No Guest Book... Any ideas other than Wish Tree?

jackiea2m · April 2012

I really don't want to do a guest book... and I love the Wish Tree idea, but my Fi doesn't like it (a nice way of saying he thinks it's ridiculous). Do you have any alternatives?? Thank you!

saacjw · April 2012

What about a picture frame that everyone can sign and that you put a wedding picture in?

melntaitt · April 2012

We have a wedding tree with pre-printed leaves:

We already purchased the frame and we're hanging it in our living room after the wedding...

natsfans84 · April 2012

We're simply having a large photo mat with one of our engagement pictures in it on a table for everyone to sign. After the wedding, we can frame it and hang it in our new home.

StephBeanWed61502 · April 2012

A friend of mine met her FI through theater - they made a poster that looked like a movie poster with one of their engagement pictures and then had guests sign the poster. It was really cute.

rlavach · April 2012

Fortunately for me, my FI is a good drawer. I got him a picture of a tree that he drew and I stenciled and then cut out of felt. I have paper flowers that people will sign & attach to the tree below with tacks. It will create a blooming tree that we will hang up after. It's kind of like a fingerprint tree, but no ink!

TiffannieF · April 2012

I like the thumbprint trees and the autographed picture frames are always a winner.

How about a photobooth where it prints 2 sides (1 to them and 1 to the guest book).

You can also do a book of pictures of the two (I think some girls have done through Shutterfly) and have people sign through out.

Just out of courosity why is it such a big deal what your FI thinks of the guestbook...I mean it's not offensive to him, is it? Like he wouldn't hate you if you did it anyway, would he? Do you think he would notice if you did it anyway? I didn't share a lot of ideas with my H because he didn't care about any wedding details...his response to anything wedding related would be 'I think its stupid' or 'that's a waste of time/money.' I just gave up at a certain point and did it myself (the detail things like guest book).

Lisa50 · April 2012

None. You will remember everyone there -- you don't necessarily need a written record. You'll have a photographer, right?

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · April 2012

I saw an idea about having people sign bottles of wine, and then drinking them on subsequent anniversaries.

We did that, but with high ABV, 750 mil bottles of beer that will be good to bottle-age. I think we had 4 of them.

jackiea2m · April 2012

Thanks to all for your input. I haven't heard of the wine bottle idea @msmerymac ... I like that, but we're having between 140 and 180 people... that's a lot of wine! @Lisa50, yes, there will be a photographer.
@TiffannieF, oh my... well, yes it is a big deal what my Fi thinks, and he would notice "if I did it anyway". I'm not saying he has final say, but it's called compromise and finding a balance... things that I value in a marriage. So while he might not like the idea of a wish tree because he thinks it is ridiculous to spend money on a particular kind of branch to use, I'm okay with the idea of searching for other options that will please both of us.

Again, thanks to all. I appreciate the ideas :-)

mrskristinyc · April 2012

I've been to a few weddings that had video guestbooks, where people are prompted to give marriage advice or whatever else they want to say (which often had hilarious results later in the evening once people had had a few drinks!). If you already have a videographer, you could ask him to set up a tripod and record guest greetings.

getaclue44 · April 2012

FI and I are huge Red Sox fans--we got a jersey with what our last name will be and the year we are getting married as the number--we are going to have our guests sign the back of the jersey--then we will frame it and hang it up in our house.

Trixeetrix · April 2012

We did not have a guestbook at our wedding. However, it was small (75 people) and they were all close family and friends.

KatrinaLynn213 · April 2012

My FI and I are using a coffee table book as our guest book and encouraging our guests to write in the margins or even over the pictures. We chose a book covering the Shenandoah National Park because we love (and are getting married in) the mountains. This way after the wedding the book will stay on our coffee table to be flipped through whenever anyone feels like it!

skowalyk · April 2012

I saw an idea where you buy a calendar and have every guest sign their name on their birth date. That way, you have everyone's birthdays. I think I'm doing it instead of a regular guest book.

kfras · April 2012

I love the idea of guests writing down messages and advice for you according to which table they are sitting at. Like if you are at table one you write a message for their first wedding anniversary. And then you don't read them until your anniversary. Like on your 6th wedding anniversary, you pull out the notes from Table 6 and read them together

jackiea2m · May 2012

Some of these ideas are really good... I like the baseball jersey idea... (Except we're Yankee fans!) I love the wedding video outtakes... those can be funny. Oh, and the messages you read according to your anniversary - love that too! Thanks to all of you fellow Knotties!!

BrianAndAnnaLee · June 2012

Saw this when I was looking for ideas on a Wish Tree

so far it's a tie for us, but it's great. Perhaps as a centerpiece in your home together

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvy48c32xJ1qiq0k7o1_400.jpg

I hope it works, just stick it in your search bar

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