Dec 15, 2009
Wedding Essentials: Wedding Guest Books
Wedding guest books are truly essential in any weddings. It holds the names of those who spent their time to attend to this one special day. It helps newly married couples to reminisce the occasion. In this special day, a guest book is something that should be ignored.
Wedding guest book is one of the most important things during the wedding. First, it provides a list of those people who spent their time with them. With the list, you can always prepare a thank you card for them. Second, it serves the purpose of refreshing your contacts. Your friends or relatives may have changed their numbers and addresses. You may also meet new faces – your in-laws, your spouse’s friends that you might want to add in your contacts. And lastly, it holds the messages and wishes of those who love you and support you for this major decision in your life.
Have Pictures on It. Pictures are very essential in capturing the moments during the wedding. You can assign one to take Polaroid shots of the guests then incorporate it to the guest book before they sign. As you read your wedding guest book for the years to come, you will not only remember their names, but their faces as well.
Pictures are quite good to see in a guest book. You can have your friend take Polaroid pictures of your guests and paste it on the guest book before having them sign on it. Pictures are moments captured. As for the years to come, you will not forget the faces and names of those special people around you that day. The pictures may be candid, stolen or formal shots but they always tell a story – and it is a story worth remembering.
You can also personalize your guest book by asking some of your friends and family members to share something that can be put on your guest book. These can be recipes, a composition, and stories in the past or even letters. They may even include pictures of you when you are still single or bonding times with them. It will surely be a book that is full of thoughts, fun and love from those people who care for you.
Decide also what whether you want your guest book lined or unlined. It will really depend on how you want your guest book to be – something fun or something formal. The above mentioned ideas are something that will work better on a blank guest book. A blank sheet would mean freedom wherein your guests can express their moods and their thoughts at that time. They can draw something funny, write very big or very small, they can write vertically or horizontally or whatever they want. Having that freedom will also, at the same time, can bring out the creativity in your guests as well.
Pages with lines are best if you want to keep the formality and simplicity of your guest book. Having guided lines, writing straight would not be a problem. You can avoid messy and unattractive pages and keep them neat and in order.
You can definitely do anything with your guest book. Be it a scrap book, a jar of papers, a ceramic plate – it does not matter. There are no rules and definitely no limits. Keep in mind its purpose. It is a treasure. All you need is some creativity to make your wedding guest books worth keeping.
You will need wedding guest book to keep the names of your guests who graced your wedding. This is because they are vital to you that you want to remember them even after your wedding. This people signify how you are to them and that they are cherished people. You can also try wedding toasting flutes to complete your celebration.


