{"title":"Karen Bussen","description":"\u003cp\u003eKAREN BUSSEN is a wedding planner, event designer, and author who has designed more than 100 weddings and whose Simple Stunning series totaled more than 130,000 copies in print across its first four volumes. She is the author of the Simple Stunning series, published by Stewart, Tabori \u0026amp; Chang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBussen’s work has been featured in \u003cem\u003eInStyle Weddings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMartha Stewart Weddings\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eModern Bride\u003c\/em\u003e, and she has appeared on the Today show, the CBS Early Show, and the DIY Network series Home Made Easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Bussen draws on her background in the New York City restaurant industry, including co-founding Follonico with chef Alan Tardi and earlier work at Union Square Cafe. She is also a self-taught florist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren lives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Bussen’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"simple-stunning-wedding-etiquette","title":"Simple Stunning Wedding Etiquette: Traditions, Answers, and Advice from One of Today's Top Wedding Planners","description":"What’s the preferred way of wording your invitation? How should guests at the wedding dinner be seated? What do you say to people who ask to bring their (uninvited) children to the reception—or, scarier still, to your prospective mother-in-law when she picks out the World’s Ugliest Dress to wear on your big day?\u003cp\u003eBrides-to-be have a lot on their minds, including making sure that everything connected with the wedding is done the “right way.” But nowadays few people are adequately schooled in the do’s and don’ts of proper etiquette—and that’s where \u003ci\u003eSimple Stunning Wedding Etiquette\u003c\/i\u003e comes to the desperately needed rescue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis newest volume in Karen Bussen’s Simple Stunning Wedding series—whose four previous books total more than 130,000 copies in print—is the perfect marriage between the timeless and the new. Bussen celebrates the beloved rituals (cake-cutting, toasts) that are well worth preserving, while dispensing with outmoded rites (the garter toss) best left by the wayside. And Bussen’s guide goes beyond other wedding etiquette handbooks by dealing sensitively with the sometimes-fraught issues (divorced parents, second marriages, blending religious traditions) so crucial to contemporary wedding planning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1584796499\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781584796497\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Karen Bussen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236423729368,"sku":"9781584796497","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781584796497_FC_mockup_v2_1738735434_a5bd48e0-516c-4a3d-b724-a7fb28fe85cd.jpg?v=1791026325"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-karen-bussen.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}