Become a wedding stylist and plan your very own amazing big day. Have you ever looked at pictures of a beautiful weddings and wondered how the bride and groom created such a great-looking occasion? Do you wish you could take your own ideas and turn them into reality without having to spend a fortune? Well, now everything is possible. With the help of this inspirational book by wedding expert Carole Hamilton, you can find out everything you need to know to style your own big day. Carole looks at weddings from every angle - from capturing your vision to personalizing the finishing touches....

This book provides advice on how to give speeches and toasts with style and grace. Don't let your wedding speech be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Carole Hamilton provides you with all you need to know to help you on your way to making the perfect wedding speech, with information on planning and preparation, pace, timing, and length, humour and props, and delivery. Whether you want your audience laughing in the aisles or crying into their champagne, Hamilton offers up tips and advice that will have you presenting a balanced and heartfelt speech. Avoid embarrassing cliches and boring toasts, with sample speeches and succinct but heart-warming quotes....

This book is for every beautiful bride who wants to plan a memorably beautiful wedding, a big day brimming with delights that will amaze the wedding guests from the moment they arrive. For the best inspiration, author Carole Hamilton has turned to those people who have the most experience of creating truly beautiful weddings--the brides themselves. Marvel at a collection of 20 spectacular weddings, every one specially chosen for its unique touches and attention to detail. Each wedding featured in this book is delightfully distinctive, showing how the couples involved created unforgettable days full of surprises, drawing on a host of themes, styles, and colours at a wide variety of locations. The English country garden wedding; the California vineyard wedding; the tropical Bahamas wedding; the South African beach wedding--all completely different in style, but all highly original and brillantly inspirational. *Illustrated by top wedding photographers from around the world. *A visual treat and an indispensable source book for every stylish bride planning her own beautiful big day. *Wise advice for the modern bride and groom from a wedding guru....