Thursday, August 11, 2011

Handmade Wedding - Book Giveaway and Review

I received an early copy of Handmade Wedding over Forty Gorgeous Projects to help you style your wedding your way published by Penguin Books Australia in my mailbox the other day.

Handmade Wedding


Handmade Wedding is a charming book full of gorgeous colour photography that beautifully portrays the finished projects, along with a host of other inspirational pictures.

The book is a collaboration of a host of well known and well respected bloggers, stylists and talented artists and is divided into sections such as Before the Wedding, Getting Dressed, Ceremony, Table, Party and Details.

There are detailed step by step instructions on how to make all the pretty projects, including templates where required and the Party section includes a few recipes including macarons (by Macaron cookbook author Alison Thompson), truffle pops and cookies. I did notice that the macaron recipe recommended a few trial runs before the wedding, so I would say the book offers pretty sound advice as well.

I fell in love with some of the diy craft projects and the day the book arrived found myself ordering items to make the super cute cupcake toppers from the Party Section. Sooo totally in love with them! Many of the 48 projects in the book would be easily transferable to any fabulous soiree you might be hosting, and are not just wedding specific.

I had hoped to floor you all with my super crafty skills and show you all some pictures of the amazing things I had made from the book (hello cupcake toppers) but sadly my stuff is still in transit somewhere.

Anyhoo to round up I guess it says a lot that I was willing to attempt some projects, cause although I'm ok at dipping cakeballs and baking macarons I'm not the craftiest gal around and after reading the book I was pretty confident that I could attempt quite a few of the projects.


Giveaway - Win A Copy of Handmade Wedding

I have the precopy of Handmade Wedding to offer as a giveaway. Just leave a comment here by 12pm Monday the 15th of August and I will randomly choose a winner. Any comment will do, just say Hi if you like. If you would like me to contact you and let you know that you are the winner make sure you leave your email address in the comment as well, otherwise I will announce on Tuesday here and on the facebook page the name of the winner and you can have until Friday to contact me before I redraw.

Good Luck!

Oh and here is my everyblog announcement about my book, which is by the way totally not related to the book I reviewed above......In case you haven't heard I have a book coming out in December available for preorder. It's a US release and is aimed at cooking with kids specifically sweet treats on a stick and has lots of recipes for cake pops, cookie tutorials, pie pops, candy and more.

Here is the link to buy my book Sweets on A Stick by Linda and Vandermeer at Barnes and Noble :)

WINNER  update

Random Org came up with #6 so the winner is Karla

Thanks everyone who entered

26 comments:

  1. Hi! LOve your facebook page and now I'm a follower of your blog. Would love to be in the running for the book giveaway...it sounds like a great read. Cheers, Kirsten kls4165@hotmail.com

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  2. First time visiting your blog - so many ideas, so little time! The book would probably help with that too :)
    Claire
    lewisclaire2011@yahoo.com.au

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  3. Hi Linda,
    I love your blog & thanks for the great give away, which I would absolutely love to win.
    I have 11 children, 3 of the girls love to cook & bake creatively ( the 4th girl is only 7 mths so give her time...lol.)& the oldest son thinking of marriage....I think I really need this book...LOL..
    Take care Linda & Good luck with you book which we are all looking forward to,
    Robyn.
    sugarpieprims(at)harboursat(dot)com(dot)au

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  4. I'm getting married next August, I'm totally a DIY bride and love any help I can get ;)

    dixonkr24(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. I have been following your blog since some tym and love it totally!!!
    thesajiblog@gmail.com

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  6. Oh that book looks divine!!! I absolutely adore anything DIY and know lots of friends getting married. This blog is so inspiring, so many wonderful things to look at and test out at home. Love your blog!!!
    k.kelly2@hotmail.com

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  7. OOh I would so love to give this book to my friend, she is really crafty (like me) and she is getting married!!
    Love your blog Linda, and I can't wait to get your book :)

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  8. I've got a lot of friends getting married and I made one of your desserts as a wedding present. Would love to learn more.

    Anna
    ajohnson18@elon.edu

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  9. You have so many cute ideas! keep up the good bake! looking forward to seeing pictures of your 'craft'y creations! I would love a copy of this should I strike it lucky! xx
    ellen.england@btopenworld.com

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  10. Hi, I would love to be in the running for your giveaway - I'm a DIY bridesmaid always looking for new ideas!
    Thanks, Claire
    clairef79@gmail.com

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  11. I found your blog from Mrs. A in the Cove. I practically swooned at your cameo cookies. they are to die for!

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  12. That looks & sounds absolutely gorgeous, how fitting for it to be on your blog. I am so jealous of everything you do, I hope I can be half a good as that one day.
    elyseanderson@live.com.au

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  13. I'm so excited about your book - I even shared the news over at Dianne James' Will Write for Food blog yesterday.

    Mr Di-licious and I have been engaged for 3 years and counting....

    The Handmade Wedding book could be the proverbial kick up the bum for us to start planning (and crafting for) the big day. I spend a lot of time drooling over Martha Stewart Weddings online and want to put a handmade touch to our celebration wherever and how we do it.

    di.liciouscupcakes@gmail.com

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  14. would love A book for weddings to help ladies trying to plan there weddsing get IDEAS - Lidia Ayala

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  15. Your blog has given me the inspiration to get the creative juices flowing again and am planning an afternoon tea with some of your GREAT ideas! We don't know of anyone getting married, but am always on the lookout for the next 'knock out' party idea!! aaronandantonia@optusnet.com.au

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  16. I love all things weddings and my BIG day is fast approaching!!! This book would be fab!! Thank you thank you thank you

    Kellie
    kellie@couragetospeak.com.au

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  17. I'm not in the running for this as I don't really need this but what a great idea for a book!

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  18. So many friends planning weddings at the moment, this book would definitely be well used!
    laurie_hearley@hotmail.com

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  19. Hello there Linda! Just want to say that I love love love your blog and FB page and read it all the time! You have such awsome ideas and fun threads, a total inspiration!! I have my lovely brother getting married soon and he has asked for me to do the wedding tables and I would sooooo love to do it in your style! Please enter me in the draw to win a copy? Thanks and keep on blogging!

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  20. LOVE the concept behind this book - go bloggers!!! :)

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  21. Love your FB page and regularly visit to see what cooking ??? For someone staying in Dubai with limited books like these, this giveaway would be a trophy !! super love the cake pops. My boys love cakepops and your designs. But I'm not half as talented as you so its just regular halfround ones for them. hee hee :)

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  22. Hi there! Wuld love to win a copy to put in our Wedding Library:) Thanks for the fantstic give away:) xoxo-

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  23. Really interested in seeing the ideas put forward in this book, I have been looking for inspiration from all different sources for my dream day and perhaps a dream business one day too! The creative in me has fingers crossed x!

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  24. I'd really like to use this book for my wedding!

    peachykeem (at) gmail (dot) com

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  25. I'd love to own it, it would great for inspiration. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway.
    Hani

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  26. This is an excellent access of information. For such functional content, handmade wedding book information is what you have given. Job well done for you and your blog site.

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