Designing Life's Celebrations

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Designing Life's Celebrations is a fresh guide to entertaining, with a focus on tabletop and floral design, from celebrity event planner Dejuan Stroud.In this book, event planner Dejuan Stroud presents seventeen at-home celebrations featuring spectacular tabletops, gloriouscenterpieces, and simple how-to floral projects. The party themes range widely from a Venetian-inspired birthday dinner party withdramatic ribbon poles to Christmas in the country using fruits, spices, and edible arrangements, but each one emphasizes the joy ofcelebrating life's day-to-day occasions. From conquering flower "stem fear" to learning how to map a table, Stroud demystifies the art ofthe tabletop, emphasizing above all his love for flowers, from the humble to the exotic. Readers will be inspired to create strikingarrangements, set a beautiful table, and create dcor for simple or grand occasions.

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"Dive into the art of the tabletop with Dejuan Strouds guide to entertaining with spectacular floral arrangements for the grandest occasions."
-THE SOCIETY DIARIES

"Designing Life's Celebrationsbreathes fresh air into life's most joyous every day occasions."
-ATLANTA HOMES AND LIFESTYLES

"Designing Life's Celebrationsfeatures more than a dozen parties, all brimming with [Stroud's] signature floral arrangements. From a Venetian-inspired birthday dinner to Christmas in the country, each event emphasizes the joy of celebrating life's day-to-day occasions."
-ALL THE BEST BLOG

"From elegant at-home dinners, 'just dessert' celebrations, garden luncheons, and seasonal parties to a bridal shower and weddings, DeJuan Stroud effectively decodes the art of floral design and table dcor."
-BRIDAL GUIDE MAGAZINE

"From birthdays to holidays, backyard parties to black-tie affairs, DeJuan Stroud offers up a heaping helping of advice for how to design all of life's beautiful celebrations in Designing Life's Celebrations. The seventeeen events displayed in this gorgeous book offer up plenty of inspiration no matter what your reason for celebration."
-DESIGN CHIC

"[DeJuan Stroud's]new book is beautifully written, filled with gorgeous photos and helpful how to's - showcasing that every event tells a story. From a Venetian-inspired birthday, to a lovely garden luncheon, you will be inspired to design each and every one of your life's celebrations. Designing Life's Celebrations is a welcome gift for a hostess and a must-have for your entertaining library."
-PORTOBELLO DESIGN

"[DeJuan] Stroud demystifies the art of the tabletop and home entertaining, applying principals from his large-scale events to glamorous at-home luncheons and dinner parties."
-PAPERCITY MAGAZINE

"[DeJuan Stroud is] one of the most sought-after event planners in New York and his new book,Designing Lifes Celebrations,is sure to please. This fresh guide to entertaining will show you how to conquer stem fear and create beautiful bouquets to go along with your tablesettings. Every meal should be a celebration, shouldnt it"
-THE BUZZ,thebuzz.dianejameshome.com

"Planning a special event, whether it's an intimate backyard barbecue or a grand gala, all comes down to the details. In Designing Life's Celebrations, celebrity event designer DeJuan Stroud delivers a fresh guide to creating memorable occasions. . . With chapters organized by party theme, such as birthdays, daytime events or holidays, for example, the author demystifies the art of the tabletop, emphasizing above all his love for flowers."
-THEFLORIDA TIMES-UNION

"As soon as I opened Designing Life's Celebrationsby DeJuan Stroud, and read the thoughtful forward by Dorothea and Jon Bon Jovi, I knew this book was going to be good. DeJuan Stroud, a celebrity even planner known for his elegant parties, offers great tips, advice and ideas in his lovely book. All of the beautiful photos within Designing Life's Celebrationsprovide creative inspiration for setting a magnificent table, creating fabulous centerpieces and throwing intimate and memorable parties."
-Zhush Blog

"This 221-page tome is a visual feast, from inspired table settings to breathtaking centerpieces. Featuring more than fifteen parties, Stroud shares invaluable principles that will help build the perfect tablescape, including a workbook that covers topics ranging from floral care to centerpiece mapping. Designing Life's Celebrationsis more than just a book, it's truly a celebration emphasizing 'the joy of life's day to day occasions.'"
-The Ace of SpaceBLOG

Author Bio

DeJuan Stroud grew up gardening with his parents and grandmother in Alabama. After a successful run on Wall Street, in 1996 he launched DeJuan Stroud, Inc. Twenty years later, he is one of the most successful event designers in New York City, with a client list that includes media giants Universal and HBO, celebrities Alicia Keys and Michael J. Fox, and notable New Yorkers such as Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg. Jon Bon Jovi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor, best known as the founder and front man of the band Bon Jovi. He and his wife, Dorothea, have four children.

DeJuan has been featured as an entertaining expert on Martha Stewart Radio, CBS, NBC, WE, and Oxygen Network. Articles about his work have appeared in the New York Times, Martha Stewart Weddings,Southern Accents, Modern Bride, House Beautiful, House and Garden, Grace Ormond Wedding Style, New York Magazine, Elegant Bride and People Magazine. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies, celebrities and notable New Yorkers in society and politics.