The Rustic Wedding Handbook by Maggie Lord (Gibbs Smith Publishers, 160 pages) $24.99
The Rustic Wedding Handbook offers an enormous range of ideas for personal touches that can be introduced into your special day.
From unique and relaxed venue opportunities to do-it-yourself decorations, there are so many choices to be made.
This is Maggie Lord's third wedding book and she helps guide you from getting started through to the wedding day. She offers advice on each stage, including questions to ask when renting a venue. Lord also suggests some ideas on coming up with your own rustic wedding style by discussing choices such as vintage, country, barn, industrial, backyard and classic.
Once you decide on your style, it's time to gather those key items that will be part of your presentation and Lord has ideas for flea market success, looking in specialty shops, and items you can find in hardware or garden centres. A large portion of the book is devoted to instructions on DIY projects. Each one is illustrated with photographs and has clear instructions and lists of required materials.
Lord finishes with suggestions for the wedding day and includes lists of must-have items for outdoor weddings and special needs in case it rains. Beautiful photographs throughout show how special you can make your wedding with Lord's guidance.
