Bookish Invitations

September 25th, 2009 @ 8:33 am by Mrs. Parfait
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Sooo… I’m a teacher. An excessively bookworm-y teacher. Books were my first love as a kid, and now I’ve become a teacher who loves introducing classic, innovative, and/or hilarious books to my kids. I also love making books with my students. Flap books, lap books, accordion books, tab books, shape books… they are so fun to create, and they can be a keepsake of a unit of study! (Dork-alicious, I know.)

I’ve assembled hundreds of them, so I wonder, what would be 200 more? Only these 200 books would be used for our wedding! And they would probably consist of more than folded paper, stapled binding, and crayon illustrations. Here are some book-like invitations from Zenadia Design that I admire:

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Top secret? I’d be so excited to read it!

Probably once a week, I dream about recreating the following invitation book.

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The beautifully simple cover

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The response card is the last page. See the perforation? It’s all so perfect.

The booklets below are wedding programs! I’ve made booklets like these, but blank inside, as end-of-the-year gifts for my students. Coming up with the stuff to put inside… now that would be the hard part for me!

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Simple and sweet.

Are you thinking of incorporating any bookish elements in your wedding?

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Jenniphyr (message) 1,521 posts, Bumble bee

Those are so cool! =) I too am a lover of books, and that book-y invite is so cute! (”The story of X & Y”…eee!)

9/25/09 @ 8:40 am (reply)

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Champagne Wishes (message) 1,181 posts, Bumble bee

These are so clever! I can’t wait to see how you incorporate these into your wedding

9/25/09 @ 8:46 am (reply)

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Gator (message) 580 posts, Busy bee

I love this idea. I think its great to keep everything together. When we get invites, they usually end up all over the house (I take the RSVP out to mail, then the hotel info out to make the reservation, then the invitation goes on the fridge…) This way the entire booklet can stick together
Love it!

9/25/09 @ 8:46 am (reply)

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tessabella76 (message) 3,126 posts, Sugar bee

Ooh I love those!

9/25/09 @ 8:56 am (reply)

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Laylabelle (message) 3,443 posts, Sugar bee

I love those! I am using book pages as my table numbers… I haven’t finalized it yet… I need to get to work on that!

9/25/09 @ 9:00 am (reply)

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Mrs. Mouse (message) 5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

Cute idea! I think you could definitely work a book theme into all of your paper products for the wedding!

9/25/09 @ 9:12 am (reply)

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Mrs. Sushi (message) 1,350 posts, Bumble bee

::love:: this idea.

9/25/09 @ 9:16 am (reply)

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abrideagain (message) 532 posts, Busy bee

What a CUTE idea, especially for a book lover!

9/25/09 @ 9:20 am (reply)

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IA_Snowflake (message) 1,914 posts, Buzzing bee

That’s a great idea.

9/25/09 @ 9:28 am (reply)

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Mrs. Deviled Egg (message) 1,190 posts, Bumble bee

I love this idea! I wish I would have seen these before my wedding! I can’t wait to see how yours turn out.

9/25/09 @ 9:28 am (reply)

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Mrs. Bruschetta (message) 5,156 posts, Bee Keeper

Oooo, can’t wait to see what your invites look like!

9/25/09 @ 9:36 am (reply)

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krissybee (message) 3,910 posts, Honey bee

i too LOVE this idea! can’t wait to see what you create!

9/25/09 @ 9:58 am (reply)

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missvintage (message) 569 posts, Busy bee

We are both teachers, and I’ve thought about adding in something like this. Great idea to add in a personal touch without making it too cliche.

9/25/09 @ 10:24 am (reply)

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OfficeBride (message) 494 posts, Helper bee

This is awesome! We’re doing a book themed wedding as well! My fiance and I are both avid readers and my dad is a printer by trade.

Our save the dates are printed on old school library cards…the invitation is a “long story short” of our 5 years together, leading up to the proposal… our centerpieces are hardcover books, which one lucky guest per table will take home with them… we’ve also worked out something with literacy foundation for our guest gifts!

Pics to come! Anyone need inspiration? PM me!

9/25/09 @ 10:29 am (reply)

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pvaulter718 (message) 2,094 posts, Buzzing bee

So cute! OMG I’m going to be dreaming up reasons to make invitations like those! Thank goodness I didn’t see all those great ideas before I got married, I might have gotten myself in over my head!

9/25/09 @ 10:37 am (reply)

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kmattso2 (message) 1,046 posts, Bumble bee

Those are gorgeous!!!! I’m such a bookworm, I would totally use this if I didn’t already have my invites started. I can’t wait to see what you create!

9/25/09 @ 10:56 am (reply)

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