Our travel-themed wedding features items from the destinations we love.

The next time I post on Bookend Babes, I’ll be posting as a newlywed. Our wedding is quickly approaching, and I can hardly wait for the actual day to arrive.

Because my fiancé and I share a love of the journey, we’ve planned our big day around a travel theme. It’s been such an adventure to find the little details that will make our wedding unique to us. So here are a few things that we’ve got planned – you’ll get a sneak peak.

1. A “suitcake” – Our cake will be shaped to form 2 suitcases, one on top of the other – a masculine-looking suitcase on the bottom, and the more feminine-looking one on the top. Two passports will serve as our cake toppers. It’s one of the few things that I won’t get to see until the actual event. I’m both nervous and excited about how it will look.

2. The flowers – We’ve sprinkled lots of details into our day that represent a destination we’ve visited together. The flowers are tulips, a sweet memory of our trip to Holland last spring to see the tulip fields in full bloom. There are also tulips submerged in vases for the centerpieces for each table, topped with a glass globe.

3. Symbols – We’ll have a pomegranate to break for good luck – a Greek tradition. My fiancé will carry a piece of iron for good luck – an Italian tradition. And we have a very special piece of décor – a cake topper bought in Las Vegas, complete with a bride and groom standing in front of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

4. Ceremony – We’re going to perform the Arras, a coin ceremony practiced in Barbados and Mexico, into our ceremony.

We’ve also included several other travel references into the ceremony, but in the spirit of this being a bookish-sort of blog, I’ll share with you part of the John Steinbeck quote we’re including, where he compares the journey to a marriage.

“We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip. A trip takes us.”