Creating a wedding photo memory book doesn't necessarily need to start only on your wedding day. These sorts of photo books should span the whole experience! Getting married and planning to create a wedding memory book of digital photos from the wedding? Start now! Before the big day, start thinking of other moments you might want to capture in a memory book. There are a ton of funny, crazy, touching, and wonderful moments before and after your wedding ceremony. You don't want to miss recording them!

Things to Include in your Wedding Memory Photo Book Some great moments to capture during the wedding process are:

Proposal pictures

Dress shopping

Wedding showers

The Bachelor and Bachelorette parties

Rehearsal dinner

Wedding day pictures including preparation, church and reception

Wedding party

Family pictures

The day-after-glow when you're opening gifts

Here are a few ideas for other related wedding memory books:

1. Create a Proposal Photo Book

An ultra creative and special way to propose marriage is with a photo book! This is easy, it's romantic, and it means you get a keepsake to have of the whole experience.

How to Do It:

To mak thie wedding photo memory book, simply create a photo book online filled with pictures of your love story to give to her with your proposal. You can use pictures of the special times you've spent together and end with a "Will You Marry Me" page.

A Sweet Idea: Leave a blank page or two at the end of the book so each person can record in his or her own words their memory of the special day.

Here are some tips to help you prepare that special marriage proposal photo book.

2. Make an Engagement Photo Book

Whether you have prints from an engagement photo session, or pictures that a friend took of the both of you before, during and after the engagement, these could be displayed beautifully in an Engagement Photo Book at your wedding or keep it in your home for years to come. Some engagement photo ideas you can use are:

Proposal pictures - you could even scan copies of tickets or programs if they were part of the proposal.

Pictures of friends and family as you share the good news with them.

If you have a formal engagement party, be sure to focus on the people who attend.

All the wedding planning activities make for good memories. Pictures from the food tasting, choosing your wedding cake, a copy of your "save the date" notice, and visits to the florist are all good things to include in this book.

This makes a great addition to your standard wedding photo memory book.

3. Bridal Shower or Bachelorette Party Photo Book

This is the perfect gift for a friend who is getting married! Start by collecting pictures of the event from everyone who attended. Favorite memories from the party can be documented in the book and added to various pages. Don't forget to share a digital copy with everyone who attended the party (and gave you those great pictures) and order a hardcover copy for the bride.

4. Photo Wedding Guest Book

Photo wedding guest books are a way for your wedding guests to leave you a special message on your big day. This personalize wedding guest book will include your personal photos. Your guests will love looking at the pictures while they sign your book and this will make a special keepsake to read for years after.

Here are more ideas on making your own photo wedding guest book.

Picaboo.com also has a special section for creating wedding photo guest books-- they make it pretty easy.

5. Create a Honeymoon Photo Book

When you've returned from your trip, make a new book with the pictures from your honeymoon destination! Your honeymoon is a very special memory --and a lot less stressful that the wedding itself-- and should always be a part of any wedding photo memory book. This is a beautiful finish to your wedding experience.

6. Create a Restored Photo Wedding Album

Is your wedding photo memory book getting a little on the old-and-dusty side? Congratulations for your long marriage!

A great way to celebrate that marriage is by making a new wedding photo book with old photos. It's actually not too hard to restore an older wedding album or create a new one for a friend or relative using their vintage photos.

A Great Gift Idea: You could recreate an album as an anniversary gift for a parent or grandparent by restoring an older wedding album that is falling apart.

7. Create a Wedding Photo Book Gift

Your wedding photo book can take the place of an album that is provided by your photographer or give you the opportunity to create your own wedding album books for special wedding guests, like the mother of the bride or the family matriarch. This is a wonderful way to use wedding photo memory books.

Wedding Photo Book Ideas reviews a list of the photo book printers that offer more than the standard wedding book.

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