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We did a picture frame mat. We had a smaller wedding though so it had enough room for the guests to sign.
I've seen picture frames where you have guests sign the matteboard, and then put your wedding photo in the middle. Then you can have it on your wall. Or did you want something more original?
We are going to get a coffee table book and have them sign in the coffee table book....I think. Otherwise I realllly wish we could do the photobooth idea. Now where's a photobooth? Ha.
We are doing two...The one is similar to a traditional guest book, but we are going to have guests write messages in a coffee table book about the OBX instead. The second mone is a painting where each guest paints a smaller square that's part of the bigger picture. I got the idea here (sweet thing #7) but we are limiting our color palette to blues to match our wedding colors and doing a beach scene.
we have a small wedding and im planning to use a huge white plate for the guest to sign. after the wedding i will put it on the wall in my dinning room
I'm getting married under a tree so we're doing a poster of a "naked" tree (just branches) where our guests will fingerprint in the "leaves" and sign next to their prints! Found it on Etsy and I think it's going to look awesome in our guestbedroom. It's also personalized with names and wedding date.
Here's a link:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44490235
Saw a neat idea in a Martha Stewart (yup I said it) mag.
"Choose white dishes for the well-wishes, which show up nicely when inscribed with metallic paint pens. After the event, arrange the signed plates with patterned ones in a random grouping for a sophisticated feel."
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Thanks MissAsB!! :) I just got mine in the mail and it's adorable. Can't wait to see it when it's all done!
One of my aunts is an avid quilter, so we're setting up quilting squares with fabric pens for our guests to sign, and then my aunt is sewing it into a small quilt for us. If you're into sewing, or know someone else who is, this is a great way to have something a little non-traditional.
We are doing a traditional guestbook paired with a poloroid guestbook.
I purchased a cute book from esty (TheHandmadeBoutique) or WWW.LISASHANDMADEBOUTIQUE.COM
Here's a sample book from her store. She was really easy to work with - I just picked out my colors and she custom made it for me and mailed it really quickly.
I'm going to put one of my cousins in charge of it, but I will also have directions printed and put in an adorable frame. The guests get to take pictures as a table, as couples, individually, whatever - put it in the book - and then write well wishes, advice, favorite memory, etc next to their pic. :) I'm really excited about it!
Here's a sample frame that a couple I know did.
I think we are going to do this but instead of polaroid pictures we are doing photo booth.
I bought chipboard book thingy for createforless.com
I LOVE all these ideas! Now I'm going to have trouble deciding on just one! Didn't even think to check etsy...duh.
My FMIL makes thease blankets kinda like a quilt each square is our wedding colors. We will have it layed out and guest will write and sign it .. Then we can hang it afterwards or something.
I love that wedding tree idea! We're having a photobooth at our wedding and will be asking our guests to sign a scrapbook page and stick one copy of the photo on it (the photos come in doubles).
We're having guests sign seashells w/metallic markers! Then I'll place them in a crystal bowl I have!
keep the ideas coming! I'm still hoping to hear something that sounds like 'us', or else we may be skipping it altogether :)
We are probably going to create a phot book on snapfish, with picture of us through the various stages of our lives and our relationship. Then guests can sign on the pages of the times they new us closest.
A friend of mine who married her high school sweetheart once asked all of the guests to send a picture of themselve with their reply card. They created a "Middle School Year book", you could sign a message to them under your picture... It was a lot of fun! If a guest didnt send a picture it said their name and "absent on picture day"
We're making our own coffee table book on snapfish of pictures with us and our guests and from our dating years for guests to sign the pages.
@tweds - we are doing something really similar!! It's a "naked tree" with adhesive leaves and blossoms that our guests will sign:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42982771
It hasn't shown up yet, but I'm really excited to get it!
Oh @littlecat your friends book reminded me of this:
My cousin's FMIL sent a letter to all the guests asking them to send her recipes that reminded them of a time they shared with the bride or a family recipe. She also wanted them to include a picture of them (guest & bride) together and a note to her. (I'm assuming she did the same for the grooms side of the family). She was then going to put them together into a book for the brides shower. You could do something like this as a guest book tho. Maybe do the pictures and the recipes then have the guests sign it at the wedding or something?
These ideas are so cute!
We just bought a matted frame for everyone to sign. I'm thinking we should have bought a larger one, since our invite list is at almost 200 (oops).
A great alternative to a guest book would be a picture book full of your engagement pictures that people sign sort of like a year book :)
They sell them on Snapfish.com
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Still following within the traditional guest book, but mixing it up a bit, a friend of mind bought these pages for guests to fill out. They then put them in a binder. She said that the responses & everything were really fun to read afterwards.
We are doing a puzzle that is going to be one of our engagement pics and then each guest will sign a puzzle piece.
We are writing our own vows so I plan on having them printed on nice paper and framing it, then having all the guests sign the frame mat....just substituting a picture with our beautiful vows and having all the ppl that witnessed the vows sign them.
I'm totally in love with these platters: http://www.tybinc.com/cid-106-1/wedding_guestbook_platter.html
They're not cheap but so cute and different, that I definitely want it for my wedding!
@clarebee - I LOVE that idea, I have never heard of it. How are you going to set it up? Are you going to have the guests sign a single puzzle piece and have a picture of what the puzzle will be displayed? After the wedding, how do you plan to display it?
And lastly...where did you get your pic turned into a puzzle?
I'm so intrigued!
We were thinking about doing this and having everyone sign in a gold or silver pen, then framing it after the wedding. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31013152
I'm sure this has been mentioned (not patient enough to read through...) but we're going a quilt which I'm super excited about. Each guest will write a little note on a fabric square, then I'll quilt them all together to be used in our future home. Once I learn how to quilt...
I want our photographer to do a photobooth. Each guest/group/couple will have the option of writing a message out on a little chalkboard to hold up for the camera if they want to leave a message. I don’t know that we’ll really look over a guestbook years and years from now so pictures seem like the way to go.
We're going to get a small photo book made from blurb.com. We're going to try to have as many personalized pages as possible with us and our invited guests. That way, each guest can sign on the page with their picture. For the people who we don't have photos of, we'll have them sign on non-personalized pages with photos of us from our engagement session and other candid photos.
I'm using 2! A guest book box (address card file) and postcard wishes. I will change the colors to grey and yellow- our colors. I am the owner/designer of Cut the Cake Designs, recently engaged and SOOO excited to make these for my own wedding!!!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44120921
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44376003
We are using an awesome personalized photo mat frame (black/silver) with an 8x10 photo in the center. We didn't want a traditional guest book because we don't think we'll hardly ever look at it. But this, we'll hang right in our living room! So many clever ideas here-love the quilt idea!
Another way to ultilze a guest book in a unique way is to have guests sign custom cards and place them insdie a wooden keepsake box. Then, you can use the box later to store more of your wedding goodies.
Here are some options for wooden guest book boxes: www.thetrendysparrow.etsy.com
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I'm looking for a cute alternative to a traditional guest book. I want something somewhat functional or something that I will actually use/look at. Some ideas I've found so far:
guest sign rocks and you display them in a bowl or vase
a large platter to display in kitchen/dining room
my moh had her guests sign a wine bottle (like that idea but don't want to steal it from her!)
A garden bench or nice planter
What else?! ideas and pics are welcome!! Thanks ladies