Weddingbee Blog

This past weekend I decided to do a mock-up of our Guestbook table so that the Day-Of Coordinator will know how I want it to be set up. I know, I know, its a Guestbook table for cryin’ out loud… how hard could it be?! Mr. E thinks I have a knack for making things more complicated, hehe.

Our guestbook will be set up on a 6-foot long banquet table in the cocktail hour area. So I cleared off my dining room table (this was difficult, as it was literally BURIED under mounds of wedding-related stuff) and pulled out one of the leafs, which made the table exactly 6-feet long. Perfect!

In addition to our guestbook, there will be 4 framed photos: Mr. E’s parents on their wedding day, 2 pictures of my parents on their wedding day, and a shot of Mr. E and I in the middle (currently the blank frame, because I haven’t decided on what picture to use). There is also a sign that says, “Please Sign Our Guestbook”, and the little tented cards in front of the frames will have our parents names and maybe their wedding dates (I’m not sure if Mr. E’s parents remember their wedding date?!). I stacked a few random boxes and bags to simulate that gifts can be placed next to our cardbox. Also on the table will be 5 of my wrapped votives and some signing pens (probably fine tipped Sharpies… but will they bleed through the page?? I hope not…)

Funny thing to note: See the large blue sheet in the background? That’s actually Mr. E holding up a blanket to cover up a very cluttered bookshelf. It was too distracting and made all the elements of the table set-up hard to see, haha. See his feet? What a good sport!

Here is a close-up of our cardbox from Cost Plus World Market. The red tag will have some sort of message indicating to guests that it is for cards. I tucked a little piece of folded paper in the hinge so that it remains partially open.