More than 130 people attended the wedding on Saturday of Danielle Chamberland and Jason Roberts in the Andover Bookstore, Andover, Mass.
The ceremony's bookish theme began with invitations that consisted of hollowed-out books "with the pages replaced with an R.S.V.P note designed like a library card and wedding information written with an avid reader's flair," the Eagle-Tribune reported. The invitation began: "After traversing the stacks, Danielle Chamberland and Jason Roberts are ready to be taken out of circulation as they become husband and wife." And the wedding was described as "an unabridged ceremony full of nonfiction promises and an abundance of happily ever after."
At the ceremony, bridesmaids and the flower girl carried bouquets of flowers made from pages of books, and the ring bearer carried her cargo on a Harry Potter book. Justice of the Peace Claire Miller read her wedding notes from "a makeshift book--with the cover from Fireside Book of Love Songs."
The bride and groom aren't regulars at the Andover Bookstore and discovered it online when looking for a wedding location with "a book flavor."
The wedding was the store's first and accommodated more people in the space than any event in recent memory. "We spent hours moving all the books off the floor so we could fit in all of the guests," manager Jen Tierney said.
The store got into the spirit of the occasion by inviting the wedding party to take home a free book.
photo: Jan Seeger/EagleTribune.com