Wedding Blog

I had gone back and forth as to whether or not to have a Polaroid guestbook at our wedding. While I loved the idea, I just felt like film was so expensive, and I didn’t know if I could find/borrow/buy Polaroid cameras because the Polaroid company has ceased manufacturing them. We lucked out though: my mother-in-law bought us two Adesso Polaroid Guestbook Albums, so all I had to do was buy film and round up some cameras. I ended up borrowing the cameras from my super schweet girlfriend Jane (thank you Janie!) so the cost issue didn’t hit as hard as I originally thought it would.

Front cover of one of the two albums

But cheap, expensive, or otherwise, I have to say: the Polaroid guestbook was a HUGE hit. Everyone loved snapping their picture, and because the Adesso Album is so user-friendly (guests just slip their photos into slots on every page), that the albums were beautiful and assembled for Mr. Penguin and I to enjoy by the next morning at our send-off brunch!

Messages ranged from sweet…

…to strange.

Some people had more to say…

…than others.

Some were funny…

…and some were ridiculously funny.

But mostly, everyone that signed it had a good time snapping their picture and leaving us a little message!

And now our albums sit next to Minnie at our house, waiting to be thumbed through by guests.

Remember, Polaroid cameras (and soon, film) are no longer being manufactured or sold by Polaroid, but various online retailers still sell them. It was definitely fun to have a dying product of our generation at our wedding. Perhaps one day, our children will look at the albums and realize how ancient we were to live in the era of the Polaroid!