Weddingbee Blog

I was never huge into guestbooks. As a guest, I always made a point to sign them, but the old school traditional ones are so similar to the guestbooks at a funeral viewing, that they kind of creep me out.

(source)

Now that we’ve entered the age of fun and creative guestbooks, I started to get a little more excited about them. But which kind would be best for us? A photobooth guestbook? Hmm, that would require photos and a booth (or at least a camera) as well as a book. An engagement album guestbook? I think you all know I freaking love our engagement pictures, and we did have this option, but I passed because I like our album just the way it is, sans 300 signatures and messages. A wish tree or jar? I love this idea, I really do. This one almost won me over.

What’s my problem, you ask?

Well it took me awhile, but I think I figured it out. I’m pretty stoked about all the people coming to our wedding, and if we were going to have an item dedicated to the memory of our wedding guests attendance I wanted to be sure that Burger and I would *actually* look at it.

Not that we wouldn’t look at a photobooth guestbook or an engagement album guestbook or even all of the messages we’d get from a wish tree - I’m sure we would. But then, I bet after a certain amount of time (and a bunch of impending moves later) we wouldn’t. And that made me sad to think about.

So, waaaaaayyyy back in 2008, when the lovely Mrs. Powder Puff posted about this weirdo thing called a Quaker Marriage Certificate, I was intrigued. And then, when it was featured on Meg’s A Practical Wedding just a few weeks later, I knew these chicks were on to something.

An item that can be framed and displayed proudly at all times in our home? Perhaps even in a place where, inevitably, I will look at it every day - like our bedroom?! Had I found the guestbook that I knew I would actually look at?!

After doing a little research online, and following Powder Puff’s journey to QMC completion, I was sold.

With that, I give you the inspiration for our Quaker Marriage Certificate Guestbook!

Mrs. Powder Puff’s amazing final product:

(source)

Kerstin & Jacob’s QMC featured on APW:

(source)

A beautiful calligraphized version that you can order online:

(source)

Our invitation designer, Momental Designs, even makes something similar:

(source)

Stay tuned for the Cheeseburger version!

Anyone else out there doing a Quaker Marriage Certificate or something like it as a guestbook?