 images. However, the pictures are not captioned, making it difficult to browse quickly and match up a great item in a photo with its source in the resource lists found at the end of each motif. VERDICT This book can help couples narrow their options and develop a theme. Crafters might prefer Amy Larson's Style Me Pretty Weddings, a book conveying similar themes and suggestions, which includes a chapter on DIY projects.-Bonnie Poquette, Milwaukee (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.