Canvas Guestbook

aja&smj

Our wedding will be held this July at our church. Our colors are yellow and white, we've got it all planned. Well, mostly planned. In thinking of this mostly-planned event tonight, I had a horrifying thought about our guestbook. We decided months ago that we didn't want a traditional guestbook, so we racked our brains on what we might like. I stumbled upon a canvas painting on pinterest in which the guests signed the middle of a heart. I loved the idea of a piece of art to be displayed in our home, but I didn't like that particular one. Eventually we decided to have a picture of us as our guestbook. During our engagement session we took a picture in which we are holding a huge white blanket between us as the space to write on and the picture is beautiful. Our idea is to have the picture printed onto the canvas. I love it. However, I was struck by the idea that it may be hard to write on or may tear in the process of writing on it. Has anyone else used canvas before, besides the thumbprint idea? Ideally the canvas would be strong enough that with a marker or something similar it wouldn't tear, but I'm wondering if anyone else has an experience with it. Thanks in advance!

natswild

you shouldn't have an issue with using a marker. I worked as a framer at Michaels for several years, and that would look really cool. I would suggest that you have it in a frame, because otherwise people will sign right to the edge. (seen that many times with couples bringing in their photo guestbooks)

natswild

another thing is if you are afraid someone will push too hard through the canvas, you could also put a board, or something like that to keep the canvas from bending too deeply.

wabanzi

aja&smj said:

Our wedding will be held this July at our church. Our colors are yellow and white, we've got it all planned. Well, mostly planned. In thinking of this mostly-planned event tonight, I had a horrifying thought about our guestbook. We decided months ago that we didn't want a traditional guestbook, so we racked our brains on what we might like. I stumbled upon a canvas painting on pinterest in which the guests signed the middle of a heart. I loved the idea of a piece of art to be displayed in our home, but I didn't like that particular one. Eventually we decided to have a picture of us as our guestbook. During our engagement session we took a picture in which we are holding a huge white blanket between us as the space to write on and the picture is beautiful. Our idea is to have the picture printed onto the canvas. I love it. However, I was struck by the idea that it may be hard to write on or may tear in the process of writing on it. Has anyone else used canvas before, besides the thumbprint idea? Ideally the canvas would be strong enough that with a marker or something similar it wouldn't tear, but I'm wondering if anyone else has an experience with it. Thanks in advance!

Definitely have it printed on canvas board (as opposed to framed) like the pic below, or cut/find a board that fits inside the back frame and secure it.  I doubt anyone would cut through the canvas while signing with a paint pen, but it can and will stretch as some write with a lot of pressure.  Plus, guests may not always use a soft paint marker provided but rather their own pen which will scratch and perhaps tear the canvas. Finally, it will be much easier for them to write on a solid surface as opposed to one that gives.

vmj23

I haven't yet, but plan to.  I've found a lot on etsy (tree's and stuff like that) that don't use thumb prints, just have people sign the leafs.  My mom is actually doing a painting for me on the canvas, and we will have peopel sign that.