alternative guest book

amandafaith45 · April 2012

i want to do something different then the typical guest book any ideas?

Lisa50 · April 2012

Not really. We didn't have a guest book or an alternative.

Avion22 · April 2012

I surprised my husband with a Miami Dolphin's Jersey with our last name on it and the number "12" (for 2012). We both love football, and he is a HUGE Dolphins fan (and hence, I am becoming one too). I set the jersey out as our "guestbook" and everyone signed it. It turned out REALLY REALLY well, and he loved the surprise. It's now in a frame and waiting to be hung on our wall (we have a bar/lounge area).

I don't have any pictures, but you should find some if you google.

Any jersey will work if you're into sports, and you can usually order one online customized with your name. If you guys aren't into sports, you could really set out ANYTHING for people to sign. Maybe a guitar if you're into music? A really nice world map if you like to travel?

Kindachewy · April 2012

We are having a vintage feel wedding, so my guest book is a old vintage type writer!

emidle2008 · April 2012

We are doing a wishing tree. FI has a degree in forestry, so I thought it was a nice touch. We are using 3 or 4 manzanita branches in vases and cutting out pink and navy "leaves" with my sister's Cricut. There will be a sign instructing guests to "leaf" a message or advice. After the wedding, the leaves will be put into a scrapbook.

snuff9861 · April 2012

We're doing a thumbprint tree. One of my bridesmaids is painting the tree for us.

shanliann · April 2012

We are doing the serving plate that everyone will sign. we bought ours at michaels came with propers markers and the plate itsself just has 2 hearts on it. We will get alot of use out of this more so then a book on the bookshelf, however i LOVE the jersey idea!!!!

AdeleDazeem · April 2012

I'm from Philadelphia and my husband is from Buffalo. I took two photographs of our city skylines and put them together in a lovely black and white image. We had everyone sign that.

More info and better pictures/explanations here: LINK

amandafaith45 · April 2012

thanks for the ideas ladies!

sweetredhead · April 2012

We were married at Christmas time and bought a coffee table book of paintings and the words to silent night. The guests signed on the pages. We plan to put it out at the holidays as a decoration and a nice reminder.

DramaGeek · April 2012

We have a guest document that everyone signed and it's not hanging in our house.

On top it's our vows, the date and location. Then everyone signed. We got it from www.documentsanddesigns.com

saric83 · April 2012

We started collecting postcards from trips, and we compiled them in a frame. So instead of doing a guest book, we left different postcards that reflected us in some way (some of the city where I was raised, the city where we was raised, the city where we live now, the place we were engaged, etc.) on each table and had people leave us messages on those instead.

jlocascio85 · April 2012

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the sports team jersey! I am totally going to do that! Thanks so much!

LilRogueWelch · April 2012

We are doing a picture frame with his last name spelled out in pictures of items that look like letters, adding a wide matting around the photos and having our guest sign this.
It will be a nice reminder and it will be pretty on the wall!

JRAE22 · April 2012

Although my wedding is not vintage I LOVE YOUR idea... Aweseom!!!!!!!n Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_alternative-guest-book-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:10Discussion:86729bba-870d-4c49-a302-777fe3a4c866Post:626e3df9-ee48-43c0-a595-14f6c1018524">Re: alternative guest book</a>:
[QUOTE] We are having a vintage feel wedding, so my guest book is a old vintage type writer!
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cwill6212 · April 2012

We are doing a calendar. I made it free on VP using photos from the last 5 years of our relationship... Guest will find their birthday and sign their name. Since we are "merging" families, this is a good way to have record of everyone's birthdays and all the guests of our wedding.

Tami87 · April 2012

FMIL quilts so she is making us a wall hanging that guests will sign with fabric pens. We can then display it in our home.

smilesavy · April 2012

We are doing a puzzle....so people come in...grab a piece, sign the back of it...and when we put it together we can either show our engagement picture on the one side or all of the signatures of our guests...

daria24 · April 2012

We are getting a bunch of terra cotta plant pots and having people sign them. Something that we will actually use and display around our apartment.

TiffannieF · April 2012

We did "advice" cards and put them on every plate setting with a pen.

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MandyGW · April 2012

I am doing the signature photo mats. I love the sports Jersey idea!

Ividian · April 2012

We're going to lay out some nice pens and paper and ask guests to leave advice or a comment or whatever and save it in a box to read at each anniversary along with notes we write to each other before the wedding.

carrieloomis · April 2012

We found a nice frame and are going to have people sign the matte inside the frame (it's not a normal matte, it's meant to be signed) then put a wedding picture in the space. Another adaption of that: a friend of mine got one of their engagement photos canvased and everyone signed the canvas.

ETA: another friend of mine got married and her husband is a musician so they went and bought a cheap electric guitar and had people sign it. They mounted it in their home. It looks great. I don't know what interests you or your FI, but if you have a hobby like that you could use the hobby as inspiration

emilyandcorey · April 2012

I love the idea of a Wedding day Bible that guests can circle their favorite verses or verses that they use in their relationship/marriage. Then they can sign their name by the verse.

I also like the idea of an advice jar type guest book- that way we can go through and read all the advice we are given together.

shannie11 · April 2012

We are having a photo booth. The people will place one copy of their pictures in the book and then keep the other copy. They will also sign and leave a personal note. I think it will be funny to look back in 15 years and be like OMG look how young we looked!

snowdaisy822 · April 2012

We're also doing a photo booth and having people leave a copy of their pictures and write a little note.

I have a friend who did Polaroids, then everyone wrote a note at the bottom and she'll display them on her wall eventually. I loved that idea.

The venue I'm getting married said that someone bought a cool wooden bench and had everyone sign it. I loved that idea.

bar10521 · April 2012

On pinterest I saw a post that had clothesline clips with the place card clamped in them. Guests were supposed to take a polaroid of themselves and replace their escort card with it. They could write a little message on the bottom and you can make a photo album from them. I loved the idea.

http://www.ohweddings.net/photography-guests-polaroids.php

luciintheskii · April 2012

We are also doing the photobooth with a scrapbook. We're going to have different colored markers and pens and maybe those little scrapbook decorations that people can use to decorate the page too

michellenmarkrock · April 2012

Has anyone done the fingerprints on a poster as leaves on a tree? Did you just print it on paper? What ink/paint did you use? Anyone complain about it being messy? Could I ask any more questions in one post?

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