guest book -- thoughts

soontobeDK Posted: Nov 24, 2010 11:08 AM

guest book -- thoughts

Are guest book necessary? I mean who really looked through it after the wedding? I feel it’s just a waste of money. IDK… any other ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

little j Posted: Nov 24, 2010 11:24 AM

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we made a wedding website with the story of how we met, the proposal, etc.....

anyway, i know that soon all that hard work would be forgotten about, so instead i copied all of that text and included it in our guest book, along with our e-pics

so, not everyone signed the guest book (booo!), but i am really happy that i found a way to incorporate and save the written story about our 'moments' that we worked so hard on

i love our book!

hth

AmyElizabeth Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:14 PM

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We weren't going to have one, and then the night before the wedding DH shows up with one he bought before dinner. Meanwhile, about 30 people signed, but they each signed on a single line, so we only used like, 2 or 3 pages. For me, it wasn't worth it.

FutureMrsG Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:17 PM

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I did not have one.

soontobeDK Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:23 PM

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Posted by AmyElizabeth

We weren't going to have one, and then the night before the wedding DH shows up with one he bought before dinner. Meanwhile, about 30 people signed, but they each signed on a single line, so we only used like, 2 or 3 pages. For me, it wasn't worth it.

Thats what I think too... I have been to a few weddings this year and noticed many people just over look it and the ones that sign its only like one page.

I have seen other ideas on the board with wish notes and trees but its just a waste of closet space for me after the wedding..

I may opt out of the whole idea and save my money. (FH will love this idea of saving $)

LindyBride22 Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:25 PM

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We're doing wish note cards that I'm going to put in a little album after the wedding...I think it will be a nice memento without taking up much space...I just hope people fill them out!

AwaitingAugust Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:31 PM

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i didn't have one and i didn't miss it at all

AngnShaun Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:32 PM

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ive been to a dozen weddings... and ive never signed a guest book...

halfbaked Posted: Nov 24, 2010 12:42 PM

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Nope. We only had like 3 people sign ours.

springsandra Posted: Nov 24, 2010 03:43 PM

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I bought a coffee table book that has photographs of famous and unusual weddings throughout history and had people write all over that 'yearbook style' and it came out great! We have it in our living room now and it's fun to flip through.

The book is called 'The Wedding Album' and I saw it in a bookstore in Brooklyn for $50... and then found it on amazon.com for $1.25!!!! So I bought it. It was fun.

JAAMS Posted: Nov 24, 2010 04:05 PM

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We had a make a wish, take a wish kit. We had two baskets...one had Bible verses/Irish blessings/etc. in it, and the others had blank pieces of paper. People took one from the 'take a wish' basket and left a message in the 'make a wish' basket. I'd say we had about 50 people do it, and it was worth it to us.

FutureJOC Posted: Nov 24, 2010 05:02 PM

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They are not necessary at all. Ours is actually serves two purposes for us. It's an album of our E-Pics that I would have made anyway, so we are also making it our guestbook. If a few people sign than great... if not, oh well! If you are going to have one make sure it's somewhere visible - like when the guests first walk in. Whenever I do see the guestbook at a wedding I sign it.