Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Guest Book Blahs...

I have a case of the guest book blahs. I've been searching all over the place for a unique guest book idea. I'm sure most people NEVER look at their guest books. It means so much to me that people are taking time out of their busy lives to celebrate our special day, so I knew I wanted something more than signatures in a dusty book to remind me of their presense at our wedding.

I thought about the Polaroid Guest Book, which I thought would be great... but too costly for us (Camera and film for 200ish people = expensive!) and I worried that people wouldn't want to take pictures of themselves.



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Along the same lines I thought of a mock photobooth (a "fauxtobooth" if you will!) where guests dress up in silly costumes and print out pictures on old fashioned photobooth strips. Once again, would people do it? And I'd have to appoint someone to take and print the pictures and that sounded like A. an extra expense, or B. a pain in the rump for whomever I'd appoint, and C. a waste if people didn't want to do it. So I ixnayed the fauxtobooth idea.


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I thought about having guests sign a photomat, but I can't imagine I'd want that hanging in my house for years to come.

I've seen people have coffee table books made with their engagement pictures and had guests sign the space in the margins. But I wasn't feeling that either.


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I've seen Family Tree guest books, but not everyone at the wedding will be family.



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I've seen Quaker Marriage Certificates, but with such a large guest list we'd need a HUGE one!


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Then I came across an idea that I fell in love with...

To be continued...

2 comments:

  1. i am very looking forward to the big idea, we are looking at having the photobooth, it was one of the things i definatly wanted as there was one at a wedding fare i went to and it comes with 2 lots of prints (one for the people to take home, and one for a guest book that is supplied) and they have one of their staff look after it and the guest book and encourage people to write in it, as we have a while that is still on the back burner as we dont know where it would go, but we are having the fingerprint tree even though most people wont be family i thought it would look good and it would make everyone feel like a part of my extended family so that could work.

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  2. I would have LOVED to have had a photobooth, we just couldn't fit into the budget! I hope yous turns out perfectly!!!! Good point about the fingerprint tree, I guess everyone will be "like family"! :-)

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