{"FB":true,"content":"#MEMBERREQUEST - What is everyone doing about an evening guest book . I want something different apart from the usual guest book. Was thinking if a drop box or jigsaw puzzle. Any ideas or websites you could recommend?\nThank you"}
Facebook User - Hayley M. says
"We got a frame from hobbycraft where everyone signs a wooden heart and drops it into the frame/box slot."
We have a a large personalised kilner jar with our Mr and Mrs name and wedding date on it. Guests will write on little pieces of paper marriage advice and then roll it up into a scroll and tie it with ribbon and drop it into the jar. We will open it on our first wedding anniversary and read the messages. Alternative to a guest book.
Facebook User - Sammy G. says
"I had little cards that got out on the table with fab memory of the couple fav memory of the wedding advice to the bride and groom I also had a finger print tree where all my guest put their finger print on a tree with their name :)"
Facebook User - Jodie T. says
"My maid of honour made a scrap book for us full of pictures of me and my husband from when we first met up until now then people commented around them. We also had a photo booth and had comments in that book with everyone's pictures. Xxx"
Facebook User - Sarah B. says
"We had a fingerprint tree"
Facebook User - Alison C. says
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Facebook User - Jennifer D. says
"Our was from the photo booth. The guests got a photo to take home and a copy was fixed into the guest book along with their message."
Facebook User - Lou S. says
"We have got ours from crafty gift company, they have lots of choice"
Facebook User - Claire C. says
"Had a drop box and normal guest book. Worked well"
Facebook User - HollyAnne C. says
"We had an engraved treasure chest. Works the same way as your drop box frame. sign the heart and drop it in. All the guests loved it."
Facebook User - Becci B. says
"We had a drop box, quite expensive but we're going to hang ours on the wall, I like the finger print trees too you'd just need baby wipes on the table too so they can wash their inky fingers :)"
Facebook User - Bethany S. says
"I'm going for a drop box frame I think they are excellent! Not like a book that will be stuck in a drawer and never looked at! X"
Facebook User - Charlotte L. says
"We're in the process of making a wall canvas. It's going to have our big initial with our names going through it and date of the wedding. Hard to explain but going to look lovely!"
Facebook User - Liz O. says
"We had a wishe tree our guests wrote on tags and hung them on "
Facebook User - Sarah S. says
"http://www.masonsattic.co.uk/wedding-drop-boxes-427-c.asp
They're also on Facebook and really helpful and friendly people!"
Facebook User - Vicki C. says
"I have a notebook that looks like a Sega Mega Drive console. It's a gaming themed wedding :-) Do something that matches your theme and personality x"
Facebook User - Kimberley S. says
"We had a Dropbox, it was from John Lewis and was much cheaper then all the fancy ones I'd seen elsewhere x"
Facebook User - Kirsty S. says
"I love the idea of this."
Facebook User - Jemma C. says
"i had jenga blocks so now we can varnish them and use them for family game nights :)"
Facebook User - Estelle T. says
"I bought a black scrap book and placed it next to the photo booth with gold and silver pens. The guests took one photo booth photo and stuck the other in the scrap book and wrote a message next to it x"
Facebook User - Lisa W. says
"We had a wish tree. People hung their messages on trees...you can get different shapes we had butterflies, then after I put some of them in a box frame x"
Facebook User - Lina S. says
"My cousin had a photobooth and asked people to take a photo, stick it on the book and write sth for the couple. It was funny and brilliant"
Facebook User - Jennifer F. says
"We had a jigsaw from Stag Designs. Very helpful and quick delivery. Quality product. (Just make sure your guests write the right way up on the pieces! We have some upside down ones!) ://www.stagdesign.co.uk"
Facebook User - Natalie M. says
"Im doing this, its a finger print guest book"
Facebook User - Amy C. says
"We brought a globe and painted with chalkboard paint and popped on top of a suitcase and had a sign made to sit next to it that matched our stationary. I'm a wedding planner full time and loved this idea ️"
I had a personalized dropbox bought from eBay. I dont have a picture to add, but it was silver with our names and date, and came with wooden hearts, we bought coloured sharpies for guests to write their initials, we also had regular guest book for their comments and good wishes. Out drop box is on display on our mantlepiece, but could be hung on the wall.
