Wedding Guestbook Alternatives?!?!?!?!?

Does anyone have any ideas to do instead of just the guestbook? I am debating doing a picture framing (one wher ethey sign it) But I was just wondering if anyone else has or is doing something different out there? My fiance hates clutter and I hate the thought of stashing a nice guestbook just up in a closet somewhere, so I would like to have it be something we can have around our home as a reminder of the day?!?! We are having a beach wedding too if that helps! Thanks! :)

Wedding Guestbook Alternatives?!?!?!?!?
I am having a becah wedding. You could do a pail and then do wedding wish bucket or vase as I am doing. Someone from the shower got me the vase and can't open it up till a year later.





Also could do wedding wish palm tree?? Attach the wish to a palm tree.





There is so much to do.





I am also using the frame so we can hang it.
Reply:Well, we are doing a guestbook, but it's not the traditional guestbook. The guests have a front and back section to fill out, so it's a lot more personalized than just the names. A really fun alternative, and something that you could display instead of putting in a closet for some fun memories and a few laughs.





http://www.guestbookstore.com/guestbooks...
Reply:We are doing a framed picture, but instead of a mat board where people write with markers, we found one that you actually etch the message into a metal mat board with a special engraving pen. It looks much more elegant than the typical sharpie markers on a white paper board, anf they guarantee the etchings will last forever. Is looks nice enough to actually want to put in my house, it comes framed in a nice black wood frame
Reply:instead of a guest book you could have just sheets of nice paper that people fill out and you could tell them ahead of time to bring their favorite photo of themselves or the two of you together. Then they can each take this piece of paper and write congratulatory things on it, put the picture on there and decorate their page however they want. Then when you have them all, put them all together in a scrapbook type of thing.





I'm doing the photo frame idea. I think it'll look so cool up on my wall!
Reply:Here are a couple of ideas...





I'm not sure how many guests you have coming but if it's not too many, you could have garden stones that people can sign, then have them treated so that it wont come off. Put them in your yard as reminders, along a walkway or something.





We are having a tree that will hold cards that people can sign and wish us well on... I've included the poem that we will have next to the tree at the reception. I will then put the cards in a scrapbook.





These cards will be


for our wedding book


a modern twist


on the standard look.





As we begin our Journey


A brand new Mr. and Mrs.


We could surely use


Your Advice and good Wishes.





Jot down a Memory,


A reminder of the day.


Draw a doodle or picture


If your not sure what to say.





Share with us your Wisdom


About Marriage, Love, and Life,


The secret to being a good Husband


Or a thoughtful, loving Wife.





Please don't forget


It would be such a shame


to hang your card on the tree


Without signing your Name.





http://www.flickr.com/photos/25940299@N0...





Hope this helps
Reply:I heard of printing a large size photo where people can sign on it. It looks kinda cool.


Still a guest book but a little cooler is those Polaroid guest books. You get a camera and leave it on a table. People take pix and then place them in the book and sign it. So it serves two purposes they sign and they have something to do.


They have simple looking covers and you could have it in a book case and it wouldn't look like clutter!
Reply:I'm not sure if this helps you at all, but instead of having a book just for the signatures, I had a few sheets of decorative paper for signing. I then had those scanned as images %26amp; inserted in the back of our photo book I made with our wedding pictures through Blurb.com. This way we have one wedding album %26amp; our guest signatures are contained therein.
Reply:At my dads wedding, Polaroid pictures were taken, with little messages written on the back. They were then all put onto a big board which he put up in the kitchen.


Its great because every time he goes in there he can remember the special day and the people he shared it with.
Reply:Have picture of you and your fiance(maybe an engagement photo) framed and matted, no glass(that'll come later), allow guests to sign the matted area. Later, you can put the glass in and maybe even replace the engagement photo with one from your wedding day!
Reply:They sell silver platters that come with an engraving pen. I think those are nice. A porcelain platter would be similar.
Reply:What about a signature platter? They sell them at Personally Yours/Things Engraved. I saw one the other day and absolutely love it! I just need to talk to my fiance about it before I buy it.








http://www.thingsengraved.ca/oneproduct....
Reply:Do you have a videographer? If so, you could skip the guestbook and have a video guestbook as part of your video. That way your guests are able to wish you well!!!
Reply:IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON A POLAROID CAMERA AND FILM HAVE EVERYONE TAKE A PICTURE OF THEMSELVES AND STICK IT IN A BOOK AND HAVE THEM SIGN NEXT TO IT. MY FRIEND JUST DID THIS AND ITS ONE OF HER FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM HER WEDDING
Reply:I just read a question, where she's having guests sign "Guest Rocks" and drop them into a huge fish


bowl





http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...
Reply:What a lot of people do (my own wedding included) is have a traditional guest book at the church (or wherever you're having your ceremony), and a fun alternative at the reception. That way, people can put their names and addresses in the guestbook, and write a note to you on your "alternative guest book." At our wedding, we did the framed and matted picture. I've also seen scrapbook pages (if you plan to scrapbook your wedding), Christmas ornaments (5-10 signatures per ornament, and then you can hang them on your tree every year), and even a skateboard!





Really, you can pick any large object with at least one semi-flat surface that's meaningful to you or that is pretty and that you'd like to display - a plate, a wall-hanging, a large white pot to put plants in, etc. You could even have someone you know make you a quilt in your wedding colors (or buy one), and have people sign the quilt squares with fabric markers. OR, you could leave white, un-finished quilt squares out for people to sign, and then have someone combine those with pieces of fabric that are meaningful to you (pieces from your wedding gown, beach-themed fabric to represent your wedding, a piece of your mom or grandma's wedding gown, etc) and have those made into a quilt.

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