the wedding
stylist's handbook

Couples remember how it felt to walk into the room. The light. The colour. The way the table looked when they sat down for the first time as a married couple. Somebody designs that feeling. Across two volumes, this is how you become the person who does.

25 chapters in eight parts172 worksheets12-look Style Library846 full-colour pages

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One ebook, both volumes: instant fillable PDF download. By Jac Bowie, owner of The Wedding Academy (teaching since 2004, 11,000+ students).

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The Wedding Stylist's Handbook Volume One by Jac Bowie

The Wedding Stylist's Handbook Volume Two by Jac Bowie

What's inside

every chapter, at a glance.

Each chapter gives you the teaching explained plainly, stories from the field, practical tips, a one-page summary and worksheets you'll use again and again.

Volume One

The stylist's eye: what a wedding stylist actually does, finding your inspiration and signature style, and the rules and elements of design
The stylist's toolbox: hard goods and soft goods, live goods, graphics and the guest experience
Colour: the colour wheel, harmonies and palettes, metallics and how colour reads in photographs
Décor and materials: candles and candlelight, paper, print and signage, fabric and draping, installations and fabrication

Volume Two

Light and flowers: understanding lighting, talking about flowers, and trees, greens and floral style
The table: creating a centrepiece, tabletop design, mood boards and four signature tablescapes
Space and production: venues and marquees, floor and spatial planning, design versus production, install day and pack-down
The business of styling: clients, proposals and contracts, pricing your designs and hire stock, portfolio, marketing and getting published
The Style Library: twelve complete looks, from opulent luxury and garden romance to industrial loft and whimsical colour

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