Scrabble, Crosswords, & Books

I alluded to our book themed wedding in a previous post. After discarding the math theme (somewhat sadly—although I was only ever semi-serious), we moved onto books, words, and just a general literary themes. We (and by we, let's just be honest, I usually mean I...) are planning on including several ideas besides the book centerpieces—which to recap look something like this:

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I'd like to have a mix of books from family members and books that we buy ourselves. Some of my family members have already mentioned that they have copies of several classics I absolutely love—but the idea of having books to take from the wedding to start our own personal library is also a huge draw for me. In ten or twenty years I want to be able to look at the books we bought and know that they have been with us since the beginning. So Nathan and I plan to start looking at old bookstores and thrift shops and buying just a handful of our favorite books at a time.

But besides the book centerpieces, I love these inspiration pictures of crossword puzzle programs:

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My idea is to use all the information you would normally have on a program—names of bridesmaids, groomsmen, etc.—plus some information about ourselves as the clues. We could also include a message of thanks at the bottom. I think I would have these sitting at each place for the reception—I don't know how I would feel about guests working on them during the ceremony?

I have one more big "inspiration" to tie in our literary theme...

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So I may have gone a little crazy on the Scrabble inspiration... but how could I say no? I think my favorite is the label for the cake—it's just perfect! Although I do love the ring shot with the Scrabble letters as well.

I think with these three ideas we've cemented the theme—I'd like to add more, but I don't want to go overboard!