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.
Let Everyone Sign It. The last thing you would want to happen in your wedding guest book is being half empty. A guest book that is half empty does not serve its purpose. Have one of your trusted friends to pass it around. Do not just let it stand in front of the reception room, let it circulate. Encourage your visitors to express their wishes and not just sign their names on it. They may also write poems, tell a memorable story, draw pictures or even share some good advice.
Never leave your guest book on a stand in front of the room. Let it circulate. Never let it signed half empty. Since you will be too busy during the occasion, have one of your friends or relatives help you to pass it around. Do some little encouragements to your guests and ask them to leave messages, drawings, poems, stories or good advice. Remember, it is not an address book. Make it more than just a list of names and phone numbers with “Congratulations” on it.
You may also want to have Polaroid shots incorporated in your wedding guest book. You may assign someone to take Polaroid pictures and paste it on the guest book before having them sign on it. Pictures are moments captured. They may be candid, stolen, or formal shots. You will have laughs and fun reading their messages. You may be able to remember also both the names and faces of your visitors that went to your wedding.
Lined or Unlined? Whether it is lined or unlined depends on how you want your wedding guest book would look like. Do you want to keep it cool and fun where people can draw pictures or whatever art they want? Or do you want to keep it simple and formal?
Whether you want your pages blank or guided with lines depends on how you want your guest book to like it. Do you want it fun or do you want it formal? The above suggestions will look better on blank sheets. In blank sheets, your guest can have freedom of what they want to do and write. They can draw, doodle, write in the corner, in the middle, write long or short, or whatever. With that freedom, they can easily express their emotions and their thoughts that they want to share with you.
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.
Be Creative. There are no limits of what you can do with your wedding guest book. It can be a scrap book, or pieces of papers in a jar, or even a clay pot. There are certainly no rules to follow. All you need is to be creative with what you want it to look like. Little forms of encouragements will make your guests to be creative as well. Remember, it should be a keepsake. Try to spend some time for ideas and make your wedding guestbook as something you will always want to look back.
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 cake toppers to complete your celebration.
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