I'm thinking about having a white wishing tree ( the guests will write their wedding wishes on butterflies and hang them on the tree) What does everyone think about this? Is anyone else doing this? And do I still need to have a guest book? X
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
We did exactly that. We bought a white enamelled steel tree that stands about 1.8m tall. It came with 9 butterflys that attached with magnets. I made some postcards to match the STD's and invites that had ribbon attached (in our colours) and people wrote on those. Everyone really loved the uniqueness of it and the best bit is that we now have the tree as a permanent feature, hanging in our home :)
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CommentAuthorMrsLowe
I love this idea, and i think it would be a modern touch to a guest book, so a guestbook would not be needed in my eyes. x
CommentAuthorBethS11
We wanted to do this, but then I found a lovely mini vintage chest in a local shop, so we're going to have the same sort of thing as the trees but call it our wedding treasure chest :) x
CommentAuthorAmyP7
Yes I'm having this, and I also want a guest book to x x
lovely idea. id still have a guestbook aswell tho as that is a keepsake too. xx
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CommentAuthorlizzylou
Not even thought about the guest book!? Do you have to have one?
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
We didn't have a guest book with ours. We've put all the postcards into a photo album.
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CommentAuthorSam
I would suggest putting the wishes in an album in lieu of the guestbook. It might be a bit much to ask people to do both. Maybe if someone has experience with both they could say how it went?
CommentAuthorJadeE26
I think its a llovely idea :-) ... Also I am going to become Mrs Bayliss lol :-) x
CommentAuthorMrsbayliss2B
Thanks everyone, I'm going to wait till Xmas and get my wishing tree, It's sort of xmasy- might find one in a garden centre or something! Also I think I will have guest book aswell so that I have somewhere to put the wishes after.
Littlekettle- will have to steal your idea of keeping the tree as a perment feature at home, I will decorate with beads and butterflies ect.
JadeE26- I can't wait to be mrs Bayliss lOl!
CommentAuthorLiza247
I had a wish tree, during the day I used it to hang my table plans on & after we used it for guests to write there wedding wishes. Everybody loved my tree & made comments about it, I made it myself from a branch out of the garden that I painted white, covered in white PVA glue for shine & sprayed it with glitter. I bought a few love heart decorations & a WISH sign putting it in a old white vase/pot that had pebble in to keep it upright!
CommentAuthorPrincess2be
I was thinking od doing this instead of a guest book, for some reason i cant be bothered with a guest book as i find it tooo boring. x
CommentAuthorsussie
im about to put one in my albums. i can get it for 30 +p&p
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Bump!
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CommentAuthorbrilly
Velcro a wishing tree is an alternative guest book hun where people can write there best wishes for the bride and groom on tags and hang them on the tree and the wishing well can be used for 2 things either holding gift cards, vouchers and cards or if open top to hold favours for the guests to take :) x
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CommentAuthorVelcro
cheers LK, that's answered my question haha!
Wonder how a wish TARDIS would go down....
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
OMG! That would be amazing!!!
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CommentAuthorVelcro
Oooh, thanks Brilly!
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CommentAuthorbrilly
ooo i like the idea of a tardis one can you buy cardboard tardis's?? if not have a go making 1 hun xxx
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CommentAuthorVelcro
I wonder if it's beyond my skillset to attmpt to make my own, i do have a bit of woodwork experience
from school....lmao
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Our wishing tree
This was ours. Not a very clear image of the tree itself, but you get the idea, I hope!
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CommentAuthorVelcro
Looks lovely from what I can see! I think I get it, just use it in place of a guest book! I especially like the idea of keeping it on display and putting the postcards in an album :)
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Ours is now in our lounge with various pics of the people closest to us on it :)
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CommentAuthorbrilly
debbie and steves tree.jpg
this was mine in action when it was donated to a woman dying of cancer she was over the moon with it x
Velcro I have just been having a look for you but so far only found a lifesize cardboard tardis for just under £30 do you want the link hun x
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CommentAuthorVelcro
I think lifesize might be a bit big haha! but the link would be great as I do want some cutouts dotted about the place anyway!
And yours is amazing too!
LK, Love that idea! If we do end up going with a tree, then il have to pinch that idea!!
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CommentAuthorbrilly
its on your wall now hun x
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CommentAuthorbrilly
oooo velcro the same seller has the weeping angel lifesize cardboard cut outs x
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Nooooooo! Not the weeping angel!!! We went to Cardiff for my b'day and went to the Dr Who Experience...
Don't blink
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CommentAuthorbrilly
lol LK there lifesize cut outs of them hun x
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CommentAuthorCharmainey88
that sounds like a great idea think i may use something like that myself rather than the usual guest book xx
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
I don't care. That episode terrified me enough to be scare of all things stone forever now LOL! Picture or not, it makes no difference to me! Anyway, we digress. Moved massively OT...
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CommentAuthorStacyT
were having a wishing tree instead of a guest book. fancied a change to the norm x x
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CommentAuthorVelcro
Hey LK we went to the convention in Cardiff and are wanting to go to the experience too!!! We met Matt Smith and got an autograph, I tried to say something witty but i just giggled and ran away, totally ruining my moment lol!
I think i might poo myself if theres a weepeing angel in our wedding hahahahaha
I had nightmares after those episodes lol
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CommentAuthorTori
Love the idea x
CommentAuthorKellyN29
We are having a wish tree and tags printed with peacock feathers. our tree is used in church at christmas and has lights on the branches which will look really cool in the cave at the back of our venue on the evening. I am sending them out with invites so people have a chance to write quotes or give wedding advise.
CommentAuthorMrs Ashman2b
A friend of mine hung a length of ribbon up at the venue and had little coloured pegs to hang the wishes on, it made a really nice feature.
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
I'm going to be having a wishing tree too, and then will put all the tags around our wedding photo after so we can see them all the time, a guestbook would just get shoved in a cupboard and forgotten about xxx
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