Facebook User - Kahlia S. says
"I got this off etsy. people signed it thru day and night. Its about 60cm x 100cm but there was smaller ones"
Facebook User - Lilith H. says
"We had an illustration drawn of my husband and I in our wedding outfits, with flower garlands round the picture in our colour scheme, then put it in the middle of an A2 piece of paper and put it in a frame. The frame stood on an easel on a table with a pot of pens and a little sign asking people to leave a message round the picture. Worked out really well, as people could either just write their names of write a message. My sister illustrated our picture but I know there are lots of people on Etsy who do it, or you may have a talented friend!"
Facebook User - Hannah B. says
"These are in hobby craft!"
Facebook User - Faye R. says
"I'm having a canvas that's people can sign... it's got a photo of me and my H2B on it and we can hang it up after the wedding :-)"
Facebook User - Anna M. says
"We have a guest tree on a poster size piece of card, you get all your guests to fingerprint it"
Facebook User - Jade R. says
"I'm having a Christmas wedding so I've bought a 4ft white tree and silver large star gift tags. The guests can write their message and hang it on the tree. £2.50 for tree £1.00 for 100 tags. Xx"
Facebook User - Hollie C. says
"We had a normal book but also a tag tree for advice and well wishes. They then go into a small collection box for keepsake xx"
Facebook User - Kimmy S. says
"I had a white tree I bought from The range and small tags, people put messages on and hung them on the tree! It was lovely x"
Facebook User - Kirsty L. says
"We had a music theme so we had records for everyone to sign and we have them hanging on the wall going up our stairs in the house. We had records for table names and made our centrepieces for tapes so it all went together x"
Facebook User - Karen L. says
"I had a photo booth and they included a guestbook. The photo booth printed two copies of every photo taken so guests could keep one and stick the other in the book next to their messages. Going through it after the wedding was the best bit x"
Facebook User - Matthew K. says
"We had a finger print tree which is now on our wall. It worked well and is a constant reminder of our day. Just remember the baby wipes for people to clean their fingers"
Facebook User - Jodie H. says
"Have a look on Hobbyctaft website. I bought my drop top guest book from there from the Ginger Ray range and it was only £19.99! Includes the hearts and frame!! X"
Facebook User - Jodie H. says
"Here is a link to the hobbycraft drop frame. It's £25 now, but there's 15% off orders on their website!
http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/ginger-ray-boho-wooden-guest-book-frame-and-hearts/615942-1000"
Facebook User - Charlotte C. says
"My friend had a little tree with branches coming off of it with love hearts to write messages on and then hang on the tree x"
Facebook User - Kelly C. says
"We had a drop box made by a lovely lady and her husband I know locally made as I specified. Think they are loveleigh on facebook"
Facebook User - Sammi B. says
"I'm having a traditional guest book but the guests will have instant cameras to print their photos and stick into the book, also having the drop box as I love it! Xx"
Facebook User - Kate M. says
"B&M have started selling wedding decorations, guest books, post boxes. All very reasonably priced
We had a look yesterday and they letter box was about £7 and it's great because you can paint it yourself if you don't like the white"
Facebook User - Emma C. says
"Not on the high street has lovely stuff plus supporting small businesses"
Facebook User - Anna E. says
"We used a guitar, had a guestbook if any one wanted to write anything longer."
Facebook User - Charlotte M. says
"I just got mine from Amazon "
Facebook User - Becky L. says
"This was ours,sorry a bit dark in pic x x x"
This was mine. Got a local person to do the canvas and my friend had paints, cost me £20 xx
Facebook User - Elgin S. says
"I have a wooden heart drop frame. I got it from ebay for 19.99 including postage and its really high quality and comes with a wee wooden poem and stand too."
