Category Archive

books

There’s some overlap between our book archive and our literary weddings archive.

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Check out the wedding centerpiece magic when you plant succulents inside books

You’ve seen book centerpieces. You’ve seen succulent centerpieces. But have you seen books-used-as-succulent-planters centerpieces? Thanks to Tribesmaid Aravaile, now ya’ have! They’re unbelievably gorgeous whether the books are closed, or open…

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Sarah & Mark’s red ribbon rose steampunk library handfasting

Put on your goggles and your neo-Victorian gear, because this is STEAMPUNK WEEK! Today we’ve got a Victorian-styled red rose wedding paired with a book theme and a red dress with a peacock train. We’re talking a book cake, book pages bunting, a fabulous DIYed top hat, and all the vivid red you can handle.

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Vintage frames, gears, and books: A spectacular British steampunk wedding

These two put a lot of thought into every aspect of the day — they designed their own outfits (including modifying purchased items when they couldn’t find what they were looking for) and combined their design and computing skills to create the bespoke invitations, stationery, and a website to match the theme. Adam’s mum and best man designed the centerpieces, and the pair had some of Adelina’s family’s old jewelry redesigned into unique wedding bands with a never-ending vine engraved on them. I LOVE!

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This children’s picture book about friendship is a surprisingly great ceremony reading

I knew I wanted a reading included in our ceremony. Nothing too long. Nothing too sappy. Nothing too clichéd. And I wanted to find something that would allow my two oldest and dearest friends to participate in our ceremony. Then I remembered a children’s picture book that I loved as a kid. The book is called Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst. I was thrilled to discover IT’S PERFECT!

Wait until you see the interactive puzzle game at this books & RPG wedding

How to pull off awesome literary wedding decor

If you’re planning a bookish wedding, you might want to pay extra attention to Mark and Erin’s (aka Tribesmaid Edolmage) literary-themed wedding decor. From the programs to the cake, you’ll want to peruse these ideas…

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A bookish Chinese-influenced wedding with a little Star Wars

Mike and Bernie had their ceremony at a gorgeous church in downtown DC followed by a huge party at Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town Alexandria. The Torpedo Factory was originally a factory used for making torpedos, but is now an art center, where Bernie had worked. Bernie infused her Chinese heritage into the decor, fashion, and entertainment (Chinese lion dancers!). But these two are also geeks of our own heart and had Star Wars and book-loving details on top of it all.