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As much as I think our wedding is the next to last thing on Mr. Sunbeam’s mind at times, I was surprised one night to find that he bought a little something for our wedding without me even asking!
Alright, it’s not really a “little” something. This 1.5 L bottle of wine is our guestbook! I had been stressing over the fact that I hadn’t scanned in even one of the pictures I’d meticulously sorted out to create a photo guestbook. We started tossing around new guestbook ideas and Mr. Sunbeam went into action!
I love the idea of having our guests sign the bottle, then cracking it open on our N-th year anniversary and reminiscing about our wedding. He even spent an evening carefully removing the back label to maximize autographing space. And since he purchased it right before one of our trips back home, it’s one less thing we’ll have to haul home in September! Nice timing.
If you’re thinking, “I hope 2005 was a good year. 1.5L is a lot o’wine,” Mr. Sunbeam informed me that this bottle was rated as the best modern vintage since 1961 with an overall rating of 99/100 points, and can be kept for something like 25 years, maybe longer. Someone sure did his research! Now we just need to pick up a silver sharpie and this baby is checked off the list!
Are you planning on having a non traditional guestbook? Any wine bottle guestbooks out there? Has your FI surprised you by taking on a wedding duty unexpectedly?
i love that idea! we considered getting a magnum as a guest book when we were hoping too have our reception in a winery. we ended up booking a different location … but i wonder if i can still make it work …….
what a great idea. this is such a creative idea & i love that you’ll be able to share the bottle of wine together for a special day in your future.
that’s a fun idea. Are you sure you’re going to have enough room though?
@LatteLove: We hope so! Maybe we can have a back up stashed somewhere just incase.
That is an AMAZING bottle of wine! I’m totally jealous. Just be sure to keep if at 65 degrees or so if you actually want to drink it in 25 years, and not just have it to look at all your life. Otherwise, it won’t keep that long.
Can you give me a link to where those ratings are? I’m very interested!
@Miss Cowboy Boot: Absolutley! http://www.kandlwines.com provides ratings for a lot of their wines, including this one.
Such a fabulous idea! If you haven’t used a paint-pen before, consider checking it out at Michaels!! Paint-pens show up on champagne bottles really well 
Mmmm I may need to borrow this, since I never ordered that engagement pic book I wanted :-/
I agree with Futuremrsm…. use a paint pen. Silver sharpie tends not to work so well on glass, and can get rubbed off pretty easily
What a great idea! I love it and may steal it!!
Could you make cute adhesive labels that guests could write on and then stick on the bottle?
awww how cute, we are also doing an “untraditional” guest book. we are having a “wishing tree”. I folded paper cranes and attached a square of cardstock and they will be hanging on manzanita branches. after the reception we will display them in a picture frame that will be hung in our home. <3
great idea we will be using a wish bowl which is not entirely untraditional but enough to make our older relatives think it is 
that is a really lovely idea. i never considered having a guestbook but this is such a great idea (and an excuse to get something extravagant like a barolo or something) that i might just have to borrow (i.e. copy) mr. sunbeam’s idea!
Fab idea, just love it! We’re doing an non-traditional guest book idea too, but I’m keeping it a secret until I have mock up photos to share.
We are using pictures of us in mats (no frame) as table “numbers.” The guests will hopefully sign around the pictures. I’m going to ask the photographer to take a picture of each table. Then our pics are going to be removed and I’m going to put the pics of the guests in the mats and mount them in a scrapbook.
Love this idea!! We are using a scrapbook page which our guests will sign and we will add it to our wedding album!
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Mrs. Sunbeam, San Francisco/Grove City, PA Age and Occupation: 26, Grad Student & Office Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Motion Designer Engagement Date: May 10, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Harbison Chapel & The Maple Lane Farm About Me: Mr. Sunbeam and I are high school sweethearts. We both come from a small town in PA but are growing to love the California lifestyle. He loves wine and I love cheese... the perfect combination! When I'm not drooling over wedding blogs, I'm attending grad school, out being a foodie, or attempting to "walk" our cat at the park. Two things guaranteed to excite me are wedding cakes and breaking out my suitcase to travel. Mr. Sunbeam and I are personalizing our hometown wedding to celebrate our high school sweetheart status and PA roots with a few CA touches. After ten years of dating we couldn't be more excited to call each other husband and wife!
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