What Red Read: Bookish wedding invitation

Friday, May 4, 2012

Bookish wedding invitation

I have a couple reviews to write (Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent, Matt Norman's Domestic Violets and soon Christopher Moore's Sacre Bleu) but instead of doing that I've decided to spent time watching trashy TV. So thank you TLC. But I did want to post something and my friend came through.

My friend is getting married this summer and I recently got her invitation. Her bookish invitation!* She and her fiance are the academic types and so the bookish theme makes sense. I thought it was adorable and she said it was cool if I shared it here, so here I share.

Clever, yes? Love the Cliff's Notes comment on the RSVP card.**

She's also apparently sent one of her students to this site to see examples of book reviews. I hope she's expecting a report filled with Victorian velociraptors, non sequiturs, and some mild cursing, cos that's what her student is going to find here.

*Sorry if anyone thought this title referred to me and a wedding. And by "anyone" I really mean my mom, given she's the person looking for hints.

**I should probably stop taking pictures of the invite and, you know, actually send in the card.

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Laura · 671 weeks ago

That's so awesome! And also, I love the idea of your mum being like 'WEDDING! AT LAST!' and then calling you before she even reads the post. That would be SO funny :)

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What Red Read 121p · 671 weeks ago

If she did actually think that when reading this, I am in for an angry phone call when she gets to that asterisk.

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booknympho 32p · 671 weeks ago

Such a cool idea! Are they going to have an entire book-themed wedding? If so, I hope you post lots of pictures! :)

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What Red Read 121p · 671 weeks ago

I'm not sure. Their save the date was bookish as well (had a typwriter) so possibly. If so I will take lots of pics! Or I'll hope the photographer or someone puts photos up on FB or something and then I'll share them here.

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Brenna · 671 weeks ago

Very cool! I feel like bookish weddings are becoming trendy. Also, for a moment I did think you were planning a wedding for yourself.

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What Red Read 121p · 671 weeks ago

I feel like i see so many bookish wedding things on pinterest, but that could just be cos most of the people I follow on there are of the bookish variety. Although the theme does seem to be bleeding into the mainstream.

Haha, this is way to clever for me. If I ever plan a wedding the invites will probably be me sending around a mass email or texting people.

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Jennifer · 670 weeks ago

I can't read anything but the chapter heading but, um, THERE ARE CHAPTER HEADINGS, so that's awesome. :] I didn't have a bookish wedding since I don't have many bookish people in my non-digital life, but I did want to invite an English professor just so that I could say, "Reader, I married him" and have somebody actually appreciate it.

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What Red Read 121p · 670 weeks ago

The details within each of the chapters are just the how they met and whatnot, which I figure if you don't know them is probably not that interesting. But I looove the chapter headers and (though it's difficult to see) there's various marginalia as well. You can see some near Chapter II and on the RSVP card.

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curlygeek04 58p · 670 weeks ago

I love the invitation! I hated wedding planning but I wish I could go back and have an invitation that cool. If the wedding is book-themed too I want to hear all about it.

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What Red Read 121p · 670 weeks ago

If it is book themed I will make sure to take many pics and post about it! I was actually a little surprised to see a book themed invitation but they both teach so it makes sense.