For this wedding, I found a really neat hard back book invitation from Unique and Personal, they have a few different book invitations actually. This will start your book theme off nicely! For the ceremony program, you can make a simple bound program with ribbon and card stock paper (you can get at any office supply store). Martha Stewart had a neat idea in her magazine a few months back, and so I included a picture, of the ancient meanings of trees. Something neat your guests can read before the ceremony begins.
When your guests enter the reception, have a handmade guest book for them to sign with a feather pen. One of the greatest things about books is the tactile experience, and writing in them is just as fun as reading.
As your centerpiece, it's easy to grab some simple vases of flowers, and put copies of you and your fiance's favorite books on the table. It will promote conversation, give kids something to do, and you can invite your guests to take a book home with them. There's nothing better than sharing a good book with someone you love.
For a favor, you can get a copy of your favorite book of love poems, or make your own! It's easy to bind a book, with either Kinko's or Borders, and you can put one at each place setting to promote words of love at your reception - and give those giving a toast something to be inspired by.
I love this book cake - it's by Michelle Bommarito, a contestant from the Food Network Wedding Cake Challenge, and she used this previous book wedding in the challenge, and won! She's very talented, and from what I saw from the show, a great listener.
After the wedding photos are in, you can make a great wedding book, and give a copy to the parents. It makes a keepsake and you and your spouse will find yourselves reading it again and again.
Bottom line, if you love something, you'll find easy and neat ways to incorporate it into your wedding.
{Rebekah} Love of Books: Books Abound by bekahross
