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Wedding Guest Book and Pen Sets

By Joe Palladino

Your wedding guests are obviously a very important part of your celebration, without them there is simply no party at all. So it’s logical that you want to remember each and every person that came to support you on your special day so that you can give them a personal thank you for all the things that they’ve done to help you enter into your marriage.

That’s why a guest book and pen set is a very important part of your wedding because it allows you to have a little something personal from each guest that came to celebrate with you. Have each guest sign the guestbook when they come into the reception and drop off their cards or gifts with their many warm and well meant words inside. Having a guestbook at your wedding reception is a great way to keep in touch with all your guests after the party has ended and you can then send each and every one a personal thank you card or call them up just to talk about the memories you shared on the magical night of your event.

Try picking a guestbook and pen set that not only fits well with your theme but also enhances your theme with its elegance and stylized beauty. In addition to being a great addition to your special celebration, a guestbook makes a fantastic keepsake from your wedding that you can peruse years later and see all the special people in your lives that care about you and support you in your growing love for your new spouse. This can even become something that you put on display in a special place in your home and can share when you entertain guests at your home or share with your children in the years to come after your wedding day event.

All Occasion Lavender Guest Book:

The beautiful pastel lavender color of this book makes it the perfect accent at many celebrations and social events, not just weddings. The simple cover has the classic phrase of “Best Wishes”. Your guests will certainly love signing this book for you especially when they see a special pen standing beside it. The cover is embellished with multiple hearts to remind everyone of the reason you’re having such a special celebration.

With All My Heart Guest Book:

This lovely white satin guest book has sixty four pages and room for over eight hundred guests to sign in and leave you a very special personal message. The cover has a white satin sash that complements the all white silk fabric covering on the durable book. The most attractive part of this guestbook is the rhinestone double heart brooch that symbolizes the bond that you and your spouse have entered into on this timeless day of joy and celebration.

Seaside Jewels Pen Set:

This pen set will go perfectly with a beach themed wedding, which is something that has become a very fashionable idea at contemporary weddings. This pen is set in a classy base of sea shells and beach imagery which brings the calm of the ocean and the warmth of sunny beach sand right into your wedding. Your guests will feel very cheerful as they sign their names and offer you their best wishes in a matching guestbook with this wonderfully whimsical pen that shows your personality and love of the calming atmosphere that the beach can engulf you with.

Wedding Guestbook

Fun Wedding Guest Book Ideas
By Guy Antonelli

A guest book is a nice idea at a wedding because it will give you a lasting record of the special people who were there for your celebration. While the typical guest book can be lovely, it is also a bit boring. These are some great ideas for fun and unique guest book alternatives.

If you like the book format, it is nice to personalize it a bit. Rather than a generic guest book, create your own. You can make it special by including photographs of the bride and groom, or decorating it to go with the theme of your wedding. Brides who are skilled at scrapbooking can have a ball making their own custom books for guests to sign. If you are not the crafty type, use one of the sites which will allow you to upload your photos online and create a custom printed book. Or better yet, have your guests personalize the book for you; set out a pretty scrapbook with a Polaroid camera and some markers. Your guests will have a great time snapping a fun picture and putting it in the memory book with a congratulatory message.

Another idea is to have your guests sign an object other than a closed book. The nice thing about this is that you will have a special piece to display in your new home and enjoy all the time. You will get much more enjoyment out of it than you would a closed book gathering dust on a shelf. One popular idea is to have your guests sign a picture frame that will be used to mat one of your wedding photos. If you plan to have an engagement portrait done, it would be nice to display it in the mat while it is out for guests to sign. With the popularity of pre-wedding photo sessions these days, you could even include an image of the bride somewhere beautiful like a beach, all decked out in her wedding gown and jewelry.

Other things to have your guests autograph include platters, large bowls, and tall vases. One really incredible idea would be to have the guests sign in a special pen that would create a resist on a clear glass bowl or platter. After the wedding, take a glass etching solution to etch the uncovered part of the glass. When the resist ink is washed away, you will be left with a frosted glass bowls showing all of the names still written in clear glass. This would be an incredibly elegant and understated wedding momento that you will treasure for years.

For an outdoor wedding, a really sweet idea is to set out little pieces of paper in a special shape for guests to write a brief message upon. When they are done, they can hang them on a tree with a little ribbon. If your wedding is indoors, you can create the same set up with a small table sized tree. Choose a shape of paper that means something to your wedding or ties in with your motif. It could be doves, flowers, cowboy boots, seashells, you name it. The signatures and cheerful wishes will be delightful fluttering from a tree branch.

As couples look for more ways to personalize their weddings, they are getting even more creative in their approach to the guest book. The thing that your guests sign does not even need to be paper. For instance, if you were having a destination wedding, complete with a tropical bridal gown, beach wedding jewelry, and the works, you could use this theme as inspiration for your guest "book". Set out sand dollars and Sharpies for your guests to inscribe their best wishes. The collection of messages can be kept in a pretty clear glass hurricane lantern in your new home. Or if you are having a Zen style wedding, set out smooth river rocks for your guests to sign.

As long as you design a guest signing station that fits in with the style of your wedding, you can feel free to be as inventive as you like in creating a cool alternative to the traditional guest book.