How To Have A Library Themed Wedding Part II
//all photos by jack rodriguez//
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Part I is here if you want to play catch up.
Some of these photos are just our wedding photos, but we wanted to share with you anyways, even if all the photos are not library-themed.
Some of these photos are just our wedding photos, but we wanted to share with you anyways, even if all the photos are not library-themed.
library themed wedding photos…
Taken from Scott’s blog….
I wouldn’t say our wedding was library-themed like our invites, but it did have many library elements. Below is one of the 30+ tables; each table was named after a writer that Diana & I like; it had a book by that writer, a framed picture of that writer, and a library card with the writers picture on it; every seat also had a book-themed crossword puzzle.
We had over 300 guests at the wedding, over 500 people at the ceremony. The most difficult was trying to stick to our theme, and being able to make our guests happy. We bought new books from Amazon, but keep in mind, that was part of the wedding budget. I also think thrifted books work just fine.
We didn’t have a guestbook; instead we had small pieces of paper for guest to write notes to us on; these were stuff inside due date slips, and put in a vintage suitcase.
we had new books from each author on the author themed table, and vintage cameras, and typewriters as decor
As centerpieces, we had folded books like this. People loved them way more than flowers. 
our colors were gray and yellow…
(i don’t recommend buying these m&m’s. they were expensive and barely readable)
(i don’t recommend buying these m&m’s. they were expensive and barely readable)
Our table was the Charles Bukowski…my favorite author…
our cake, handmade by a family member (who owns a cake business and gave me the cake as a gift) with real rose petals and roses. 
the guys wore Vans and Converse. Can you guess which one Scott is?
the guys wore Vans and Converse. Can you guess which one Scott is?
i won’t get into details of the dress in this post, but just a quickie on the dress- my wedding dress was completely handmade by my amazing mom. there is lace overlapping the silk fabric, glass buttons, and a bow in the back. the lace was ordered from Jerusalem and the silk was ordered from India, it even still had silk worms in it! More deets later. Enjoy!
I LOVE the dress, even better than it's handmade by your mom! the photos are so beautiful and looks like a lot of fun too.
is this one of the coolest weddings ever?!you look suck a lovely couple
love the decoration..superb…
These are so great!!! I love the one where you're both reading.
You're so wonderful and creative and I love the first photo
every time I read about your wedding, I fall in love with it even more! Those book centerpieces are such a clever idea.And that's amazing about the wedding dress being completely handmade by your mom. You look absolutely beautiful!
oh this sounds like an amazing wedding! i love the idea of author-themed tables.
what a beautiful couple you make!and what a lovely theme, not at all the boring library type : )
Oh, so beautiful! You are beautiful in that dress. Lov JM
It sounds like a super special day, and every picture is just adorable. Wow, 500 people at the ceremony?! I think we had about 10 guests.
Then again, that's just how we planned it to be! Sometimes I regret not making it a more fancy day, but my parents were really freaking out and I just wanted it to be as low key as possible. haha.
OMG so sweet & lovely.
what a sweet, original wedding theme! and your mother is AMAZING for making you that dress! it is beautiful – what a talent!
all the details are so thoughtful and i adore the creativity. plus, you make a stunning bride and your hubbie is too cute! love it diana.
Beautiful, creative and unique. Oh, and the wedding was cute too ;]
what a beautiful wedding
such an awesomely unique idea! and diana, you are absolutely stunning! so glad to finally see all of the pics of this wedding i've read so much about!
This is the most brilliant wedding I have ever seen in my whole life. I love books so much and it made me smile that you can incorporate that into a special day like a wedding.I love your dress..you look so beautiful and the fact that your mom made it, the love just radiates.
Scott wore Chucks!! The M&Ms were a cute idea, but kinda sucky that they were expensive.I just love your smile in all the photos.
Oh wow amazing…your wedding was incredible I love seeing more and more!And um I just saw the tweet about EXTENSIONS?! Really??? You can't tell at all, so gorgeous. Either way, of course!!
although jack did an incredible job capturing your wedding, these pictures still doesn't even give your wedding justice.
Ah, part two! I'm astonished at how wonderful and clever your wedding theme was. Yellow and gray make such a refreshing wedding color combination. All the accents are lovely.How incredibly special that your mom made your wedding dress. It's gorgeous! You're gorgeous!
Sorry about the deleted comment above. I made an embarrassing typo 
Very cute! They look quite happy.
Ahh, everything looked lovely! Themes at any party is awesome, I say.I cannot imagine having so many people there, though!! Is that normal?
you are so beautiful, and it is such a unique and brilliant and happy looking wedding! and i love how you incorporated both of your passions for cameras and books into the theme. just perfect! and amazing!
absolutely gorgeous!
Love it and the library cards? Pure perfection!
