Monday's Montage: Fun & Different Guest Book Ideas

 

Do you know where your wedding guest book is? Have you looked at it since your big day? My guess would be, probably not. I found some fun and different wedding guest book ideas that you may be more keen to display in your home. There are lots of ways to personalize your guest book to your wedding theme or to your personalities with photos, puzzles, decor and more.

Create and design a custom puzzle using a favorite photo or shape and have guests sign puzzle pieces.

 

 

Use 3D art and allow guest to sign, then frame and mount.

 

Guests write notes for the bride and groom which are placed in an antique bird cage for display in their home!

 

 So different! Get a bench, a chair, a table, any piece of furniture and have guests sign it.

 

 

 Guests write a personal message and place inside custom bottle.

 

My favorite!! Guests can write letters of advice or messages on post cards for the bride and groom. How cool would it be to have a different postcard from each place you've travelled together, or hope to go?

 Thumbprints are very popular on paper right now, I like this different idea of using a painted piece of wood.

 

Jayleen Deelman has been with DreamGroup since 2010 and has made her way from our Star Wedding Coordinator to a Dedicated Associate Planner. Jayleen is upbeat, good natured, and always smiling. She is attentive and with her passion for everything weddings she is key in carrying out a fluid and enjoyable wedding day experience. Clients adore her sweet disposition and her desire to make their wedding a memory they will never forget.

Friday's Fabulous Find Welcomes back....

Wedding Things

With their new and fresh location at 3950 Main Street (right beside Frocks), DreamGroup welcomes back Connie Mar and her showroom that displays all the beautiful and latest in invitations, wedding favors, wedding party gifts and ALL things wedding!

Wedding Things began in Yaletown in 1999, moved to New York and are now back with even more inventory! ...Here are just a few examples:

With macaroons all the craze right now and as you state your case about who has the best macaroon's in the city, let me show you a fabulous find:

A Macaroon Ring Box!

Whether it's a beautiful wedding ring in the macaroon box for the perfect proposal or whether it holds a gift for your wedding party with jewelry to wear on the day of your wedding, who wouldn't love receiving a beautiful macaroon box!

From invites, sealing wax, personalized ribbon, cake toppers of your choice, to cufflinks, personalized favors, guestbooks and garters, Wedding Things has it all!

Wedding Things is your one stop shop for decor wedding accessories

The website for Wedding Things has over 10,000 items that are themed and can be personalized!

Visit www.weddingthings.com to order if you have 4 or more weeks before your wedding or wedding shower

Visit www.weddingthings.ca to order if you have 4 weeks or less before your wedding or wedding shower

What are you waiting for....Shop till you drop!

By Sandy Pandher, Associate Planner with DreamGroup Productions

With her "hands on" energetic approach to planning, Sandy offers a perfect balance between assertiveness and calmness -- two qualities instrumental in qualifying oneself as a great planner. This smart, savvy and dedicated planner's passion is in building relationships and connecting with each of her clients so that their wedding day can truly reflect who they are as a couple and what their love story symbolizes. Sandy is best suited to the busy Urban couple looking for a knowledgeable and intuitive planner to help bring their wedding vision to life.

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Monday's Montage - Creative Guestbooks

If you’ve ever read through someone’s guest book, you’ll notice that most of the entries are pretty repetitive.. “Congrats, we’re so happy for you!” "Best of luck!"  etc.. etc. Here are some more creative ideas for guest books that would be much more interesting to read through later!


#1. Wishing Tree. Put beautiful branches such as cherry blossom, manzanita, or magnolia branches in a vase. Make cards with ribbons attached and ask guests to write their well wishes or advice and hang the cards on the branches.

#2. Postcards/Mailbox. Provide postcards of the city where your wedding is held. Ask guests to sign the backs, then slip them into a mailbox. Perfect for a travel-themed wedding!

#3. Framed Poster. A very popular, and beautiful idea. Frame a nice picture of yourselves and have guests sign the mat with nice pens provided. Memories and a new piece of art to hang in your home!

#4. Fingerprints Tree. This is such a sweet and unique idea! Draw a tree with lots of empty branches on a poster, then put up a sign asking guests to “leaf” a fingerprint and sign their name. (Smart idea to have wet wipes near by for guests to clean up afterwards, can't have thumbprints on that white dress!!)

#5. Typewriter. A fun vintage typewriter can serve as decor, AND as guestbooks. Provide some direction, like asking guests to share some words of wisdom, and you’ll get more interesting responses.

#6. Polaroid Guestbook. A spin-off of the photobooth guestbook is to have guests take Polaroids of themselves, mount them in a book, and sign next to their photo.

Not only does the guest book serve as a fun, interactive activity for your guests, more importantly it's a time capsule of your friends a family who were there for you on your big day. It will mean so much in 50 years time when you are older and grey, still so madly in love, sitting on your couch together flipping through your guest book and reliving that day.

