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Emily & Phil’s romance reading and revelry wedding

It’s our Bookish wedding theme week, and today we’ve got some book centerpieces (that guests could take home) and bookmark escort cards. Plus, you’ll want to see the bride’s gorgeous gold dress, the family’s secret original song for the couple, and their cake buffet!

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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy + Penguin books = mindbogglingly awesome wedding invitation

What if The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was published by Penguin Books? Now what if that Penguin Books version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide was turned into a wedding invitation? It might look something like this…

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Jolene & Jasin’s bookworm weds artist wedding

Our Bookish theme week brings us this Indiana wedding with a librarian’s touch: cupcakes on children’s classics, “Just Married” Scrabble tiles, and library card invites. But a highlight of the day was definitely when their dog, Puppers, stood as fourth bridesmaid. Fur babies FTW!

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Bookish wedding ideas for all of you bibliophiles [UPDATED!]

This week we’re paying homage to the academics, the bookworms, the card-carrying library loiterers, and the literati among our readers. So in addition to our usual round-up of reader submissions via Flickr and Pinterest, we’re showcasing some bookish wedding details including decor made from book pages, bookish cake toppers, table numbers from vintage books, and even a Scrabble cake!

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Casey & Adam’s local school-themed wedding

The bride works in education, and with library card menus, “brown bag lunch” favors, school lockers, a big yellow school bus, and a yearbook guest book, this wedding was a perfect fit for our Bookish theme week. Plus, they took an unwanted extra wall in their reception area and turned it into a giant chalkboard for amazing chalk art! You will love this school yard-meets-marriage wedding.

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Literary wedding invitations for bookworms and academics in love [UPDATED]

If you’re a bookish bride who loves reading, libraries, language, and literature then the rest of these literary wedding invitations that I found (some DIYd from Offbeat Brides past, some for sale right this second) should cause some of you to do some fluttering yourselves.