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Oh, the wedding guestbook. When I think of wedding guestbooks, I think of white books with tons of lines that guests sign their names and possibly addresses on (and sometimes not even legibly!) and the bride and groom store away in some drawer or box after the wedding. Sounds like a waste to me.
I knew I wanted to do something a little different, in hopes that we would actually look at the guestbook more than once after the wedding. I made the mistake of looking online for inspiration and found so many different ideas.
Some of my favorite ideas were the wedding bench idea, seen in this post from Mrs. Apple Cider:
Or the tree-thumbprint idea suggested by Mrs. Poodle here:
And then I found this photo via Style Me Pretty and knew it would be perfect!
Postcards! They work with our theme, and allow for more then one guest to be writing at once. This great idea has been used by other bees like Mrs. Pencils and Miss Starfish. The guests will leave us little messages on the postcards, and we will put them into an album after the wedding, hopefully with their strips from the photobooth.
While in Michaels, armed with a 50% off coupon, I came across an unfinished wooden chest that would work so well to display the postcards. I got right to work painting the chest in our blue and green colors (thanks to leftover paint from our wooden signs) and of course took a couple of pictures of my handiwork.
The next task will be to look for a photo album that I like. Oh, and, of course, hundreds of postcards.
What did you do for your guestbook?
I love your idea for postcards! And your painting job came out really nice!!
We had a pair of old wooden skis for our guestbook. My husband’s a huge skier and it was my surprise gift to him. It worked out really well as there was a lot of writing space and they’ll also look nice on a wall, whenever we get around to putting them up 
We did postcards too! Still have to put them in an album.
How fun! I am making 12×12 pages for the guests to sign and will add them to our wedding scrapbook
@Keppa: The skis sound like such a unique guestbook!
yay for postcard guest books! Are you looking for postcards or doing custom? I got a great deal through vistaprint and only piad for the design fee and shipping, they are typically $25 for a 100, but they had a sale and they were free. Then $9.99 for design fees.
Such a cute idea. We’re doing recipe cards that say Share your Recipe for a Happy Marriage. I got an old copper stock pot from eBay for guests to put them in when they’re done.
@OctPumpkin: That is such a great way to buildup homemade recipe box!
@Miss Starfish: We are thinking of having them from places that we traveled to, but we’re also thinking of Mr. E created a postcard similar to the “welcome to [state]” postcards that spell out the state with pictures inside the letters. I’m definitely looking into vistaprint for those!
Oh that’s a great idea! The box you painted looks great! I’m pretty excited about the potential of our guest book. Since we’re not having a photo booth (no room, no $!) we decided the next best thing would be a Polaroid type camera. Fuji came out with one somewhat recently and there’s a company that sells guestbooks that are like photo albums but have space next to where the photos are supposed to go for people to write things. I’m hoping it will work out and people will want to do it, we might actually need a “guest book attendant” to take the pictures/ encourage people to do it.
We are doing a apothecary jar and paper cards for guests to fill out. After the wedding I will scrapbook the cards.
Oh, you cruel Elephant, you! I just blogged about how you’ve tormented me. I have to stop reading the ‘bee next week before I change ALL my wedding plans! Your postcard box is very cute. I’m so happy to see so much color all over your wedding!
Such great ideas! I love how colorful the postcard box is…it just looks like a bright and fun celebration!
LOVE. our little beach wedding’s save-the-dates were vintage postcards and were a big hit with the guests! so, we thought we’d keep with the destination/travel theme and go with a vintage postcard guestbook too. and your little treasure chest card keeper is fantastic. you are such a savvy bride, miss elephant!
I am having a guest board, surf board that is! My hubby to be is a keen surfer and we are getting married right on the beach in Cape Town South Africa, so I thought the most perfect thing was to have all our guests sign a surfboard!!
I love that chest and I love that everything stays on color in your wedding - mine too!
@Miss Sand Dollar: You are too funny Miss SD! If it weren’t for all of these projects I would have gone crazy during this engagement. I am so excited about seeing how all of your projects come together!!! I love the Texas feel of it!
@sylvie b: Thank you, that is so sweet!
@Barnard Bride: The surf board sounds so perfect for your husband and location of your wedding!
Both of those ideas sound great, I cant wait to see what you choose!
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Miss E I LOVE your stuff. I’m frantically working to copy it all for my December 11th wedding lol! You are so talented it’s making me jealous, but I really appreciate finding all your suggestions and ideas here. Thank you and keep ‘e, coming
@CSCS: That is so sweet, thank you! I hope your December 11 wedding is wonderful!
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Mrs. Elephant, Dallas, TX Age and Occupation: 27, Financial Operations Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, IT Student/Store Manager Engagement Date: March 29, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2011 Venue: The Tribute Golf Club About Me: I'm a Philly native creating roots deep in the heart of Texas. I might be a little obsessed capturing those Kodak moments of anything and everything (mainly on vacations). I've become more of a gamer thanks to Mr. Elephant, who I met online and can't wait to spend the rest of my life with. We are planning a wedding based on our favorite colors, blue and green, with a travel theme for 150 of our closest friends and family. Hopefully our long (2-year) engagement won't kill me!
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