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My sister-in-law is getting married in August. So this week we went wedding dress shopping (fun!) and bridesmaid dress shopping (not-so-fun). I’d rather do most of my wedding shopping while browsing the internet. So, in honor of my sister-in-law’s upcoming wedding (and a promise I made in 2009 that I’d write this post) here are
THE TOP TEN MOST CREATIVE & COOL WEDDING GUEST BOOKS EVER
1. Wooden Puzzle Have your guests sign a puzzle piece each, then put it back together, frame it and display. Or keep it un-put-together and let your first child slobber on it!
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2. Sign a Chair. How great is this? A practical guest book you’ll actually use and see all the time. I wanna do this for something else–what if you had one at your house and let guests sign it when they came over for dinner or to spend the night?
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3. Postcards. Have guests write postcards and then have someone (your parents) mail them to you during your first year of marriage. This one below is especially fun because everyone got a personalized pen!
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4. Individual Cards. This isn’t a new idea–let everyone write whatever they want (draw a picture, sign their names, make a wish, favorite scripture) but I love this whole stapled-together-make-a-book thing.
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5. Fingerprint.This is my new favorite (and judging by the amount of these on etsy, I’m not the only one!). I love the playfulness of these plus the personal touch it brings. Everyone puts their fingerprint on the tree & signs their name on top!
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I think I love this car and balloons better. The only thing that would be cuter is if it was a house with balloons like Carl & Ellie’s house in UP.
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But this one? Is so cute I can’t stand it! (Whenever I throw an Art Party for Lydia, I’m going to use this as a guest book!)
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6. Message in a Bottle. Let everyone write a note on a slip of paper and then seal it in the bottle. Open it on your first wedding anniversary to see what they said!
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7. A Birthday Calendar. I LOVE THIS ONE. What a sweet thing to keep you connected with your friends and family close to you all year!
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8. Mad Lib. I changed my mind. THIS ONE is my new favorite. How fun in the world would this be?!
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9. Typewriter. For book-lovers. And anyone else who misses typewriters.
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10. The Rolodex Kinda Thing. This is apparently pretty popular for weddings. Individual cards (sometimes with prompts like “You will name your first child…”) and then placed in a box like this. Cute, huh? And easy to replicate on your own.
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So, what do you think? Wanna get married or what?!
If you like one of these ideas, please PLEASE visit the original pin or shop before pinning it yourself–I’d much prefer the original folks to get credit for it! If you wanna pin my whole post, feel free to use the graphic (and pin it button) at the top of the post! And don’t forget to visit my Wedding Deliciousness Pinterest board for more great guest books & fun wedding ideas!
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pink texture background by Poppy Thomas Hill. doctored by me and picnik.
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I just found THE coolest thing ever. Here’s reason #253 I’d like to get remarried (to the same person, of course)…
You can rent this photo booth and everyone at your wedding (or party, I guess) can hop in and get as many pictures taken as they want!
And it automatically prints two copies, one for them and the other for…wait for it…your GUESTBOOK!
But wait, there’s more! You get an online gallery of your pics so everyone can view them.
AND 100 postcards of your favorite photo strip to send as thank you cards!
Do you LOVE it?!
I so want to have a Photo Booth party now.
Speaking of photo booths…
“The most comprehensive photo booth resource on the internet.” LOL. But I think they’re right! There’s even an international convention!
A diy photo booth. Because I so have the time for that…
Photo Booth Group on Flickr. I might join this one.
Oh, and one more great link…I’ve got a photo booth picture contest going on right now! Post your photo and you could win a priiiiize!
(man, was this a nice commercial or WHAT?!)
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It’s Saturday! We’re day 3 into my big awesome and amazing meme. And since I’m actually in California at my cousin’s wedding, I thought it’d be appropriate to post something wedding-ish!
Well, first I was thinking, let’s do a photo tag of wedding pictures. Because, seriously, no one has better wedding pictures than mine. Oh, you don’t believe me? Well, it’s true! Click here. (I’ll wait, because you really have to see them.)
WAS I RIGHT?!
So, not only do I have THE WORST pictures in all of the world, I also used to work at a bridal salon. I mean, come on! How unfair is that? I knew all the trends and cool things going on in weddings. I got married in 1998. To me it felt like a cut off for all sorts of cute wedding stuff. The round bouquets? Started in 1999. Different bridesmaid dresses just of the same color? 99. Digital cameras. Certainly after 1998. The wedding picture with the large mat to sign instead of a book you shove in the back of your closet? 99. Save the date cards? At least 2000.
*sigh*
I still adore weddings, even though I kinda cringe each time I look at beautiful wedding pictures. In fact, I would love to be a wedding planner and spend other people’s money on some of my favorite wedding things!
The first thing I’d do was hire a fabu photographer. Like this amazing woman. *swoon* and *double swoon*
Then I’d do some cute save-the-date cards and fun invites. I adore these.
I’d want every single fun thing you can do at a wedding–sparklers while the bride and groom ran to their car, special music that didn’t come from a CD or a middle schooler, gobs of flowers at every corner and at least a few hundred delicious things to eat. (One of my bff’s, Yancy, had two-packs of Krispy Kreme donuts as her wedding favor. Talk about favorite things.)
One of my favorite gifts I didn’t receive, but heard about at another wedding, is going to be my new wedding gift for family members. It’s a goblet. You know, a chalice. A cup! I want to find one that would suit the new couple and maybe have their names or wedding date engraved on it.
The idea is that when they take communion at their wedding, they will use this glass. Then on their anniversaries, they take communion again from that same glass, reminding themselves of the vows they made to each other and to God. Isn’t that great?!
So, what’s your good wedding tip? Favorite gift? Horror story? Wish-you-woulda-done?
Spill it! I LOVE wedding stuff!
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