- Spiral-bound: 144 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006019412X
- ISBN-13: 978-0060194123
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,324,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Spiral-bound
This notebook, along with the others of the same series, have succeded in showing not only beautiful flowers and how to arrange, but also invite you to a great lifestyle. Away from "formalities" and stressful gatherings, this book puts emphasis on enjoying life with simple, yet resulting, gestures. Great overall quality, excellent pictures and the human quality of communication by Ms. Roehm. Bravo!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Better than Martha!
20 Dec 1999
Format:Spiral-bound
After years of searching through craft, decorating and gardening magazines and books, I finally found Martha (Stewart, that is). I never thought I could find another resource as innovative as her until I discovered Carolyn Roehm's seasons notebooks. The fall notebook is truly exciting. This is a book of inspiration, leading you to put your own spin on new ideas with halloween, thanksgiving, food, flowers, decorations and general entertaining and homekeeping. With help from the Fall Notebook, I designed the floral topiary centerpieces for my wedding. Her book also provided inspiration for the guests gifts and other personal touches.
Carolyn's book does provide some recipes (great ones!) and directions, but with a notebook-style format (complete with ring binder and pockets as well as a lay-flat design) and large,gorgeous photos, this book serves as a starting point... a chance to get those creative juices flowing.
You have to see it to believe it... Carolyn Roehm's got Martha beat!
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
The book is absolutely stunning with great ideas
2 Nov 1999
Format:Spiral-bound
From cover to cover, this book is full of wonderful photos, entertaining ideas, and easy-to-make food items. She is a master at creating wonderful, easy-to-copy flower arraingements with flowers that you can find locally. It is a treasure to have and it would make a great gift for someone who loves gardening or enjoys making their house a home.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
More a look at a socialite's lifestyle
18 Aug 2000
Format:Spiral-bound
As is true with all four books in this series, this "notebook" is beautifully photographed. Ms. Roehm's series does not offer much depth in any of the "categories" covered in the book-- gardening, hearth (whatever that is), etc. but does demonstrate her truly beautiful design sense, especially in floral arranging. The spiral-bound format, including pockets for the reader's own clippings, and the many blank pages for the reader's own notes are more gimmicky than helpful, and take up lots of space in an already "lightweight" effort. Unlike the Martha Stewart books, against which these are positioned, Ms. Roehm's books do not offer the detailed "how-to" approach of Ms. Stewart's excrutiatingly detailed tomes, but are more a peek into Ms. Roehm's perfectionist lifestyle, which is very entertaining in itself. With many, many references to her home, affectedly titled "Weatherstone", Ms. Roehm's books are more a "season" in the life of a newly monied socialite than an expert's teachings. However, all said, Ms. Roehm's text demonstrates a quick wit and a somewhat self-deprecating style, which when combined with the almost desperate desire to impress the reader with the elegance of 'ole "Weatherstone", makes one see her as a charming, insecure, vulnerable, and very talented woman. The four "notebooks" left me wanting to see more photographs of her exquisite designs, less from her as an "expert", and gave me the impression that I would like to learn more about her journey post-divorce from Henry Kravis, and post-clothing design business. An expert she ain't, but an interesting woman, most certainly.
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