Wine Bottle Guest Book?

EllenG27

Hi all! I couldn't decide which board this kind of topic really goes on, so I figured my home board would be perfect!
I've been thinking about non traditional guest book ideas and came across this online - You have your guests sign a wine bottle and then you open it up on your anniversary!! My fiance and I love wine so I thought that could be a cute way to incorporate our personalities into the wedding. I'd have to research more like how many bottles I would need and stuff, but my main question that I came across is where would they go?
I feel like at the ceremony is standard, but will it take up a lot of time and cause a traffic jam? I don't know if it would take up much more time than a standard guest book though. Or maybe the wine bottles could be at the reception site? Guests are going to get there before us and have more time on their hands, so maybe this would give them more time to write.
I'm thinking that both would work though.  Have it at the ceremony and reception so it really catches everybody. I like the idea, but worried how it will actually turn out. Any ideas?  Thanks!!

deregniern

When it comes to having them fill it out at the reception vs the ceremony, I am in the same boat.  We don't have a very big area at the entrance of the church (it is an old chapel), so I think it might clog things up more than anything else.  So, I am leaning today having it more at the reception since people will have more space and time to write.  We are also having a non-traditional guestbook.  We are having a travel theme wedding, so people are writing on postcards for our guestbook that will go in a photoalbum.  If you have a decent gap of time between your ceremony and reception, I would say you might want to consider doing your guestbook at the reception so people have something to do.  As far as how many bottles you need, depends on the guestlist, but I would go on the side of having too many bottles.  Also, I would definitely have someone there to help instruct people on what to do.  I know some people put up instructions also, but I think some people just don't want to take the time to read them. 

medusia00

I love this idea, and it's very personal.

I agree with putting it at the Reception. The last wedding we went to in December they had a big church, however did not have any guest book to sign there, they just had people handing out the programs and ushers to the seats.

They did have about 45 mins between the Ceremony and "start" time of the Reception and we were able to sign the guest book there. It was sitting right when we can in the door and they had a few teenage girls standing there having people sign before heading to sit down.

Also if you are doing a seating chart I think this would be a good place to put it.
Maybe 2 different tables right next to each other 1st one is the guest book, 2nd is the escort cards. Or if your not having assigned seating a sign just stating that some tables are reserved, and please be seated where you please...

HTH, sorry that ended up being a little longer than I wanted! hehe