By Leah Steenstra
The feathery pen and the lacy book…after the wedding, these pretty materials are
often condemned to the attic or closet, never to be looked at again. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something more
memorable and unique than that traditional guest book? Below are a few ideas to remember your
guests by….
- Purchase a Polaroid camera and plenty of film. As guests come in, have one or two
people take pictures of them. Then
have them sign their names along the bottom of the picture and stick it in the
photo album.
- Cut squares of material and purchase fabric
crayons. Have guests decorate and
sign a square. After your wedding,
bring it to a seamstress for the creation of a decorative wedding quilt.
- Enlarge a picture of you and your fiancé. Many couples use their engagement photo. Have the guests sign the picture or a
mat that will go around the picture. After the wedding, frame it and hang it in your home.
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- Create a wedding scrapbook. Glue in pictures of you and your fiancé, as well as any other
creative and memorable stories or images. Leave
plenty of space for guests to write little messages to you within the book.
- Print a
poem about love in the middle of a large, decorative piece of paper. Have your guests sign around it. When it’s done, frame it and hang it
up in your home.
- Have
your guests sign an unfinished ceramic platter. After the wedding, bring the
platter to a ceramics place or even a place that holds such crafts classes and
have them glaze it and bake it. You could either hang it in your home or
actually use it for serving meals.
Weddings are more special if they are
personalized to your tastes. If you
don’t mind breaking with tradition, put a twist on the old idea of guest books. It will be more fun for you to look at
through the years, and more interesting for your guests as well. |
