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Do you see what I see?
I see a book I would LOVE to make, but may not have the memory (and patience) to create.
This is a guestbook from a wedding over at Snippet and Ink. The couple saved receipts, ticket stubs, and other memorabilia from their years-long relationship. They used the artifacts to create a lovely book, made even more special with the notes and signatures of their wedding guests!
I have boxes and boxes of memories with Mr. Parfait. If I want a book like this in time for my wedding, I’d better start sorting through all of this:
Sigh, there’s a lot more where that came from, and it’s not nearly as artfully arranged. Are you a pack-rat when it comes to relationship memorabilia? Do you, like me, place sentimental value on the most mundane things? Instead of sliding boxes of them into the uppermost shelves of my closet, it would be so much more convenient and sweet to display them in a book! I’m putting this on my “To-Do-Possibly-If-I-Have-Time” list. 
What are you planning to do with your mementos?
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I totally have that same inspiration bookmarked. Except that I am not a collector, so sadly i don’t have souvenirs like this bride did! Looks like you do… if you get the time, I will look forward to seeing what you come up with!
I keep everything! What a great idea to use all those mementos for a guestbook!
I used to keep EVERY single little things but since we got married and moved in together, we don’t have the space, so my hubby made me throw away some! 
I love that idea, though! Awesome!
I saw that on another blog and totally am stealing the idea for our guest book. Fortunately I’m a ridiculous packrat and have tons of ticket stubs and programs and notes, and I’m also quite camera-happy so I have pictures aplenty as well. I can’t wait to get started on it! In fact, I recently bought a scanner/printer combo to make my life easier on things like this 
I gave that card (the one about throwing up a little) to my husband!!
I loved that guestbook when I saw it on Snippet and Ink! Like MJ, I don’t really have very many memontos of our relationship, but it’s a GREAT idea if you do!
I wish I had saved more of our relationship mementos. I have movie ticket stubs and other little items from about the first year or so. From that point on there are probably only a few little things here and there that I have. It’s a very sweet project!
My FI is not into clutter at all so its pulling teeth to get him to keep things! One thing we did save up were our tickets from every football game last season (national championship included)… I’m using them to make his wedding present!
oh my gosh I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! If I were still planning our wedding I’d totally do this for our guest book. But I think I’ll make one just to have now. 7 Years together and we have boxes of stuff like this. Thanks for the great idea Parfait!
WOW! That is awesome! I have some mementos here and there, but nothing like that! I WISH I did. Actually, the Mr. is the memento saver. After years of being yelled at by my mom for being a packrat I started tossing things like movie stubs.
@rosychicklet: I was just about to comment on that card as well. My hubby gave it to me on our 1-month dating anniversary. While we didn’t save ticket stubs,etc we have saved cards…and that one is still one of my faves!
I’ve been saving stuff like this in hopes of making one of those some day.
Oh my gosh, i have BOXES of stuff like this. I saw this guest book a couple months ago and have always LOVED it and hope to emulate it for a guest book of our own!
I’ve saved EVERYTHING from the mister. haha. It would be cool to have everything in a book like that… so even if something happens to the stuff, you’ve got a copy of it! All in one place!
I did this for my Wedding! It was such a hit. I love the book I made from blurb. They now allow you to resize images so you can make ticket stubs and things the right size. I am still saving stuff so I’ll eventually make another book of memories.
Currently we have a box dedicated to just our relationship mementos. We didn’t realize till 4 years later that we NEVER dated our cards so we don’t know which came first. It makes me sad.
For the wedding, I copied and printed our favorite homemade cards to each other, his “paintings” with poems and including them on our centerpieces. I didn’t want the originals to be used in case a guest wanted to take our homemade card to each other or something.
i have so much stuff from our relationship. thankfully the boy sent me a beautifully decorated box so now i can put all our little things in there for safe keeping.
What a great idea! It’s a perfect way to save all of those little memories. I’m loving this!!
I don’t save anything. I’m terrible! And then I see sweet books like that and wish that I wasn’t always so quick to get rid of things.
I am very much a pack rat. I have movie stubs, concert tickets etc. I have the ticket stubs from the movie we saw the night we got engaged and definitely want to do something with them in a scrapbook.
Oh yay! I loved that whole wedding, and the guest book was such an awesome idea. (And I have all of our ticket stubs and matchbooks and things saved, for some project in the future…)
Wow that’s a lot of work, I can’t wait to see what ideas you take from it.
I haven’t saved much, so I couldn’t do this. But it’s a beautiful idea.
I have a ton of stuff that I could use- but idk if I would have the time to do it or an idea of what to do. It’s a great idea though!
Such a cute idea! I wish I saved everything to make a book like that, but I just throw it away.
I love that I idea, but unfortunately I just tossed all of our movie tix and receipts they all had faded! When I made a photobook on Snapfish of our first year together wish I would have thought of that!
That’s such a cute book!! I’ve started another small scrapbook that will be used for our guestbook. Its using small envelopes for the guests to deposit messages =]
not only do I have every silly little thing from loverboy and I’s relationship … I think I have everything from my first year of college on and I have NO IDEA WHY. I fell in love with that guestbook when I saw it, too!
It’s so funny to hear from fellow packrats! And everyone else, it’s never too late to start. 
That guestbook is awesome!
I’ve saved every fortune we’ve ever gotten. We have a LOT!
Love the idea!
Unfortunately I don’t save any of this stuff. Shame on me!!
I’m doing that for my guestbook. With pictures as well. I’m a horrible packrat and this allows me to put it all to good use. We’re a long distance couple so I have tons of boarding passes and cards to put in there. I can finally organize the clutter in my life and have an awesome wedding/relationship souvenir.
Such a great idea! I too have saved everything– even stuff like chocolate wrappers and flower petals. I’d love to use them on something this cute!
That is such a cool book! =) We’re doing a photo guest book and wishing rocks, but I love the sentimentality of this one. Unfortunately, I don’t have any ticket stubs or such. =D I did save the movie ticket from our first date, but the writing faded so much I had to throw it out.
That would be really cute! You could always get a plain notebook to use for your guestbook and then add the mementos after the wedding (if you run out of time before).
That guest book is spectacular! The boy is soo much better at saving things than I am!
Love this book. I put together a few collages from the countries visited, so this looks doable! : )
I am such a scrapbooker, and love making little things similar to this. Our guestbook ended up being a mini-scrapbook with a photo of hubby and I on the left and space for our guests to write a message on the right. I think it turned out super cute, and I know our guests got a kick out of the photos of us throughout our relationship…
what a great idea! For our honeymoon photo book we plan to scan and include stubs, receipts, postcards etc, as well as a journal of what we did and saw!
@pvaulter718: and @LatteLove: I love your ideas, too! I’ll keep those in mind.
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Miss Parfait, Chicago
Age and Occupation: 26, Teacher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Senior Online Consultant
Engagement Date: February 14, 2009
Wedding Date: April 2010
Venue: Signature Events
About Me: I have a soft spot for all things sweet and romantic. Desserts, love songs, sappy movies? Yes, yes, and ohh yes. My fiance and I enjoy singing to our dogs, creating crazy ice cream sundaes, and generally being lovey dovey cuddle bunnies. We also do socially acceptable things like dancing, throwing Frisbees, playing high stakes board games, and taking unreasonably fun road-trips. We're planning a Korean/Serbian wedding with plenty of playful, personal touches!
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