Do you remember back to the adorable library card invitation I received for a bridal shower?  You can get a quick glimpse here.

Well, the shower has come and gone.  But I wanted to share with you some of their fun “booky” decorations.  The ladies throwing the shower played on the bride’s love of reading.  She and her fiance also met at a library, hence the perfect theme.  (And I love themes!  You can be deliberate about little touches throughout your party.  Simply be creative.)

Sweet Centerpieces!  All the books and pages you’ll see came from library book sales.

BIG [REALLY IMPORTANT] NOTE:  if you decide to do something similar for a party or shower, scan the books first or know the author.  My cousin didn’t have time to read them and unfortunately discovered a little too late that the language in some of the books wasn’t exactly  . . . um, clean and wholesome.  So during the shower, we were instructed NOT to read our fans.  😉

This was a fun and unique decoration.  360 degrees of book pages with a fluffy page topper.  Can you figure out how it was made?

My cousin took a 900 page book, tore off the cover and then folded every other page in half towards the middle of the book.  (Can you imagine?  900/2=450 folded pages!)  She then used a hot glue gun to keep the book in the circular form.

It was a fun shower where the bride received four griddles (one from me – and yes, I did scan the registry when I purchased it).  But with pancakes for life, this sweet couple is off to a good start.