Another idea I had for a guest book makes use of your place cards. Guests can write little messages on the backs of their cards and drop them in pretty glass bowls. Later, cut the cards in half and display both your guest’s name next to the card with their message. This will make a beautiful and meaningful scrapbook. Store your wedding invitations, your place cards, and any other stationery item or keepsake to help you remember this day. Here are a few I love.

With less than a month left until my wedding day, I have to admit I’m getting just a little panicked. Okay maybe more like a lot! Especially since I’ve been undecided about a variety of things and one of them being the guest book. In Hawaii, a lot of couples use regular sign-in books for guests to fill out their name and addresses or have guests double-check their contact information on index cards. This is mainly for practical reasons-that way the couple can immediately send out their thank you cards without the fear of it not being sent.

The problem is that I love to do things differently and I’m definitely not practical. And I’d love to the photo booth idea that I wrote about a few posts ago, but while really cool, it was a little too expensive for our budget. So I have been debating for several months whether or not I should give in to the recent fad of the Polaroid guest book. You know the ones where someone takes a picture of your guests and then these photos go with their messages in a scrapbook? Well, you can get the entire kit with Polaroid camera, guest book and film as a set at beau coup and various other sites. The kit can get a little pricey which is why it’s taken me so long to decide.

Lucky for me, however, a friend who used this idea for her own wedding donated her camera to me. I found film at Target and will use photo corners to align guest’s pictures. Although time consuming, I think it’ll be worth it as a keepsake and to be able to match people’s messages with their faces. What kind of things are you doing for your guest book?