Wedding Forum - Guest book ideas - official thread...

Hi all,

My mum really wants us to have a guest book at the wedding (other wise i may not have bothered) but I really, really don't want a standard, white, ivory, silver, gold, hearts, butterflies etc type guest book. Has any one seen any that are a bit more unusual? A bit less "white weddingy" - perhaps something that has a nice pattern on or looks a bit vintagey?

If any one could recommend or put details of any where on my wall - i'd very much appreciate it. xx
Thanks

Lizzy.

I was about he suggest teh tree I love that idea and are hopefully having one or a frame to sign that way you can then put a weddding day picture int he middles as well xx

I'm not sure about the finger print tree - I kinda like the idea but my h2b thinks it is naff and i imagine my father would think the same. I also worry about it being messy.

Are there any married members out there that have acutally used a fingerprint tree?

I think maybe a book will be what we go for - or least perhaps as an additional item if we went for the tree.

I was just about to suggest what Tori said! xx

My h2b defo won't go for the photo option, he's dreading having is pic taken all day at the wedding as it is!

We are going to have little bits of paper that people can write on and then pop in a wishing well my dad is making us. We will then use the nicest ones as a frame within a frame for our wedding photo and pop the others into a little scrap book that we can keep, would that be an option for you? xxx

I've found mine - not what I thought at all! It will be a wooden puzzle with special characters (date, initials etc.) carved out, with a piece for everyone to sign. But I've seen all sorts. My friends just had a blank canvas that now sits on their wall, another has a book of signed polaroids... What do you like and what is your theme? What will its function be - will it be displayed or boxed away?

Ooh, Kelly, that's lovely! :)

I don't like the finger print thing and wishing tree etc as its kind of controlling what your guests do and write. Some of my family love to be witty with their guestbook writing and that just doesn't look right on a wishing tree and if my guests couldn't express themselves the way they normally do they would feel under control and I just know they would feel a little weird in a way.

How many guests have you? I am thinking of getting one of those old Instagram cameras, a few boxes full of Instagram photo paper and a big photo album and under each picture compartment there will be enough space for the guest to write a message. They take a piccy of themselves or just a picture of whatever they want and put it in the album. It might work and it might not but it could be a laugh :-)

There are LOADS of ideas for this heres just SOME of my fav ;-)

Great ideas here, love them all xxx

Mil2b thinks we should have a wishing tree, I quite like them tbh, but had never heard of them before I joined this site lol. Sme Xmas decs look like them at the moment. Spotted one in a shop in Boston for a fiver (I think...)

N xx

Yeah sorry Polaroid, don't know why I said Instagram. My brother has one and so does my mum and I'm really thinking of using one of them but I've not made my mind up.
I looked this up last night and I saw someone had used an old postbox. You could have a box of paper and envelopes so everyone could write little letters and put them in your post box.

they look fab hails xx

theres another idea, if your doing a photo based guestbook theme, ie digital camera. dont print the pictures out but upload them onto your computer and use the apple app 'i-photo' usually found on macbooks, iPhone, ipad etc etc basically upload those pictures and arrange them to how you like it and write up the notes they have written (or scan and upload as a picture) and then pay and they deliver it to your door. i did a generic photo album last year and its such good quality and feels really expensive.

Have you got Pinterest? They have some amazing ideas for guestbooks!
Some ideas:

- Get a poloroid camera, write all guests names down and pin them on string, every guest replaces their names with a picture of themselves/their family and you can place them in a photo album.

- Get a canvas of the two of you, and people just sign it.

- Ebay actually do some lovely handmade guestbooks. A lot of vintage ones on there.

lizzylou,

No worries - on your wall now :) got my proof through of it today - love it!

I like the puzzle idea, it's really cute - I like the thought of perhaps any children (fingers crossed) we have years in the future playing with it. Can you tell us where you saw this one hails or was it just a general search you did?

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It looks lovely Kelly and goes really well with the finger print tree. A lovely combo. Thanks again for the info on my wall. X x

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They all look lovely xx

Hi Kelly... can i hav the info for the book too, looks fab!
I think it all boils down to personal taste, I am doing a fingerprint tree and a guestbook... best of both worlds!!!!
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thanks v much :D
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