Wedding Essentials: Wedding Guest Books

By Danny Ricks

Wedding is one of the most special events a person could experience. Newly married couples would want to keep the memories of that one day for the rest of their lives - one of which is through a guest book. Wedding guest books are essential things in weddings that should not be taken for granted.

Wedding guest books are very important during weddings. This helps the newly married couple to go back to the wonderful memories of their weddings. Moreover it provides a list of those people who spent their time with them. With the list, you can always prepare a card or a phone call to thank them. In the same manner, it also serves the purpose of refreshing your contacts.

Never let your guest book signed half empty. Let it circulate. 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. The reason why most guest books are left to shelves and be forgotten is because you have no reason to look it back again. Messages, drawings, poems, stories and good advices would make it more than just a list of names and phone numbers; it is a collection of friends and families with their love and care for the both of you.

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.

Weeks before the wedding, you can ask 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. They may even include pictures of you. It will be a more personalized guest book full of thoughts and fun. Surely, it is a worthy treasure to keep.

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.

Books with lined papers on the other hand are commonly used in traditional guest books. It is hard to keep your writing straight on a blank sheet of paper. It will surely look unattractive and messy. Using a lined guest book keeps things 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.

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