A Vintage Travel Twist to a Photo Guestbook

A Vintage Travel Twist to a Photo Guestbook

October 22nd, 2010 @ 1:43 pm by Mrs. Meerkat
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I am not a big fan of the traditional sign-your-name type guestbooks. I want something fun that I would enjoy looking through again. I fell in love right away with photo guestsbooks like these:

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But then I found Mrs Eggplant’s post about guestbooks where your guests get to leave cute messages or answer fun questions and I was torn between the two types. I never know what to write, so starter questions like these are a blessing for me:

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I mean, look how cute hive member amariem25’s DIY guestbook came out:

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So what else was there to do but combine the two ideas together? I created an album from adoramapix using our engagement photos, a vintage map designed by Btown Betty on Etsy and some fun questions. I am still waiting for the book to arrive but until then I will give you a peek at one of the pages:

What do you think? If you were a guest would you have fun filling out something like this?

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22 Responses to “A Vintage Travel Twist to a Photo Guestbook”

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Mrs. Starfish (message) 1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

I love that! We did post cards with some random questions and it’s so fun reading guests responses.

10/22/10 @ 1:49 pm (reply)

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alivoo01 (message) 2,622 posts, Sugar bee

Love the design! I didn’t know you could import a background to Adorama!

10/22/10 @ 1:53 pm (reply)

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rachaelrobin (message) 2,882 posts, Sugar bee

Totally fun! But the best part will be reading all of the responses 5, 10 15 years later!! I recently found my bat mitzvah guest book and let me tell you, it was hilarious to read though.

10/22/10 @ 1:53 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@alivoo01: I just saved it as a .jpg file and uploaded it like a photo. Just make sure its the right size to fit the whole background and 300 dpi resolution.

10/22/10 @ 1:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Ostrich (message) 1,948 posts, Buzzing bee

this is sooooo fun and has me seriously considering it instead of our fingerprint tree!
i would be thrilled to fill this out as a guest - and i can only imagine the ridiculous and sweet responses from our favorite people
can’t wait to see how it all turns out!

10/22/10 @ 2:07 pm (reply)

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JoyfulBee (message) 167 posts, Blushing bee

Oh wow! That looks so fun to do!

I wish I could do one like that, but… unfortunately I can see a lot of blank pages because they don’t know what to do/are searching for the “cool questions.”

Good luck with it, though!

10/22/10 @ 2:15 pm (reply)

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Ms Cheetah (message) 1,188 posts, Bumble bee

Love this–and it’s so perfect for your wedding!

10/22/10 @ 2:18 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Goes so well with your destination wedding!

10/22/10 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

This is such a cute idea!

10/22/10 @ 2:43 pm (reply)

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SandraMarie_1986 (message) 1,363 posts, Bumble bee

This is an awesome idea. It looks great!

10/22/10 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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aggee

I love the idea! I’m torn about my own guest book. There are so many great ideas out there, but I’m always stymied by the fact that I’ve never signed the guest book of a single wedding I’ve attended. Yes, I’m the “bad” guest

10/22/10 @ 3:49 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@aggee: I have to be honest I am usually that bad guest because I simply don’t know what to say. *hugs* Your not the only one.

10/22/10 @ 3:50 pm (reply)

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smiles1979 (message) 571 posts, Busy bee

I’m a bride that is of the thought - with using a guestbook idea like this - that if questions like this are on the pages that guests would be more inclined to give a more in depth answer to wishing you happiness, than the standard ‘congrats’ or ‘best wishes’. Though, that’s not to say that ‘congrats/best wishes’ aren’t nice sentiments (as I have written those same things for people’s weddings too), but again, it’s just the hope that guests will have a little more to say if prompted. Overall, I love the idea myself and hope to do something like it!

10/22/10 @ 4:03 pm (reply)

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JuneBride_26June2010 (message) 1,739 posts, Bumble bee

we did something similar to the fourth picture down. I created all of mine in photoshop and printed them off on cardstock - had them in a pile with colored sharpies and everyone filled them out! I’m a scrapbooker though and thought it’d be perfect as I put them in sleeves in an 8×8 book and was able to incorporate our engagement pics on pages with quotes throughout - after the wedding.

10/22/10 @ 4:29 pm (reply)

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