October 2012 Weddings

Guestbook ideas

what is everyone doing for a guestbook? I'm really not a fan of traditional guestbooks, but I'm not creative enough to DIY something. I'm going to create a 12 month calendar on Shutterfly and put an engagement picture on every month. At the bottom will be a caption that says "Please find your birthday and print your name." I think it's a neat way to have guests sign it and have everyone's birthday.
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Re: Guestbook ideas

  • edited February 2012
    I think that's a great idea! i'm sure your guests will feel very appreciated! I'm doing a DIY and have been thinking about it since the day after I was engaged. :P

    I'm doing a canvas painting of a tree with our initials and date "carved" on the trunk. Then I was going to have each guest sign a paper leaf. Our wedding is outdoors under a grove. I haven't decided if I want the guests to pin the leaves or if I should have blank ones up already. I needed more artwork in my house :P
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  • Our photographer is making us a guestbook with pictures from our engagement session on each left hand page.  I'm pretty excited about it and we haven't even done the engagement session yet haha.  Plus we're having a photobooth and they include the scrapbook option.

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  • Same as pp. I'm also doing a guestbook with out engagement pics. My photographer is supposed to help me do it. 
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  • I saw something on pinterest where people sign small river rocks and then you put them in a glass bowl. I think we are going to do that.
  • We're having a photobooth with a scrap book, I'm still trying to decide if I want to do something else. It will probably depend on if I get through my current DIY list first or not.
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  • We are having a photobooth that also has a guest book. I don't think I'm going to do anything else.
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  • lehc723lehc723 member
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    edited February 2012
    I've changed my mind three times so far on guest book, ha! I think right now the idea is they'll fill out custom postcards that I'm going to make up, and then I'll assemble them in to a book.
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  • snuff9861snuff9861 member
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    edited February 2012
    I found a neat idea on pinterest, the guests all sign a piece of a puzzle and then you put it together and frame it.

    love this idea as an alternate guestbook.
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  • We're using our engagement photos and making a coffee table style book. Guests will leave their messages on the different pages. I like this option so much better then a traditional guest book since we'll be more likely to pull it out and actually look at it in the future.
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  • What a cute idea BrittneyRN!! I am unsure about what im doing yet. Most likely a traditional guest book or maybe soemthing with my E-pics.
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_guestbook-ideas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:1265aae6-924f-4cb0-a277-2ae4935ee3c2Post:6438a9d0-2724-4dd2-ba3c-da47343f8348">Re: Guestbook ideas</a>:
    [QUOTE]I found a neat idea on pinterest, the guests all sign a piece of a puzzle and then you put it together and frame it.
    Posted by snuff9861[/QUOTE]

    I like that... good idea!
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  • I am going to make an 8x8 scrapbook. Each guest will get a 2 page spread. On one side it will have their name and a space for a picture and the other will have a spot to write us a message. After the wedding I will fill it in with pictures.
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  • I like the puzzle idea. I am thinking of getting a poster of our venue and have everyone sign it and then we and frame it and put it up in our home. I like the idea of it being art, one way or another, I don't want it to just go in a box or on a self.
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  • Brittany - You should check out this calendar from Creative Memories. You can customize it and then after the wedding you can take it apart and put it into a scrapbook. http://digital.creativememories.com/shop/ProductGroup/View/12x18CalendarWS
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  • Brittany - That's a really cute idea!

    We're doing an envelope guest book. I bought the envelopes already and got the paper that I'm going to cut out for the guests to sign & write messages on, but I just need to find a scrapbook that doesn't have the paper in plastic liners in it.
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  • I ordered a 12x12 scrapbook from Shutterfly and customized it with our e-pics. I am going to use my sister's cricut and make a sign that says "sign next to your fav pic" or something like that.
    Each page has about 2 pics on it, there was a promo at the time so it was 50% off. I think I paid around $12 for it. My photographer could have done it for me, but I wanted to save $ esp since people would be writing all over it.
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_guestbook-ideas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:1265aae6-924f-4cb0-a277-2ae4935ee3c2Post:c67a5d27-0d43-4b27-a617-6c416aa5f48b">Re: Guestbook ideas</a>:
    [QUOTE]We're using our engagement photos and making a coffee table style book. Guests will leave their messages on the different pages. I like this option so much better then a traditional guest book since we'll be more likely to pull it out and actually look at it in the future.
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    </div><div>Same here. It already arrived (thx for the early delivery Mixbook!), and I adore it so much! It came out better than I could have hoped. :)

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  • I love all these ideas. We are going to get one of those engraveable picture frames, and put one of our E-pics in it. 
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  • I am actually thinking I am going to do the fingerprint tree, I found this free site where you type in your info and they send you a customized tree.... 

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    I'm not so sure about the wording on the bottom... but this is what I think I am doing as of now! Hope this helps and BrittanyRN your idea is so adorable too!
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  • I have a smaller book that is made from part of a tree and has one tree carved on the front of the book. Our wedding will be at Niagara Falls State Park and thought it would be a great way to bring nature inside after the ceremony.
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