Simple Stunning Weddings Flowers

Flowers are loves truest language: so wrote journalist Park Benjamin in the 19th century. The sentiment remains just as compelling today. As every bride-to-be knows, the right flowers are a fundamental expression of the perfect wedding.But brides are often flummoxed when it comes to the specifics of realizing a beautiful and personal floral vision. Should the arrangements be lushly romantic or sleekly understated? Which flowers are best for the season when the wedding will take placeand for its setting? How much should you spend on flowers? (Where should you splurge and where can you cut back?) How do you go about choosing and working with a professional florist? Do you dare to try to make your own wedding bouquets?These are just a sampling of the questions that Karen Bussen, one of the countrys top wedding experts, addresses in Simple Stunning Wedding Flowers, the gloriously illustrated follow-up to her essential wedding-planning book, Simple Stunning Weddings. As always, Bussen offers advice thats as down-to-earth as it is aesthetically fresh and inspired. And her guiding principlesthat less is more, and that breathtaking elegance is achievable on any budgetare sure to calm an overwhelmed brides frazzled nerves.