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| Authors: David Stark, Avi Adler
Publisher: Artisan
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 72193
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.7 x 1
ISBN: 1579652786
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.926
EAN: 9781579652784
ASIN: 1579652786
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Breathtaking Floral Designs- Thank you David Stark!! July 27, 2006
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
David Stark has done a wonderful job of giving us fabulous ideas and inspiration for couture floral. I appreciate this book because many times brides can't afford full-blown high-style floral designs, but she still appreciates the very best. This presents the very best to everyone. Thanks, David!
 a-m-a-z-i-n-g June 8, 2006
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
THIS WAS A TRULY AMAZING AND HELPFUL BOOK THAT GUIDED ME TO MAKE THE BEST FLORAL DECISIONS FOR THE WEDDING THAT I ALWAYS DREAMED FOR.
FABULOUS BOOK June 8, 2006
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
"WOW!" Is all I can say. Finally a truly inspiring and helpful road map through the sea of floral choices. It was the perfect resource to show my florist what I truly love and want for my wedding. Thank you!
beautiful and inspiring June 6, 2006
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
[...] To Have and To Hold is undoubtedly one of the most elegant, information packed, stunning books on the subject that I have ever seen -- filled with photo after photo of lusciousness. There are probably over 200 amazing photos in this book, and I highly recommend it both for the bride to be and simply the flower lover. It has provided me with so much inspiration and information -- what flowers are available when, what flowers are beautiful to pair with others, what color combinations are gorgeous, and what the reality of my choices or floral dreams might have on my wallet -- this book is a MUST have. I can't find any others that even come close to the ground that this one covers with such sophistication!
 Nice designs, but overall not as many bouquet photos as expected... June 2, 2006
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this book (and another bridal bouquet book that hasn't received as much p.r. as this book). My expectations of this book were very high because of all the promotion in bridal magazines, however, I was disappointed to discover there aren't as many bouquet photos in the book as expected. The photography is excellent and the floral designs pictured are very contemporary and vibrant (kudos to the designer), but I found there to be a lot of white space and a lot of filler photos (distance or silhouette photos of brides, up close photos of cut flowers, ribbon with scissors, etc) used. The text subject matter is very light (not detailed "how to" instructions) and varies in topic though generally explaining a little about some of the types of flowers used (for example, "Leucojum is known informally as the summer snowflake..."). Of 208 pages, this book contains, approx. 80 (yes, I counted) large and medium size photos of bouquets, approx. 30 small photos of bouquets, a couple of bouts, a couple of hair wreaths, etc, and approx. 78 of what I felt were filler photos (as I described above). I was expecting more primary photos and less fluff in between primary photos so that is my major criticism of the book.
This book provides a good glimpse of the authors' personal style of design (he is obviously a talented floral designer), but I found the book's size, content, and number of photos to be very similar to many other, similarly-sized, bridal design books on the market. It's a newer release so the designs are "fresher" than the others but there are a lot of similarities in layout and content. The niche that this book has over others in the same genre is that it puts more focus on the hand-tied stem wraps and ornamentation that most books ignore so that's a fresh approach. As a designer I also like many of the unusual and exclusive blooms used in the bouquets as they are very distinctive and not often photographed, however, brides are likely to receive sticker-shock when they hear the price to replicate. Brides with more resources may be able to splurge, but due to the cost of the pricey blooms and the labor involved in such intricate ornamentation, the cost to duplicate can easily be outside of the average bride's floral budget. That is my other major criticism of the book as there doesn't appear to be a wide variety of price points represented and that hinders its use as a general consultation book, particularly with bridal clients who have average and below average floral budgets.
Because I own nearly 40 floral design books that are similar, I was searching for a more comprehensive, bouquet photo reference book that brides can use as a "one stop shop" for choosing a variety of styles and colors they like in a range of prices. Although this book didn't meet that need, I did find what I was looking for in the other book I purchased (The Bridal Bouquet Book by Ginny Parfitt, Schiffer Books). It's is a gem of a find, and I'd recommend it, instead, to brides and florists looking for one, primary reference book filled with wedding bouquet photos. It has 175 pages with 351 (I counted) large and small photos of bouquets, 71 photos of bouts, corsages, etc., 0 filler photos, and it's currently my top pick for wedding floral reference books. The designs are contemporary, current, and because they are created by many different floral designers across the United States, the book offers a wide variety of creative styles, colors, and price points. It's my number one pick and recommendation to fellow florists and brides. My number two is Wedding Bouquets (Over 300 Designs for Every Bride). That book is a smaller-sized softcover, but if you're looking for a big variety of bouquet photos for a small price, that's definitely what you'll find.
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