There are more and more quirky guest book alternatives on the wedding scene and simply, we want a piece of it! Well, a very good browse and ‘chewing the guest book fat’ basically.
What are you planning for your wedding? We’d love to hear as we’ve focused on our nine favourites below but there are just so many great ideas, too many to choose from!
1.Letterbox
A personalised letter box is a really sweet way to receive guest’s messages and wedding well wishes. It’s fairly minimal in terms of organising; finding the type of box you’d like of course and then choosing postcards or mini note cards. This is a good option if you’re having a more formal wedding as they concept is still traditional but a little bit lighthearted at the same time.
2. Message in a Bottle
This is a must for a coastal wedding! Instead of letting it float away on the waves, why not keep it – on display or not – and open the messages on your first anniversary. Such an effective alternative to a guest book and right on trend!
3. & 4. Photobook and Photo Line
Both these cute guest book ideas use a Polaroid camera as the main element. Guests can take a picture of themselves and each other and either stick them in the book with their wedding messages, or the photographs themselves might be used as a decorative piece in which case the guests can scribble on the back of the cards. A lovely visual way of recording the day.
5. & 6. Anchor and Sails
If you’d like more of a keepsake that can be placed on show, then why not choose an item you really like and that goes with your theme for your guests to note down their messages on? Again, it has more of the fun factor for your guests and will look great too!
7. Globe
Having an old globe for your guests to sign is a popular guest book choice. Guests can either sign over the country they’re from or maybe the country that had a special memory with the bride or groom from. If your guests are all from a similar location, that’s easy too! Have a map of the U.K. or Cyprus framed and then use that as your globe.
8. Wedding ‘Tree’
This idea has a few different names but the concepts are all the same: you start with a printed image and you complete the overall effect by an ink or paint fingerprint, finished off with your initials. Hang it on your wall afterwards for a forever quirky reminder of your special day.
9. Tech Savvy
There are so many great options now in terms of tech at your wedding, and especially if you’re having a destination wedding, there might not be the space of the budget to transport items over or to buy them beforehand. Or you are just tech savvy and prefer it that way. Whatever the reason, and you use an iPad to capture wedding messages or a special hashtag, they’re all fun alternatives to the traditional wedding guest book.
