A wedding book that your guests have contributed to will give them something to remember your special day by forever. Here are some ideas to get you going.

Choose A Theme And Get Submissions:

The overall theme will be, of course, your relationship and marriage. But what will be the theme within the theme? Love in general? Will it be the circumstances under which the happy couple met? Whatever you decide, be sure to let your guests know well ahead of time about your book project, what you are trying to accomplish with it and what the theme is. That way they will have plenty of time to decide what they want to contribute. You can ask them to submit something that has to do with their talents. If a friend or family member has some particularly compelling photos of the couple throughout their relationship, they can send them to you for inclusion in the book. The photos can be funny or sweet, depending on what you’d like to see your final book look like. Some people might want to contribute stories and anecdotes to the cause, some might just like to write a corny poem, and perhaps some if the children that are acquainted with the couple will want to do a drawing.

The key here is to let the wedding guests contribute to the festivities by creating something tangible that they can take home with them and that will forever remind them of the couple’s special day.

Organize Your Material:

Once you have everything that you want to include in your book, you can start to put it all together. There are a number of ways to do this, but it might make the most sense to work chronologically, meaning that you begin the book at the start of the couple’s dating life and work forward from there. If there are submissions such as poems that address general themes (like “love”) and don’t necessarily go with a specific time, you can intersperse them throughout the book.

Design some sort of cover page (perhaps featuring one of the better photos), and create a title page and perhaps a table of contents if your book is long enough to warrant it. Pick a font that is easy to read, but has some style to it too, and check and double-check your text for spelling and grammar errors.

Putting it Together:

If you have a program such as Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, or QuarkXpress, you should use it to layout and typeset your book. If not, MS Word should be able to do the trick. If you are new at this type of thing, see if you can get some help online or from someone who has done similar projects before.

Printing And Binding:

Depending on whether you intend your book to be in color or in black and white, your printing costs will vary. Get the best printing job you can afford so your book will stand the test of time.

When it comes to binding there are a few options. Spiral coil and twin-loop wire might make a great choice, or you could go with thermal (hardcover) binding. These machines can be had brand new for under a hundred dollars, so you can do the job yourself and have the flexibility to produce more books on demand if need be, and to save a few bucks in the process.

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