Facebook User - Rebecca P. says
"We had a cartoon with lots of different characters for the guests to colour in, but if your going to get something like that don't get it for the amount of guests that are coming. Ours had over 100 to colour in but not everybody did it, so it was left half empty, we wanted to frame it but there wasn't any point as it didn't look good unfortunately https://goo.gl/images/TqDZZj"
Facebook User - Emma W. says
"We had a photo frame with a small photo of us in the middle and then everyone signed around the edge...I love it...hanging nicely in our living room nowx"
Facebook User - Nikki W. says
"We got people to sign an old vinyl "for the record""
Facebook User - Viv F. says
"Unique designs by Tina on FB do some lovely designs x"
Facebook User - Vicky C. says
"I am thinking of having a "sign our quilt" quilt where you have squares of fabric and people sign them in Sharpies and after I will embroider and see it together "
Facebook User - Gemma F. says
"We're thinking of having a box for people drop a message in for us to open on our first wedding anniversary"
Facebook User - Mandy A. says
"We had a Polaroid camera and got everyone to take pics, sign them and hang them up! We now have the frame hanging in our house!"
Facebook User - Sally H. says
"Made my own from half a shed door and some chalk paint!"
I made my own. I bought a big wooden style frame from wilkinsons, bought pre cut hearts off e-bay. Peope wrote on the hearts and placed them in a wooden chest. Then at home i took them all and glued them in the frame. It hangs in my hallway. I hated how drop frames can't guarantee that they fall right way up to read the writing. This meant i could position them how i wanted.
Facebook User - Bernie M. says
"We had a video guest book. The videographer stayed later and filmed the guests giving us a wee message. Can't wait to see it "
Facebook User - Liz S. says
"We had two artificial wooden trees with fairy lights on either side of the entrance with luggage tags for people to sign and hang on them ️"
Facebook User - Jessica B. says
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Facebook User - Laura V. says
"We had this hobby craft xxx"
Facebook User - Sharon S. says
"We are getting a photo of the two of us done a couple of weeks before the day and our photographer makes this the centre piece and guests sign the picture mount rather than a guest book. Photographer then takes away and mounts in a frame"
Facebook User - Emma B. says
"We've got little note cards that came with a box and they are really cute "
Facebook User - Nicola N. says
"These are cute!
https://www.onevisionimaging.com/fingerprints?callingpanel=collapseFingerPrint"
Facebook User - Toni E. says
"My friend made me a finger print tree I loved it "
Facebook User - Sandie Q. says
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Facebook User - Lisa B. says
"We had a finger print tree. It was a large canvas with a bare tree and everyone's finger prints made the leaves. It was very similar to this one, we got it from this website,I can highly recommend them although you do need to allow time for shipping xx http://m.lightinthebox.com/e-home-personalized-fingerprint-painting-canvas-prints-the-color-of-the-tree-includes-12-ink-colors_p3228092.html"
Facebook User - Natalie F. says
"We used a finger print picture for our guests. Had an illustration of a tree done and the guests prints were leaves. Just left a few pots of ink in our wedding colours by the picture and provided some wipes for hands after! Worked well and we have it up in our living room now."
Facebook User - Claire S. says
"I had my surname cut out of wood by a company I found online (cost me £16 Inc postage) spray painted it dark blue and then people wrote on it in metallic sharpie. We're gonna hang it on our landing. X"
Facebook User - Kelly R. says
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I'm lucky enough to have access to a laser cutter at work so I've designed us a puzzle with Mr and Mrs with the date time and place we got married as a big piece in the middle 💞💞 guests will sign a piece with simply their name or a message so we have something a little more exciting than a book that will sit on a shelf 🙂
Senaxus on Etsy do drop boxes in a range of colours for £55
You could get people to write on Jenga pieces. I'd personally stay away from having something that you can't edit such as a picture that people write around because friends have had lovely pictures ruined by people drawing willies on them, it kind of ruins them a bit.
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