Jo Gartin´s Wedding Inspiring Guide Stylish Bride ...
The secrets of Vogues recommended wedding planner are now available to brides everywhere. Celebrities such as Brooke Shields, Courteney Cox Arquette, Molly Shannon, and Taye Diggs have turned to Jo Gartin for invitations, unique celebrations, and weddings with a special twist. Now, Gartin has compiled the ultimate inspirational guide, designed to help any bride make her fairy tale come true. Dozens of lush color photographs capture Gartins signature style as she presents captivating ideas for creating beautiful bouquets, breathtaking tabletops, and thoughtful take-home treats, just to name a few. In Jo Gartins Weddings, readers will: explore Jos custom stationery portfolio as she presents an array of her most-requested invitations accompany Gartin as she joins renowned designer, Monique Lhuillier, to present sought-after styling tips learn how to transform bargain wedding dresses into one-of-a-kind gowns that would stop Vera Wang in her tracksfor under $500! discover fun ways to present and serve cocktails, hors doeuvres, and sweet treats be seduced by to-die-for ideas for cake decoration that wont break the bank ... ------------------------------------- Jo Gartin gives wedding planning a unique, personal touch ... If you’re daydreaming about a classic white wedding, with hundreds of guests gathered in a hotel’s palatial banquet room, then please don’t call Jo Gartin to plan your affair.
That’s because the Hollywood-based Gartin, whose red-carpet brides and grooms have included Molly Shannon, Elizabeth Berkley and Benjamin Bratt, doesn’t accept clients with by-the-book aspirations. "My style is modern, yet quite simple. I don’t create weddings that are too ornate." In fact, Gartin’s thoughtful approach to nuptials may more accurately describe her function as an event stylist than as a planner. She strives to define each bride’s individual style, and in doing so, makes every wedding she works on more meaningful.
Gartin’s approach to wedding planning evolved from her own experience as a bride in 2001. She moved from Australia to the United States to embark on a modeling career and fell in love with an American in the process. Gartin quickly discovered that the lavish wedding how ... - tos she found in books here were very foreign to her Australian sensibilities. "It’s not about extravagance, really, in Australia," she explains. "So candelabra-type opulence wasn’t my style." By casting aside convention, Gartin planned a wedding that was inventive and memorable, donning a dusty-rose dress instead of the traditional white and decorating her ceremony site with brightly colored Balinese silk lanterns rather than classic flowers. In 2002, her event-planning business, Love, Luck and Angels, was born. Soon her clever style ... — and à la carte menu of services from custom invitation design to complete event planning ... grabbed the attention of Hollywood’s elite, who’ve been calling upon Gartin for all kinds of celebrations ever since.
So Gartin has published a photo-filled book, Jo Gartin’s Weddings: An Inspiring Guide for the Stylish Bride (Rodale, January), that’s very unlike the ones she flipped through when she was engaged. Gartin says each chapter tries to inspire a bride, not dictate elements that she can mimic. "If you want traditional, there are so many good books for that," she says. "I want to inspire the woman who wants to tell her love story on her wedding day." --------------------------------------- JO GARTIN founded Love Luck and Angels, in 2002 after discovering her talents while planning her own wedding. Her work as been featured in many magazines, including Self, Lucky, and Women’s Wear Daily. She is a regular contributor to InStyle and InStyle Weddings. A former model, this Australian style maven has blessed brides with a fresh and much needed twist to the traditional wedding celebration. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
If you haven't heard of Jo Gartin, you should know her name: she was listed by Vogue Magazine as 'best wedding coordinator and has contributed her wedding plans and tips to many women's magazines across the country. WEDDINGS is the culmination of her ideas, offering unique new embellishments on traditional choices to create a day each couple will relish. With her background in fashion design lending a professional flair to her ideas, WEDDINGS: AN INSPIRING GUIDE FOR THE STYLISH BRIDE comes packed with customizing tips brides will relish.
