Stuff We Love - Simply the Best Wedding Books for 2014

A rundown of the very best wedding books on the market - our faves from DIY guides to bridal fashion bibles,16 wedding books guaranteed to inspire any bride

Happy Friday everyone! We have a special Stuff We Love to share with you this week. One of the many things we love in the One Fab Day office are finding new, fabulous wedding books packed with inspiration, creativity and pretty pictures of course! So we have curated a selection of what we think are 'must have' 2014 wedding books for brides-to-be for those of you who love to be inspired. From classic fashion tomes to creative DIY guides we have a wedding book to suit every lady and her interests...

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Style Me Vintage

Penned by Annabel Beeforth of the lovely Love My Dress Style Me Vintage Weddings is the fifth book in the successful 'Style Me Vintage' series it is designed to inspire brides-to-be to create their own vintage-themed wedding. This beautiful and accessible book looks at how to source and put together bridal outfits and event styling for a themed occasion, from the Edwardian era, through  the decades to the 1970s. Guiding you from the dress selection through to accessories, flowers, make-up and hair, venue, cake, stationery, photography, and entertainment are all covered in this beautifully styled covered. Featuring beautiful photography from wedding photographer Joanna Brown this is a perfect ideal gift for vintage inspired brides-to-be. Buy here

Matthew Robbin's Inspired Weddings

Matthew Robbins, Martha Stewart’s right-hand wedding expert, approaches each wedding design with an object that the couple finds meaningful, and in this inspirational guide, he shows you how to do the same. In this gorgeous Matthew Robbin's Inspired Weddings book, Matthew will walk brides through his process of transforming the special into the spectacular by choosing nine objects around which to base a wedding design. Along the way, he shares insider tips and industry secrets, allowing every reader to feel that she has imbued her wedding with a bit of Matthew Robbins’ wedding magic! Buy here

All the Essentials Wedding Planner

If you're a lady who has a folder under your bed with all your wedding bits and pieces in it, then All the Essentials Wedding Planner is just the thing for you. This chic and practical planner created by wedding planner Alison Hotchkiss in collaboration with fab wedding stationery company Hello!Lucky provides the organiser-bride with to-do lists, sample floor plans, downloadable templates and smart advice from an industry expert. Buy here

The Short Wedding Dress

This beautiful little book The Short Wedding Dress by wedding dress designer Tobi Hannah has everything you need to know about the short wedding dress including its history, silhouettes, advice on choosing your very own short wedding dress, beautiful illustrations and tons of inspiring photos from short wedding dress brides. If you love short wedding dresses, fashion history or anything vintage then you will fall in love with this pretty book. Buy here

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Style Me Pretty Weddings

For all the followers (us included) of  StyleMePretty and for all brides looking for fresh new inspiration, editor-in-chief Abby Larson offers an entirely unique, and gorgeously photo-rich wedding resource. Filled with plenty of love, weddings, inspiration and LOTS of creativity.  StyleMePretty Weddings includes a step by step guide to determining your couple style, gathering inspiration to thread through elements throughout your big day, brand new real wedding features, bride's advice, style blue prints to help you custom craft your own Classic, Rustic, Whimsical, Modern, or Al Fresco wedding plus DIY projects to start you on your wedding bliss path! Buy here.

Just Married

In this Just Married book, celebrity wedding planner and stylist Fiona Leahy will inspire you to not only have an amazing wedding best-suited to your wants and needs, but to throw one hell of a party that everyone will enjoy! She reveals her hands-on tips and tricks for creating a relaxed and freshly original celebration—from a bohemian open-air rhapsody to a punk-rock karaoke extravaganza. Buy here

Vintage Wedding Style

This gorgeous wedding look book is packed with oh-so-lovely ideas, projects and resources to help you plan the perfect Vintage Wedding Style and above all gorgeous photographs of real weddings to help brides-to-be design and dream about their special day. Buy here.

The New Fashioned Wedding

The wedding design gurus behind the brilliant wedding planning company Bash Please, Paige Appel and Kelly Harris, have put pens to paper to create a wedding design guide for modern brides: The New-Fashioned Wedding. The New- Fashioned Wedding walks the reader through planning their wedding, from vision statement and storyboard to colour palette, stationery, signs and logos, centrepieces and bouquets, furnishings, linens, aisle decor, menus, and more, providing hundreds of inspirational ideas in the process. Buy here.