YOUR MOM made that dress for you? SO gorgeous. I see talent runs deep in the family
Also: I love that Scott is wearing Converse to the wedding. Very hip. You guys are so cute together 
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I love your wedding photos Diana!! You're such a gorgeous girl and you and Scott are an adorable couple. I know people throw that around a lot, gorgeous and cute couple
But it's true. The entire wedding is terribly romantic in it's unconventionalness (I made up a word). And your mom made your dress!!! That's so awesome… I love the style, mid length wedding dress is ideal to me.Thank you for sharing!
So lovely Diana! You look a picture of gorgeousness here! …and yellow and grey – superb combo – very imaginative – it must have been such fun!
My word, what a gorgeous wedding. I love the books on the tables & cake (phwoar)! You look so beautiful!
I'm in love with your wedding! The crosswords at the tables make me smile a lot.
Seems like such a fun wedding. I love the men in sneakers and the gray and yellow, very fresh and unusual. You guys kissing behind the book is so so sweet. Do we get to see more pictures of your dress? it looks gorgeous.-indigo
Oh man, I seriously wish I was at that wedding. Soooo wonderful!
So chic. I love this idea. My favorite part has to be the menu and place mat! How genius? ♡,Jessica
oh, haha. we didn't have place mats, we just had the crossword puzzles and the menu was set already, so no menu on the table. it does look like that, though, doesn't it?
Yeah it kind of does, but now that you said that, I totally meant the cross word puzzle in the place of a place mat…and for some reason I thought the one photo album was a menu. Thanks for clearing that up! But still such a cute idea!♡,Jessica
P.S. have given you an award!
So beautiful Diana!You guys are such a charming couple…love all the details down to the the shoes on the guys!xo*
This looks like so much fun! 300 guests, though? Holy moley. Awesome. Plus, you know I have to love the dress with sleeves!
I cannot detail how dearly I loved this post!! I have a feeling that when Jon (my boy) and I start planning our wedding, I will revisit this post again and again. I love everything from the colors to the decor to your dress (which is one of most wedding dresses I have seen).
The one word that keeps coming up is "gorgeous"! The decorations are gorgeous, your dress is gorgeous, YOU looked gorgeous! I loved the big hair.
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i love the ideas you had for your wedding, the small details that are so important. you make a very cool couple!
What a lovely wedding! My husband and I were married a month ago. I worked in a bookstore, and we both read a ton. Our centerpieces were stacks of (mostly vintage) books tied with ribbon (not pretty ones were covered with pretty paper), and we also names tables after authors. But 500 people… we had 100 and I thought that was huge! Congratulations and good for you!
I was planning a wedding last year and saw many fun ideas. This however is one I had not seen! It's too cute and such a great way to express a fun similarity between the couple to the guests!
All of you looks so wonderfully hip! And the cake, the dress, the table decorations all look amazing. I would love a cake like that. It looks like the kind guests will remember forever.
wow, who would have thought having a library-themed wedding?! i love it. i also love how the men wore vans and converse.
you look so very lovely and I love all the details. so glad you shared…
Weddings are typically so cheesy and boring, but yours was awesome.
I LOVE THIS POST!!Wow, your wedding pics are amazing Diana. And just as I was thinking which designer your dress was by…you say your mom!! How awesome & talented is she? I'm in love.The theme was perfect for both of you…your wedding was HUGE!! 500 at the ceremony?! WOW!Hopefully one day I'll be able to put up pics of myself (I always want to do this but I just can't yet, ya know, lol)…that's the one thing that sux about it!!Looking forward to more wedding info & pics
XOXO MG
you guys did an amazing job…and wow, a lot of guests!!! what a cute theme!xox
oh your wedding photos are just LOVELY!! i love how everything just comes together – you are so creative. thanks for sharing!xo. danni
LOVE all the table setting ideas, so cool!
Told you before: I want you as my wedding planner. You look gorgeous!
ummm, please tell me you had this wedding featured on offbeatbride.com. It's one of my fav websites for off the cuff weddings. These pictures made me drool, as a girl who won all her school awards for library work I love this theme. Only wish I'd thought of it first.Bravo!
You had just about the coolest wedding ever. I don't think anyone will ever top it.
wow! this is absolutely genius!
OMG. I can't wait until you go into the dress details! Beautiful Bride.
Can't believe i missed this post, and i'm not sure you'll be aware that i'm leaving a comment, but i just had to say how gorgeous you looked on your weeding day!Everything looks amazing. From the center pieces, to the cake, the themed tables… all the pieces seemed so well thought and meant to fit in perfectly with each other.
i'm just seeing these for the first time now.LADY YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL!what an amazingly unique and beautiful wedding.gosh you're awesome.
I am a bookworm and I am nuts about the library theme. The books and framed photos of the author is a great idea for the centerpieces. I also love the notes to be placed in the date slips. Very crafty of you guys to come up with this idea. Thanks for sharing.
Vanc and converse? … they actually pulled it off well. Like the theme.
wow…amazing wedding…amazing dress…and amazing couple…love it…and verry cool theme
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I love your invites! And what I can see of the photos above. I am totally using your invites as an inspiration on my own. Thank you for being uber awesome!