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Mrs. Meerkat, Kalamazoo, MI/Riviera Maya Age and Occupation: 30, Application Engineer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, IT Consultant Engagement Date: July 26, 2008 Wedding Date: December 2010 Venue: Al Cielo / La Laguna About Me: I’m a tech-savvy tomboy with an affinity for hot tea and good sushi. Us Meerkats are just a couple fun lovin’ geeks from Michigan. We love anything having to do with movies, books, video games or technology and we hold a special place in our hearts for our two very spoiled shih-tzus, Wicket and Bravo. We also LOVE to travel. We love it so much it only took us 12 hours after we got engaged to decide to have a destination wedding. We are working our little Meerkat tails off planning a rustic-chic, travel themed destination wedding in the Riviera Maya with a semi-formal, vintage-turned-modern, outdoor at home reception back here in Michigan.
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Meerkat Signage

February 10th, 2011 @ 10:36 am by Mrs. Meerkat

At the same time I was creating our reserved seating signs I decided to also create a couple other signs that I knew we would need. The first thing I thought of was some instructions for our guestbook since it was not a standard “sign your name here”-style.

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Each page in our guestbook had a question to help prompt our guests to write down some of their favorite memories of us.

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And let me tell you, it worked like a champ. I can’t tell you the number of times I have flipped through the book and read all the sweet things people wrote. Yes, I will share some of the stories with you, but not until I start recaps. *evil grin*

Onto the second sign I made. It was to go with our little Meerkat statue that sat at the head table.

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Not all of our family and friends know I am a blogger here at the hive. I was pretty sure it would seem odd to them that I had a statue of cartoon meerkats on the head table. So, I thought an explanation was probably in order.

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By the way, totally don’t take these numbers as statistical fact. I tried to find the actual numbers but couldn’t so I took a guess based off some percentage I read back when I first applied. Yea, that’s what happens when you wait until the last minute.

What kind of signage are you having at your wedding?

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16 Responses to “Meerkat Signage”

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Miss Tartlet
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Miss Tartlet (message)  3,207 posts, Sugar bee

I don’t think I’ve told you how much I like the aged paper you used! And, I may “borrow” the wording of your guestbook sign should we go that route. :) It’s perfect!

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

Cute signs! Signs are becoming some of my favorite quick projects!

 
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Mrs. Glasses (message)  2,741 posts, Sugar bee

Your guestbook is AMAZING! And, of course, such a cute Weddingbee shout out. I’m so disappointed I didn’t have anything ‘bee related on my wedding day!

 
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Coleerenee
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Coleerenee (message)  301 posts, Helper bee

I adore your font for you little sign…can I ask what its called?

 
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Mrs. Meerkat
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

The heading font is Aquarelle and the text font is called Gabriola. :-P

 
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newbride0827 (message)  8 posts, Newbee

Where did you get your guest book? I love it!!!

 
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doglover

Your sign is cute, but you spelled statues wrong on it. :( I hope you can fix it!

 
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Mrs. Meerkat
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@newbride0827: Actually I used adormapix to print the photobook. The map was custom made. At the bottom of this post you can read how I did it:

http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/10/22/creative-guestbooks-2/

 
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Mrs. Meerkat
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@doglover: ROFL Well I could but my wedding was in December. :-P

Its not a big deal though as spelling mistakes are 100% me so I was just putting a bit of myself into the sign. hehe

 
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als87 (message)  252 posts, Helper bee

I am in love with your statues. So cute! I love how you added the ‘bee to your day!

 
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Miss Giraffe
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Miss Giraffe (message)  4,216 posts, Honey bee

I love those Meerkats even more than the first time you showed them to us :).

 
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Miss Biscuit (message)  624 posts, Busy bee

I love your Meerkat nod! So cool :).

 
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SapphireSun
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SapphireSun (message)  4,749 posts, Honey bee

Just curious whether you got many stories in your guestbook. I would have loved to gotten more involved answers than people just signing their names, but I wasn’t sure people would be into it, and then those that felt pressured to write a book wouldn’t sign at all…

 
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Mrs. Meerkat
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@SapphireSun: Yes we got some great ones! I would say about 70% wrote stories and the others just wrote a sweet message. :-P

 
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Mrs. Husky (message)  1,754 posts, Buzzing bee

So cute!

 
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hisbahamamama
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hisbahamamama (message)  587 posts, Busy bee

Loved that wb was apart of your big day

 

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Mrs. Meerkat, Kalamazoo, MI/Riviera Maya Age and Occupation: 30, Application Engineer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, IT Consultant Engagement Date: July 26, 2008 Wedding Date: December 2010 Venue: Al Cielo / La Laguna About Me: I’m a tech-savvy tomboy with an affinity for hot tea and good sushi. Us Meerkats are just a couple fun lovin’ geeks from Michigan. We love anything having to do with movies, books, video games or technology and we hold a special place in our hearts for our two very spoiled shih-tzus, Wicket and Bravo. We also LOVE to travel. We love it so much it only took us 12 hours after we got engaged to decide to have a destination wedding. We are working our little Meerkat tails off planning a rustic-chic, travel themed destination wedding in the Riviera Maya with a semi-formal, vintage-turned-modern, outdoor at home reception back here in Michigan.

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