I didn’t mean to keep our guestbook a secret from you all, but I finished collecting all the parts I needed for it the day before our wedding (whoops!) and I didn’t have a chance to blog about it.
I knew I didn’t want the traditional guestbook, and luckily there are endless options for a guestbook. All the framed pictures, picture books, and wishing trees were tempting, but in the end I decided to go with an idea I saw several years ago.
I don’t remember if I saw it in a magazine or on a blog, but the minute I saw the postcard guestbook I wanted to do it. (I collect postcards everywhere we go, and was super pumped to be able to incorporate them into our wedding.) Instead of signing a book, each of our guests had the opportunity to write us a postcard with a memory they have with Mr. Scepter and me, a piece of advice, or anything else they wanted. (A few of my friends drew some entertaining pictures.) After the wedding, my mom kept all the postcards and will be mailing them to us throughout the first year of our marriage.
All of the postcards were from places that are special to our relationship. They included the cities we grew up in, our college towns, and where we live now.
We also bought a mailbox for our guests to use to place their finished postcards. I tried to paint our names on the box, but that turned out to be an epic craft fail so we purchased a vinyl sticker. (SOOOOO much easier!)
Voila!
This is what the whole setup looked like at our wedding:
My obsessive self wants to go back and raise the flag. / Photo by Sister Scepter
The best part of our guestbook is getting the cards in the mail every few weeks. I love seeing what our friends and family wrote. Once we get all the postcards, I plan to do a photo collage or frame them in some cool way, but I haven’t 100% settled on an idea for them. If you have any ideas for what we could do with the 80ish finished postcards let me know!
Where did you find guestbook inspiration?
I love your guest book postcards! How cool! If you don’t make a collage you could always make them into some kind of book, that way you could look through them and see what everyone wrote
That is the first guest”book” idea I have ever liked at all, so smart!
This is such a fun idea. How cool to have that reminder of your guests and wedding throught the entire year.
LisaCody: Mentioned on a previous post she made scapbooks for her “guestbook” postcards with picture hangers so she can take them out and read them.
allieluvs21: mentioned she made a book with glued envelopes where her guests put well wishes cards.
Just ideas.
Love this idea! Sadly, some of our friends already did it a couple of years ago and we have a lot of overlapping guests, so we opted not to copy their idea. But I also collect postcards! I can’t wait to have an extra room in which to someday display them.
We were thinking of doing this, too! I love the idea of getting wedding mail post-wedding!! 
Miss Scepter, looks like your project turned out well. LOVE the mailbox… it will make a nice addition to your home decor now and thru the years.
I am considering a similar idea when it comes to Guest participation…
We are having a Back-Home Reception with Friends & Family after our Elopement to a Destination Wedding. The theme of the reception will tie into our overall Wedding “Surf & Shore” concept… with a distinct nod to our upcoming Caribbean Cruise Honeymoon.
I’m thinking I’d like to have an Old Suitcase adorned with Travel Stickers as our “Best Wishes” / Card Box. And I’ll have a stack of Postcards nearby representing the “stops” on our life journey together (Hometown – Special Places – Honeymoon Cruise Stops etc) that our Guests can fill out their Best Wishes, Sage Bits of Advice, Recipes… (anything goes) etc.
That way, as our Reception is more “Party” than anything else… in that BOTH Mr TTR and I have been married before… I am hoping that this DIY Project means we’ll end up with cards & postcards from all our Guests to mark the evening that they spent celebrating with us.
That’s such a cool idea. What a great way to make sure you keep getting exciting post after the wedding 
Great idea! I went to a wedding of some German friends and they handed out a stamped, addressed but blank postcard with just a date from the next year written at the top.
The idea was you write a message, draw or decorate the card, and send it to the happy couple on the date written on the card. That way, every week for the first year of marriage, the happy couple has a wonderful, personal postcard from their nearest and dearest to remind them of their wedding. If I was in any way organised, I’d have done that! x
Such an awesome idea, and awesome of your mom to volunteer to mail them!
I love this! So fun! Do you mind if I take this idea, because I’m totally taking this idea! 
I absolutely love everything about this! Your mailbox is too cute and as someone who loves getting mail, I think it’s so fun that your mom is mailing you the postcards! Awesome idea Scepter.
Mrs. Scepter, Dallas/Amarillo Age and Occupation: 23, Social Media Director Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Aerospace Engineering Doctoral Candidate Engagement Date: July 18, 2011 Wedding Date: July 2012 Venue: Country Home Weddings About Me: I am a born and raised Texan who bleeds burnt orange. (Hook 'em!) I moved to Dallas after college to be near my fiance while he works on his doctorate degree. In my free time I love eating, video chatting with friends, watching every trashy reality show I can find, and playing with our adorable basset hound, Sherlock. My fiance and I have been dating since we were 14 and we are so excited to plan our relaxed, hometown wedding. After a decade of dating, that included three city moves, and four years of long distance, we are ready to get this show on the road!
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