Saturday, 2 January 2010

Wedding Memory Books

By Julia Kilpatrick

As the years pass by after your marriage day many of the important happy memories can fade and making a wedding memory book is an ideal way to chronicle the entire marriage process to preserve those special memories. Wedding memory books can be bought ready made with individual pages for guest lists, a family lineage and tons of pages for photos, but you can also make your own. Let's take a look at what you need to consider when making your own wedding book.

Many couples start to think about their wedding book as they start preparations for the wedding, and just include it in the list to do ; order a wedding cake, book a wedding videographer, book hotels etc, but an excellent idea is to make one that includes everything before the marriage also. You need to consider if you want a collection of only wedding day memories or if you would like to include the bachelor and bachelorette party that is certain to have some of the best moments to incorporate, although maybe a section at the rear of the book should be reserved for those photographs.

Your wedding book can contain many, chapters if you like, that might chronicle each and every special moment and memory from the time that you first became engaged. The most significant thing that you need to bear in mind is that once the last chapter has been written it can be altered in the future, so keep as much memorabilia as you can just in case you choose to edit your book in years yet to come. When you're selecting photographs ensure that you keep at least two copies of each as this will allow you to be more creative and if you need to change the layout and cut some fancy shapes you will always have spare pictures.

Let everybody, acquaintances and family, know that you're going to be making a wedding memory book and you'll be shocked at what number of folks are ready to make a contribution to it. People will watch out for certain items at the bridal shower, marriage reception and other celebrations that always make up the entire wedding process, to give to you for inclusion in your wedding book. Sometimes something as simple as the ribbons on the wedding bands can fall to the floor unobserved, but if folks know that you are making a collection of all your memories they will pick it up and give it to you later on at the reception.

Dependent on when you decide to start a documentation of your marriage will decide on the theme and design of your book. If you plan really early then you can co-ordinate the book to fit into your wedding theme. Most wedding memory books only cover from the wedding day to the honeymoon, but how great would it be to get some video footage included on your wedding video of you and your other half blushing as you both go through the pages of the bachelor party. If you ask your wedding videographer, they can even make a separate video story from the days leading up to your wedding, with your wedding book as the central theme.

Beginning to add to your marriage book as soon as possible after you have decided to be married will mean that you have got a smashing story book that not only you and your better half, but also friends and family can look through when you are all together again at birthdays, Christmas or other festivities in years to come.

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