I made a bookcase quilt for my parent's 50th anniversary in 1999. I hadn't been quilting for very long back then and I used the Wendy Etzel book for the design. The instructions were easy to follow and the suggestions were great. I highly recommend it.
My quilt has my parents wedding picture and then current picture, their parents above them (one set has their 50th picture) and their kids and grandkids below them. Some of the books have titles on them - an author my mother liked, a play they went to in London and something meaningful for my dad.