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ksparks10ksparks10 member
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I have searched for an answer, but haven't come up with anything useful. I am hoping you girls can help!

As far as guest books are concerned, do I need to have one for the ceremony and one for the reception? Could I use the same one? I have heard conflicting things, so I wanted to see what SB would say.
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    AllAboutTheBenjaminAllAboutTheBenjamin member
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    Nah just use the same one.  Who wants two?
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    SarahPLizSarahPLiz member
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    I'd say the same one. Otherwise it will look like an attendance sheet for your guests, in a bad way. Just put one out at the reception entrance and be done with it. 
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    brilibby4brilibby4 member
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    I'm not positive but I think people usually use the same one.  Also, you don't NEED one at all if you don't want one.
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    ricksangricksang member
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    Aww I love your kitty's face!
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    AllAboutTheBenjaminAllAboutTheBenjamin member
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    We used a photo mat instead!  It was really cool.  People signed their names and wrote messages.  It's the same thing as a guest book but instead of disappearing in a box somewhere we can actually frame it and have it hung in our house.
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    AnysunriseAnysunrise member
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    I've never seen a guest book at the ceremony, just the reception. Weird.
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    ksparks10ksparks10 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_random-wr-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:aeee8ed5-8500-485e-a82c-c06843406852Post:6e661a3c-2f63-40e8-96ce-7b18bcf234ef">Re: Random WR Question...</a>:
    [QUOTE]I'd say the same one. Otherwise it will look like an attendance sheet for your guests, in a bad way. Just put one out at the reception entrance and be done with it. 
    Posted by SarahPLiz[/QUOTE]
    Alright, thanks. Since the ceremony and reception will be at different locations, should it be displayed at the ceremony site or reception site?

    I am wedding planning challenged, apparently.
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    I think I've only seen using the same one.

    We're making a photo/guest book on Picaboo to make it a little more interesting :-)
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    J&K10910J&K10910 member
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    I've never in my life seen a guest book at the ceremony.

    It should be at the reception site, where people will actually have time to sign it.

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    sister2groomsister2groom
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    I usually see it displayed at both so that if you get to the ceremony with not much time and don't have time to sign it you can catch it at the ceremony. But if I was going to go with just one, I'd go with the reception.
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    Really?  Every wedding I've attended has had the guest book at the ceremony.
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    ksparks10ksparks10 member
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    Awesome! Thank you girls!
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    AllAboutTheBenjaminAllAboutTheBenjamin member
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    Me too, tiffbot.  In fact once people get to the reception they're like "Where's the bar?" and don't giveashit about signing the guestbook.
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    jessienjeremyjessienjeremy
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    I have only seen the book at the ceremony. 
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    J&K10910J&K10910 member
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    Who has time to sign that thing at the ceremony?  That's really odd to me.  Interesting.

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    AllAboutTheBenjaminAllAboutTheBenjamin member
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    Well at our ceremony J&K, the photo mat (we used instead of a guestbook) was on a table in the foyer, with pictures of us around it.  The guests would have to walk past it in order to get into the sanctuary.  Our host couples greeted people as they came in and directed them to sign the mat before they were ushered in. 

    Of course I was sequestered and saw none of this go down but there are a ton of signatures on the mat so it must have gone relatively well, lol.  Our hosts left immediately after the wedding and set up the photos and mat at a table in the entrance to the reception, too, so people who skipped the wedding and just came for the party could sign it there.
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    J&K10910J&K10910 member
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    That makes sense. 

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