Best of Oh Happy Day: Bookworm Invitations

This was supposed to go live today but I got busy so I'm posting it late. I developed this concept for Cookie Magazine's Nesting Blog (RIP). It is for a "bookworm party" where the kids bring their favorite book to trade with another child. An old book gets hollowed out and given with an invitation inside. Afterward it can become a secret place for the child to keep treasures. It is supposed to be like a worm ate out the book.








Last time I posted about this it made some people uncomfortable to "ruin" an old book. These books I got from a thrift store and they smelled funny, I looked up the printing and none of them were rare or valuable. I'm an English Lit major and I love books but in my opinion people can be too precious about moldy books sometimes.

Concept by and Styled by Jordan Ferney Photography by Paul Ferney

If you would like to hire me to write for your website please email me for rates at ohhappydayblog@gmail.com
at

9 comments:

  1. Damaris @Kitchen Corners7:19 AM

    I remember seeing this somewhere. Was it here in the past? was it Design Mom? Anyway, it's fabulous.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous7:22 AM

    what a great idea!! i saw a ton of old books at my local thrift store yesterday. definitely will bookmark for future parties!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jane8:16 AM

    I love this idea (and your blog as I live in Australia and you give a lovely insight into a different world) as my children are always trying to find secret places to stash their treasures...

    ReplyDelete
  4. kristen5:52 PM

    that is so cute!! i love it!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous8:52 PM

    I agree about people being too precious about books, I'm passionate about literature and preservation of history but sometimes old things are just that; old and tired and ready for the rubbish bin so repurposing them as invites is a fab idea. I thoroughly enjoy all of your creative and unique party and invitation ideas, keep 'em coming!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Katie9:10 AM

    I think this is a fantastic idea (totally agree with you about the moldy old books) I'm seriously tempted to hold a grown up bookworm party now - thanks for sharing your best of, it's so inspiring!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Ali3:05 PM

    I did this as a delivery mechanism for book tokens at Christmastime. They went down so well.

    And I am not precious at all about old books (and I'm a bookseller!)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Terri10:30 PM

    Love this idea, but I cannot find the step by step instructions on the Nesting blog anymore. Are they available anywhere else?

    ReplyDelete
  9. marni zarr6:06 PM

    fantastic idea! and i love books too... what a great way to reuse something you love xo!

    ReplyDelete