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Post by ellewood on Sept 11, 2016 22:28:31 GMT
Hello, peas! My wedding is coming up and it's time for me to put together my guest book! Of course, it's insta-scrapbook-themed! I have a 6x8 album, page protectors in various sizes, a Southern Wedding mini card kit, and an instax camera.
Here's my plan: I am going to print out some of our engagement photos and put them in the pockets, leaving each side of each page protector with 2 3x4 slots blank. I pulled out the least-cheesy 3x4 cards with room for journaling from the kit. My plan is to have the guests write their note on the journaling card, snap an instax selfie, and put them side by side in the 3x4 slots.
A couple of questions:
1. I was having second thoughts about the engagement photos but then I thought people might want to see those. I mean, they're at our wedding because they care about us! What do you all think of that? My other option is to just use the pre-designed 4x6 cards from the wedding kit.
2. Is this too confusing? Many people are probably not familiar with pocket scrapbooking. I thought I could remedy this by having our bridesmaids do their pages first so people can see how it's done. This isn't meant to be some test, but it's not THAT complicated!
3. I am doing frames with info about the food/drinks and I was going to do a frame with instructions on how to do this. How would you word that? Something like "Help us put together our wedding scrapbook! Snap a selfie, grab a card, write a note, and put it in the pocket for us to keep forever!" Or something less cloying than that...
I know you guys will only have the best ideas- THANKS!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 22:35:07 GMT
I'm doing the same thing minus the intax and plus all the detail cards with our story written on the cards. So I'm going to have guests write words of advice on the blank cards at the reception.
However we have some elderly attending the wedding only. So I bought some blank pages from bo bunny for the church for the traditionalists who just want to sign.
At the reception I will have the album out on a table and a sign explaining my intent and handfuls of ink pens. I think it'll be super fun to look back at this every year! It took a minute to get my fiancé on board lol
When's your wedding? Mines October 8 and I'm pretty much a basket case!
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Post by dawnnikol on Sept 11, 2016 22:50:51 GMT
I did a mini Instax album for my youngest daughter's first birthday. I had all the papers pre-cut to the right size (this was in 2012 and while I was doing PL, I used the coordinating papers that I used for her birthday decor) and just told the guests (obviously it was easier for a smaller group) to snap their photo with the camera and leave it there with birthday wishes for her on the paper provided. I would just use a sign on a table if I was doing it for a wedding. I also went back and sorted all the photos + cards myself later and put them in the album. Maybe if you WANT the engagement photos in the album, I'd include them? Otherwise, you could just put them in frames or something as decor? While most people aren't "scrapbooking" they obviously understand how to snap a photo and jot a note down, so I think it wouldn't be super hard to figure out.  If you're already slightly concerned that they might get confused with the "scrapbook" aspect, maybe just have an example (as you said, bridesmaids or whoever) and not use that verbiage in the sign? Something like "This is our version of a guest book, so please snap a photo using our cute camera and write us a quick note"? Easy peasy! |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 11, 2016 22:52:22 GMT
Congrats, Ladies, on your upcoming weddings! I love the idea of the guest books. Great idea, @juliehenry4 to have traditional book pages at the church. Those can be slipped into the album easily. Wouldn't hurt to remind your photographer that you want a shot of the guests in the church, and you can put that in the guestbook too.
For dd's wedding shower and for ds's wedding, we did something like this. Instead of instax selfies, we had someone assigned to take a photo of each of the couples, singles, or groups of guests. It helped to have one person assigned to the guest book table to explain what to do. Just arriving, people don't always read instructions.
For our nephew's wedding, we had people write their advice on one side of the card and their name on the other so we could put the cards with the correct photos. I helped her with the PL style scrapbook afterward, and we typed up people's names and added them to the photos in the book.
