Make a Wedding Memory Book
As the years go by after your wedding day lots of the important happy memories can fade and creating a wedding memory book is the ultimate way to chronicle the whole wedding process to preserve those special memories.
Wedding memory books can be purchased readymade with individual pages for guest lists, a family tree and tons of pages for photos, but you may also make your own.
Let's take a look at what you want to consider when making your own wedding memory book.
Many couples start to think about their marriage book as they start preparations for the marriage, and just include it in the list of things to do ; order a wedding cake, book hotels etc, but an excellent idea is to make one that includes everything before the marriage as well . You want to consider if you want a collection of only wedding day memories or if you need to include the bachelor and bachelorette party that is bound 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 memory book can contain several, chapters if you like, that will chronicle 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 final chapter has been written it can be changed in the future, so keep as much memorabilia as you can just in case you decide to edit your book in future years. When you're selecting photographs make sure that you keep at least 2 copies of each as this will permit you to be more creative and if you would like to change the layout and cut some fancy shapes you'll always have spare footage.
Let everybody, acquaintances and family, know that you are going to be making a wedding memory book and you'll be surprised at what people are prepared to contribute to it. They will keep an eye open for certain items at the bridal shower, wedding reception and other parties that usually make up the entire marriage process, to give to you for inclusion in your wedding book. Occasionally something as simple as the ribbons on the wedding bands can fall to the floor unobserved, but if people know that you are making a collection of all your memories they are going to pick it up and give it to you later on at the reception.
Dependent on when you choose to start a documentation of your marriage will decide on the theme and design of your book. If you plan 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 thru 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 memory book as the central theme and just add it to your wedding video package.
Starting to add to yourwedding memory book as early as is possible after you have decided to be married will mean that you've got a amazing story book that not only you and your other half, but also friends and family can look thru when you're all together again at birthdays, Christmas or other festivities in years yet to come.
