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I'm planning on using a large calander and having people sign on thier birthday...I don't want a traditional guest book, something that will just gather dust. This will be both unique and functional.
We still had a book, but I did a photobook story of our relationship and left a lot of white space for people to sign around the pictures. It was cute how people gravitated toward the pictures that were related to them to sign.
Here's a previous post with lots of great ideas:
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/unique-guest-book-alternatives
@furtureffcaptwife:That's a great idea! We'll also be having a perpetual calendar out for people to fill in, but I didn't think of it as yet a THIRD form of guestbook haha
We did handkerchiefs that will eventually be made into a quilt. We had a really small wedding but almost everyone signed one. We had it right beside the cake and my brother announced during his toast that we would like people to please sign them when they had a minute.
@pinkshoes:i love photobook guestbooks! i had originally hoped to do one with photos of our guests, but most of them wouldn't have a photo that we could access to include in it beforehand and i didn't want to add polaroids to the day-of "to do" list :)
@julies1949: thanks, i've seen that thread in the past and love looking back at all the beautiful projects... I am hoping for some projects that new brides are doing that haven't been seen/shared/discussed before...
@mandb122: we're also incorporating handkerchiefs... I'm embroidering a few vintage handkerchiefs from my collection with our names and will stitch them onto a ribbon to use as a banner at the entrance. i was also hoping to embroider our programs onto them, but our guest list ended up being much larger than originally expected. :)
Seems like two really good ideas! I want to do a book of photos, either from a fauxto booth or a real one... nothing like seeing people's faces wishing you well!
You could have people sign small, smooth rocks with a little message and put them in a decorate vase/bottle. Get quilting squares and fabric pens and have people sign those then have a G-ma or other talented sewer put it all together for you as a wedding present. But a wooden bench and have people sign that (if you have place at your home for it. I'd like to do this but I live in a 660 sqft apt) Have people take a polaroid of themselves or designate a "photographer" (good friend not in the wedding party perhaps) to do it as people come in and write a message on there then put them all in your wedding album or a separete album. This will also ensure that you get to really remember everyone (or just about!) who came that day :)
I made a card box for regular cards, but we are also providing little pieces of paper and pens for guests to write messages, advice or prayers to put in to the box. I didn't really want to do a whole book because 90% probably wouldn't end up being filled anyway, which seems wasteful. Also, the cards feel a bit more personal since they go right in to the box and will only be read by us. I'm hoping that because it feels more private people will share more meaningful advice or stories. I feel like people always just write a generic "congrats" in guestbooks.
I saw this idea a while ago and i LOVE it! i wish i would have found it before my wedding
@deathbydesign: I like it! I would like to add something like this to my guest book idea that I have already.
Here's ours! They sign the butterflies and we'll put them on a board after. FI wants to frame it with glass covering it and hang it over the couch (I don't know about that but I'm glad he's taking an interest in it atleast).
@KarenA: i love that idea! framing wouldnt be too difficult but you would def have to do a shadowbox (if you want them to be 3-D like the picture) which can get pretty pricey but its a great way to preserve it and would look great! if you do it be sure to get the glass that reflects UV rays so it never fades.
We did a 4' x 4' Hollywood Star. We did have a theater wedding but it could work for a old hollywood feel wedding too.
@totheislnds: I LOVE IT!!! I've seen the thumbprint trees before, but this is SO cute and colorful!!!
We're having photography letters that spell out our name...guests will sign the matting around the photos. I took all of the photos myself, so each letter/picture represents something special to me and my fiancé. It will be a great piece to hang up in our home to remold us of our destination wedding, family and friends that attended andunion new life together.
I did an acrylic canvas painting of a beach. There's a thick teal border (~4.5 inches) which is our main wedding color. The guests will sign in silver sharpie in the border! I can't wait. It turned out great!
We are having our guests sign quilt squares and i will sew them all together afterwords. I also might (as a side thing) do a wedding mad-lib for fun.
We're planning on having two! We wanted something that we'll actually be able to use as decor in our home, so we're doing a thumbprint guesbook and having people sign their name near their print. There will be a tandem bike as part of our ceremony/reception, so the prints will be balloons floating a bike!
We'll also have a vintage postcard and a pen at each seat, so people can write us a message or draw a picture that they can then deposit in a mailbox that doubles as our card box.
We are having a custom made hand drawn fingerprint tree that we will frame and hang in our house. Since our guests are not signing their fingerprint I have also made a scrapbook with 4x6 cards the guests can sign (the cards will be at their seats along with pens) and write any message they want and then they can place it in the guestbook. In the back will be our e-photos and later wedding pictures.
We are having guests sign a black and white framed poster of two trees, we are have a nature theme wedding then put the glass in and hang it above the couch.
I'm a bit crafty, so I will also be doing a quilt. Guests will sign pieces of fabric with special pens and after the wedding, I will sew those, along with fabric with pictures of us printed on them, into a quilt. We are using fabric in the colors of hte wedding and pieces of fabric from the flower girl dresses (which I am making too). It's going to be super cute... I hope!
Im making a quilt in our wedding colors. I plan on haveing people sign it at the reception. I love the idea of something you can use after not just a book you place on your shelf.
We're doing wish flags. I actually just bought the fabric today :) Super excited about it. So the guests sign it, and then hang each flag after it's signed. After the wedding we will make a blanket out of it. Here's what it will look like.
We haven't decided 100% yet but we are most likely going to a photobooth that prints out doubles. So our guests will be able to keep one copy and then put the other a book and sign their names next to it. And all the pictures are posted on the company's website for guests to see and buy later as well.
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What kind of alternative guestbooks are people doing?
We're actually doing two. I just finished drafting our version of the Martha Stewart advice book idea. You can view the MS version here.
We'll also have vintage postcards for guests to write us notes about anything they'd like -- advice, well wishes, congratulations, whatever. We'll have a card catalog set up at the reception to hold the blanks and store the completed ones, and we'll put them into a postcard album after the wedding.
What have others done? What works well? Any tips for getting people to sign? We won't be having a DJ or assigned seating, so I'm thinking of having the card catalog set up near the cake or gifts table. We'll probably just scatter the books on the tables along with some kind of fun pen/pencil.