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Need a little help..

FutureMrsDudley55FutureMrsDudley55 member
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I had a coupon code for a free photobook from Shutterfly, so I decided to make it into our guest book. I decided to make the book black because I thought black looked the best with our engagements photos. Now, I don't know what kind of pens to get that will write on black and not smear (the paper is slick). Help? Any suggestions for me?

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  • Brie2010Brie2010 member
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    Silver Sharpies.
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  • nda_roxybabenda_roxybabe member
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    Ditto Brie.

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    Yes, what Brie said. They dry pretty quickly.
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  • FutureMrsDudley55FutureMrsDudley55 member
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    I thought about silver sharpies, but the tips on them aren't very fine, so I wasn't sure if it would write too big or not.
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    I think they have them in the fine tip. I'd check with a craft store.


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  • DavidandAmyClarkDavidandAmyClark
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    You actually want what sharpie calls "extra fine" fine is not as skinny as its sounds. 
    Any metallic gell "paint" pens will work too, you could get a set of some different colors if you want.

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  • danieliza1127danieliza1127 member
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    Go to your local craft store, in the scrapbooking pen section, and get a silver archival pen.  I got ours at Michaels and it was only a couple bucks.   Any regular pen will smear.  We did the same kind of guest book and my H's Uncle used a regular pen and it smeared all over that page. 
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  • FutureMrsDudley55FutureMrsDudley55 member
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    You guys are probably right. Those (silver sharpies) are more than likely the best way to go. I'm just going to get those and stop worrying about it. =)
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  • danieliza1127danieliza1127 member
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    I should clarify, our pages were white so we had a black pen, but they have different colors so silver should work great for you. 
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  • FutureMrsDudley55FutureMrsDudley55 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_need-little-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:35f5ba6a-e851-4f83-8704-daa43e31be7fPost:c0451762-1c0c-47bc-8aaf-725ac2c5502e">Re: Need a little help..</a>:
    [QUOTE]Go to your local craft store, in the scrapbooking pen section, and get a<strong> silver archival pen</strong>.  I got ours at Michaels and it was only a couple bucks.   Any regular pen will smear.  We did the same kind of guest book and my H's Uncle used a regular pen and it smeared all over that page. 
    Posted by danieliza1127[/QUOTE]

    Is this a paint pen?
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  • FutureMrsDudley55FutureMrsDudley55 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_need-little-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:35f5ba6a-e851-4f83-8704-daa43e31be7fPost:c0c9cf3e-2e26-49e8-8dfd-5555a37937f9">Re: Need a little help..</a>:
    [QUOTE]You actually want what sharpie calls "extra fine" fine is not as skinny as its sounds.  Any metallic gell "paint" pens will work too, you could get a set of some different colors if you want.
    Posted by DavidandAmyClark[/QUOTE]

    I bought a silver paint pen, but my only problem with those was that it required a lot of shaking to get the paint going once it dried up. I thought that our guests would just think that it didn't work and would try to use another pen.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_need-little-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:35f5ba6a-e851-4f83-8704-daa43e31be7fPost:4b78e052-f005-4360-a376-afbc4148500e">Re: Need a little help..</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Need a little help.. : Is this a paint pen?
    Posted by FutureMrsDudley55[/QUOTE]

    No, it's just a pen but it's specially for writing in books and on paper like that so it won't damage the pages and won't fade over time, and it won't smear.
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  • FutureMrsDudley55FutureMrsDudley55 member
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    That sounds perfect actually. I'm going to go to Hobby Lobby here in a little bit and look for it. Thanks!
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  • danieliza1127danieliza1127 member
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    You're welcome!  You will definitely find them there.
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  • chiwawachiwawa
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    This is genius!  I need to get one of those books.  And an archival pen to go with it.  ;-)
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