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Post by ellewood on Sept 11, 2016 23:12:17 GMT
I'm doing the same thing minus the intax and plus all the detail cards with our story written on the cards. So I'm going to have guests write words of advice on the blank cards at the reception. However we have some elderly attending the wedding only. So I bought some blank pages from bo bunny for the church for the traditionalists who just want to sign. At the reception I will have the album out on a table and a sign explaining my intent and handfuls of ink pens. I think it'll be super fun to look back at this every year! It took a minute to get my fiancé on board lol When's your wedding? Mines October 8 and I'm pretty much a basket case! Girl! We're October 1. I'm 49% basket case, 51% in denial it's only 3 weeks away. I think I'm about to hit a tipping point, though! I almost had a meltdown because someone I thought was coming to the wedding replied "declines" and wrote a 0 in the "number of guests attending" spot. He puts a slash through his zeroes, and I thought his slash was "too aggressive".... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 1:17:11 GMT
I'm doing the same thing minus the intax and plus all the detail cards with our story written on the cards. So I'm going to have guests write words of advice on the blank cards at the reception. However we have some elderly attending the wedding only. So I bought some blank pages from bo bunny for the church for the traditionalists who just want to sign. At the reception I will have the album out on a table and a sign explaining my intent and handfuls of ink pens. I think it'll be super fun to look back at this every year! It took a minute to get my fiancé on board lol When's your wedding? Mines October 8 and I'm pretty much a basket case! Girl! We're October 1. I'm 49% basket case, 51% in denial it's only 3 weeks away. I think I'm about to hit a tipping point, though! I almost had a meltdown because someone I thought was coming to the wedding replied "declines" and wrote a 0 in the "number of guests attending" spot. He puts a slash through his zeroes, and I thought his slash was "too aggressive".... Dude that so sounds like something I would flip out about! Now I see where the bridezilla comes from!! I started the birth control shot almost 3 months and AF has been here every day since so I'm pretty much loony! I'm ready for the honeymoon! |
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Post by julieinsweden on Sept 12, 2016 18:12:40 GMT
I would suggest assigning someone to take the pictures and get people to sign the guest book. Otherwise you might be missing some as people don't bother...or plan to do it later and forget.
For my small wedding I did a page per couple/family . I found fun photos of each, did a layout and left them space to write. Everyone loved looking through the photos and it gave everyone a talking point.
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on Sept 13, 2016 15:24:23 GMT
I would suggest assigning someone to take the pictures and get people to sign the guest book. Otherwise you might be missing some as people don't bother...or plan to do it later and forget. This is what I was thinking. Maybe a couple of people so they could take turns and not be at that table all night. Save |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 17:23:53 GMT
I'm turning this into a wedding vent thread because I'm losing my mind.
My town has 3 reception halls and we've got the biggest one with the most attendees. So we go to a bakery and they turn us away because they have too many weddings that weekend. Seriously, how's that possible?
We go to the other bakery and they are doing cakes right now. But she took down our info just in case and asked what were we wanting and I said a wedding cake for 200 and she says so you don't have any idea what you want? I looked at her and said do you not have pictures of your work? She said most people have a Pinterest board and I said I'm not paying for you to copy something off Pinterest. Shouldn't you be selling me ideas?
The flower place said the same thing, did I have a Pinterest board and I was like no because my luck is I would pin a $1000 bouquet. Here's my budget and what arrangements I need.
And the bakery could kind of be my fault because I have 2 peanut allergic daughters. And no one can make a safe cake. So I was going to make cupcakes for the wedding. But we still wanted a wedding type cake. So I'm just going back to my original idea and making the cake myself. I have the pans, my fiancé just doesn't want me doing it I guess. We also found out that now it's legal to bake and sell from your home kitchen, no health board inspections needed. One shop was trying to send me to home bakery and I was like no and she says oh it's perfectly legal.
So yeah. I'm tired. Then my MIL to be is driving me nuts with friggin questions all the time.
