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For more than 20 years, Cindy Smith has plunked, snipped, and dipped her way to the top of her art. Her reputation for breathtaking work has attracted clients and fans in both the corporate and the entertainment worlds, from Eddie Murphy to Elizabeth Taylor. She has designed flowers for many weddings, not only Bachelorette Trista and Ryan's on ABC-TV, but also for Britney Spears, Brooke Shields, and Tori Spelling.
Cindy Smith designs for the best of the best--including such top names as Bruce Springsteen, Nicole Kidman, and Oprah. But fortunately for those of us who don't have their astronomical budgets, she also knows how to create out-of-this-world arrangements that real people can afford. With tasteful and stunningly photographed projects, Smith reveals how you can attain that elegant "star look," too. The containers she uses are common ones--ceramic pots, glass vases, baskets, bowls, tea cups--and Smith teaches all the necessary tricks of the trade, including hot-gluing flowers to surfaces, using floral foam in containers, stringing flowers, and floating flowers. From amazing centerpieces to a floral birthday cake stand, from hanging votives with colored water to a tangerine topiary tree, each one is magnificent. Plus: Smith gives us an inside peek at luxurious celebrity events, with color photographs.
 

Amy's Review:  This book has tons and tons of the best color photos that you will spend hours flipping through.  It is a wonderful guide book to have on hand that shows you all the tricks you can never remember quite how to do.  I will definitely be using many of the ideas for upcoming parties and decorating.  Cindy makes everything really doable with her step by step instructions and "blooming ideas" that you can afford to accomplish.  You will love it - truly a keeper!