# Ideas Needed for a Library Themed Wedding **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739 "2012-09-05T12:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/21 "2012-09-05T19:53:41Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Bridesmaid outfits like stereotypical librarian wear? Glasses, hair in bun, button up shirt, knee length skirt? “ **Check out** the bridesmaids!” ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/22 "2012-09-05T20:07:59Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > “ **Check out** the bridesmaids!” Hee, hee. At a wedding I attended recently, someone provided the couple with a nice new hard-backed dictionary. The guests were then asked to choose a word that made them think of the wedding pair, turn to the proper page in the dictionary (a hardship for some of us), and write a message on that page. The bride and groom apparently play word games a lot so are forever looking things up in the dictionary–the idea being that they will keep stumbling upon these words and people’s messages to them. I realize the writing-in-a-book thing is anathema to any self-respecting librarian. But maybe gently. In the margins. With pencil. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/23 "2012-09-05T20:11:51Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > And you know that in Pittsburgh you aren’t allowed a groom cake because where are all those freaking cookies going to go? (What IS it with Pittsburgh weddings and cookies?) I opened this thread because I thought, correctly it would cheer me up. I have no ideas that haven’t been shared - unless you can put a collection of images of the two of you onto microfilm/fiche and have a reader at the reception. But now I’m intrigued. I’ve never heard anything about cookies at Pittsburgh weddings. What’s the scoop? And happy wedding to **NotherYinzer**! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/24 "2012-09-05T20:23:58Z")
have the officiant ask, ‘would you like to check out?’ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/25 "2012-09-05T20:28:20Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > But now I’m intrigued. I’ve never heard anything about cookies at Pittsburgh weddings. What’s the scoop? That’d be the [cookie table](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_table)🙂 For the wedding, what about tables named after [famous librarians.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_librarians)? I wanted to come up with an idea related to [Ranganathan’s 5 laws of library science](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_laws_of_library_science), but haven’t managed anything yet. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/26 "2012-09-05T20:56:36Z")
I like this quote of Evelyn Carnahan, from _The Mummy_ I loved how she said it, as she was intoxicated at the time. \*Evelyn: Look, I… I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O’Connell, but I am proud of what I am. Rick: And what is that? Evelyn: I… am a librarian. \* Maybe at the reception a speaker could talk about being proud of what you are. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/27 "2012-09-05T22:38:37Z")
> [@](#): > > someone provided the couple with a nice new hard-backed dictionary. The guests were then asked to choose a word that made them think of the wedding pair, turn to the proper page in the dictionary (a hardship for some of us), and write a message on that page. The bride and groom apparently play word games a lot so are forever looking things up in the dictionary–the idea being that they will keep stumbling upon these words and people’s messages to them. This is a great idea too! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/28 "2012-09-06T01:37:38Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > how about referring to all the guests as “patrons” ? > > And if they delay notifying you of their attendance before the RSVP date, they have to pay a fine for each day late. 🙂 Gotta say, this is my favorite so far. The fines could go towards our honeymoon trip! You guys are really coming through. I like a lot of these ideas and will be trying to fit them in as best I can. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/29 "2012-09-06T02:35:02Z")
Silver Crow Creations has some library supplies: [Welcome to SilverCrow Creations - for the artistically inclined & the artistically challenged](http://www.silvercrowcreations.com/AccessoriesFrames.htm) . Check out the other categories, they have the old fashioned book check out cards. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/30 "2012-09-06T14:17:52Z")
Thought of this last night - at several weddings I’ve been to there’s been some way to convey well wishes to the bride and groom such as a scrapbook to write in or a board to sign. You could have guests write their greetings on card catalog cards with a drawer there for ambiance. Oh, and thank you \*\* Lsura\*\* for the link. I’d already gone off googling. I love to bake cookies. Now I have to make friends with some Pittsburgh brides. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739/31 "2012-09-06T14:27:43Z")
Depending on your budget, you might make a donation to your local Friends of the Library in exchange for tote bags for your wedding party gifts. They may also have old catalog cards that you can have. I do like the dictionary idea has a bar/bat mitzvah or graduation gift. I’ll have to remember that. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-needed-for-a-library-themed-wedding/633739.md?page=1)