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Rustic Wedding Chic

Maggie Lord, founder of RusticWeddingChic.com shares inspiration, ideas and advice on planning  rustic and country style weddings. Rustic Wedding Chic gives an inside look at real weddings set in rustic locations, country and farm destinations, and backyard venues, all with an independent, eco-friendly and creative approach. As rustic  and DIY weddings are the latest alternative to the traditional hotel reception this book will give you lots of inspiration, DIY and food for thought if your planning your own rustic celebration! Buy here.

100 Unforgettable Dresses

100 Unforgettable Dresses captures the untold stories behind some of the world's most beloved looks from the big screen to the runway to the aisle. The chronology starts in the 1920s, taking us right up to present day with Kate Middleton’s Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen's wedding gown. This stylish look at beautiful dresses is not only an essential resource for the bride-to-be but for everyone interested in fashion. Buy here.

Vera Wang on Weddings

From budgets and bouquets to cakes and cocktails, Vera Wang imparts her years of wisdom and advice on all things wedding in this stunning book. Vera Wang on Weddings wouldn't be complete without talking about the dress. She explains how to select the right neckline, construction, length, bodice, and waistline for each bride's figure. How to choose among a veil, headband, flower blossoms or bows for a headpiece, all accompanied by hundreds of  gorgeous photographs that illustrate Vera's vision. Buy here.

Vogue: Weddings, Brides, Dresses, Designers

The ultimate fashionista bible among wedding books comes courtesy of none other than Vogue magazine. Vogue: Weddings, Brides, Dresses, Designers hardly needs an introduction as we all know everything Vogue does is spectacular.  This bridal design guide is full of nearly 400 photographs of the weddings and wedding dresses of royalty, social figures, models, artists, actors, musicians and designers who have appeared in Vogue throughout the magazine’s 120 year history. Featuring the work of such illustrious photographers as  Cecil Beaton, Patrick Lichfield, Edward Steichen, Robert Doisneau and Mario Testino. A must-have for fashionista brides looking for a memento of your wedding planning days, this is a coffee table book to treasure for years to come. Buy here.

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Handmade Weddings

A firm fave at One Fab Day is Handmade Weddings. In this very sweet book, Eunice and Sabrina Moyle, the founders of Hello!Lucky, join forces with stylist Shana Faust to create over 50 gorgeous projects.  Handmade Weddings offers simple and chic DIY projects and ideas for every style of wedding, whether it's a modern look you like, a classic look or retro, you'll find plenty of crafts and inspiration suited to your taste from vintage-key save-the-dates to delicate paper wreaths and silhouette bride and groom signs. Handmade Weddings also includes guidance on choosing a look, sourcing materials, and working out timelines. Creative and clever this budget-friendly book is ideal for the bride looking to style her day in her own way! Buy here.

Wedding Cakes by Rosalind Miller

Rosalind Miller is an up and coming name in the world of cake designing and decorating; winner of Wedding Cake Designer of the Year for two years running and cupcake and wedding cake stockist for Harrods. And its no wonder. Her gorgeous cake creations are nothing short of remarkable; beautifully assembled tiers intricately decorated with themes ranging from fairy tales to Georgian architecture to Art Deco motifs. With clear instructions and beautiful step-by-step photography Wedding Cakes by Rosalind Miller takes the cake maker through the construction of each individual cake, sugar flower and decoration. A must-have for the more ambitious cake enthusiast! Buy here.

Broke Ass Bride

From the popular wedding website The Broke-Ass Bride comes this definitive guide to saving money and making every cent count during wedding planning. The Broke Ass Bride book aims to empower brides to spend wisely, live richly and thrive creatively - crafting a bad-ass wedding on any budget! In her signature sassy, chatty voice, Dana gives hardworking and helpful tips, such as how to negotiate with vendors like a pro, and ideas for inventive (and affordable) DIY, decor, and more. Buy here.

The Flower Recipe Book

The latest edition to Naoise's library (we have all of these books in the One Fab Day office btw, so they're personal recommendations), The Flower Recipe Book is the book for any of you brides-to-be who are considering DIY floral arrangements for your wedding. Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo are the founders of Studio Choo, a San Francisco-based floral design studio that specialises in fresh, wild, and sophisticated flower arrangements for any occasion. Flower arranging has never been simpler or more enticing - this is a step-by-step guide to creating over 100 bouquets and arrangements for all seasons  and styles. Filled with an array of stunning, easy-to-find flowers and over 400 photos The Flower Recipe book is the perfect buy for yourself or your Mum or friend if you're asking them to get hands on with some wedding flower DIY. Buy here.

So there you go - a little look at some of the tomes that fill our own library, and hopefully there's something in there to help you too. Any other wedding books you think we should know about? Drop a line in the comments below and we can add them on!

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