By Jayleen Deelman, Associate Planner with DreamGroup Productions

Jayleen Deelman has been with DreamGroup for 2 years and after proving herself as our Star Wedding Coordinator now takes on the role of Loving Planner. Jayleen is upbeat, good natured, and always smiling. She is attentive and with her passion for everything weddings she is key in carrying out a fluid and enjoyable wedding day experience. Clients adore her sweet disposition and her desire to make their wedding a memory they will never forget.

DreamGroup's Wedding Wednesday: Tip of the Week:

In lieu of the traditional, add a personal touch to your entrance way with a guestbook not expected by your friends and family. Rather than displaying blank pages bound in a simple book why not bring some originality by using your favourite childhood storybook or a fun, thematic coffee table book?

Ask guests to sign throughout the pages creating a memento you're sure to keep for years to come! It's a budget-friendly, conversation piece that will add some whimsy and fun to any wedding!

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Friday's Fabulous Find: Family Tree Guestbook!

Recently, Associate Planner, Corinne Colledge had some very creative clients! Not only was their family tree guest book a fun twist on the traditional guest book, but it also provided their guests with a fun activity during the cocktail hour. An added bonus is that their tree now serves as a lasting keepsake for them as well!

Want to make your own Family Tree Guest Book? Start with an over sized print of your tree without guest names on it. Setup a few different stamp-pads. You can either do a range of colors that matches your wedding color or shades of green, mimicing natural leaves. Also set out a grouping of matching pens.

Leave a small sign asking guests to imprint their thumb onto a branch and use the pens to add their name to identify their thumbprint. Be sure to encourage randomness to make the final design organic and fun!

To keep the project tidy, provide a few "Magic Erasers" or a basket of small moist toilettes in easy to use individual packets.

If you're not the DIY type, check out The Etsy Shop by Lovliday - she offers signs and blank trees at a really great price! Enjoy!

DreamGroup’s Wedding Wednesday: Tip of the Week

Choosing your guest book...

Can't quite decide where to get your guestbook or just have no idea what your options are? Well have a look at some of our favourite guestbook choices below and then take your pick!

The DreamGroup Boutique offers several unique and fun options for your guest book ranging from photo frames to wish card jars to the traditional book...have a look at a couple of our favourite products below and be sure to check out the rest of the site for more great options!

Our Signature Photo Mat is a great alternative to a traditional paper guest book, and something you can proudly display as a keepsake from your wedding day or special occasion. There are no special treatments needed for the mat - just have your guests sign and it is ready to display. Each Framed Keepsake Photo Mat includes one Signature Engraving Scribe, a microfiber polishing cloth to remove finger smudges, and an elegant guest instruction card.

Here is a unique alternative to the traditional Guest Book. The Perfect Pair Jar holds your guests wishes until you can store them away, then it makes a great cookie jar in your new home. Use with the co-ordinating Perfect Pair cards.

This beautifully crafted Guest Book depicts a Love Bird flying to meet his companion nestled on the branches. Quite the charming pair! Golden foiling on the page edges adds an element of polish to the overall design. Coordinating Love Bird Stationery also available.

My Publisher's free downloadable software is an easy and fun way to create your own personalized guest book. Just download the free software, add your photos, play with the layout and you're done! See a couple of our favourite cover style options below:

Classic Hardcover with Leather Cover

Deluxe Hardcover with Book Jacket

The Guestbook Store offers a unique twist on the traditional guest book. Rather than a book of autographs likely to be stored away, these non-traditional guestbooks personalize your event and capture guests' memories and heartfelt wishes of your special day. Each guest at your event will receive their very own guestbook page to fill out and share special messages at their leisure. After your event, simply place the completed pages in one of our many guestbook album designs and enjoy!

The Kodak Gallery's high-quality, hardcover Personalized Cover Photo Books feature your own photos and captions with their professional designs and layouts. Cover size measures 10.25 x 9" and the base price includes 20 double-sided pages (10 sheets of paper). See their website for more book options and cover styles as well

Just remember, whatever you choose...make sure its something that you love because you'll be looking at it for years to come!

Polaroid's New Instant Digital Camera

The new era of Polaroid cameras introduces the Pogo and instant digital prints to the world of weddings. No more shaking your prints and waiting till the image appears. All of the color is in the paper itself so there's no messy toner or ink.

A great new option for your guestbook or just to have some fun!

Check out Polaroid's website for more details and where to purchase your Pogo

Photobooth Vancouver

One...Two...Three...Cheese!



Check out this fun idea! Photobooth Vancouver.

They offer elegant and modern digital photo booths for your next event.

High quality photos are taken and instantly printed for your guests to enjoy.

The photo booths can be customized for every event, including your logo or the name of the wedding couple on each print.

It is the perfect favor for any party, a great way to break the ice and bring out the silly side of your guests.

Party hosts receive all photos taken during the event on disk, perfect for a unique guestbook.