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Post by LisaDV on Sept 13, 2016 21:35:54 GMT
I would suggest assigning someone to take the pictures and get people to sign the guest book. Otherwise you might be missing some as people don't bother...or plan to do it later and forget. For my small wedding I did a page per couple/family . I found fun photos of each, did a layout and left them space to write. Everyone loved looking through the photos and it gave everyone a talking point. or will be too afraid to. I'd definitely assign someone to picture taking. *ETA- oh and Congrats on the big day! |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 14, 2016 13:43:07 GMT
I'm turning this into a wedding vent thread because I'm losing my mind. My town has 3 reception halls and we've got the biggest one with the most attendees. So we go to a bakery and they turn us away because they have too many weddings that weekend. Seriously, how's that possible? We go to the other bakery and they are doing cakes right now. But she took down our info just in case and asked what were we wanting and I said a wedding cake for 200 and she says so you don't have any idea what you want? I looked at her and said do you not have pictures of your work? She said most people have a Pinterest board and I said I'm not paying for you to copy something off Pinterest. Shouldn't you be selling me ideas? The flower place said the same thing, did I have a Pinterest board and I was like no because my luck is I would pin a $1000 bouquet. Here's my budget and what arrangements I need. And the bakery could kind of be my fault because I have 2 peanut allergic daughters. And no one can make a safe cake. So I was going to make cupcakes for the wedding. But we still wanted a wedding type cake. So I'm just going back to my original idea and making the cake myself. I have the pans, my fiancé just doesn't want me doing it I guess. We also found out that now it's legal to bake and sell from your home kitchen, no health board inspections needed. One shop was trying to send me to home bakery and I was like no and she says oh it's perfectly legal. So yeah. I'm tired. Then my MIL to be is driving me nuts with friggin questions all the time. (((((HUGS))))). Don't know why the times that are supposed to be the happiest of our lives are also the most stressful. With pinterest, I am thinking the bakery and florist get so many brides coming in with such specific images that they have given up designing their own. For dd's wedding, we had a home cook make it. I emailed her a photo of the house they would be living in, and told her their favorite flavours, and she did all the rest. Is is there any way you can give your future mil something to be responsible for? Maybe she is asking because she really wants to help. Again, ((((hugs)))) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 15:28:30 GMT
I'm turning this into a wedding vent thread because I'm losing my mind. My town has 3 reception halls and we've got the biggest one with the most attendees. So we go to a bakery and they turn us away because they have too many weddings that weekend. Seriously, how's that possible? We go to the other bakery and they are doing cakes right now. But she took down our info just in case and asked what were we wanting and I said a wedding cake for 200 and she says so you don't have any idea what you want? I looked at her and said do you not have pictures of your work? She said most people have a Pinterest board and I said I'm not paying for you to copy something off Pinterest. Shouldn't you be selling me ideas? The flower place said the same thing, did I have a Pinterest board and I was like no because my luck is I would pin a $1000 bouquet. Here's my budget and what arrangements I need. And the bakery could kind of be my fault because I have 2 peanut allergic daughters. And no one can make a safe cake. So I was going to make cupcakes for the wedding. But we still wanted a wedding type cake. So I'm just going back to my original idea and making the cake myself. I have the pans, my fiancé just doesn't want me doing it I guess. We also found out that now it's legal to bake and sell from your home kitchen, no health board inspections needed. One shop was trying to send me to home bakery and I was like no and she says oh it's perfectly legal. So yeah. I'm tired. Then my MIL to be is driving me nuts with friggin questions all the time. (((((HUGS))))). Don't know why the times that are supposed to be the happiest of our lives are also the most stressful. With pinterest, I am thinking the bakery and florist get so many brides coming in with such specific images that they have given up designing their own. For dd's wedding, we had a home cook make it. I emailed her a photo of the house they would be living in, and told her their favorite flavours, and she did all the rest. Is is there any way you can give your future mil something to be responsible for? Maybe she is asking because she really wants to help. Again, ((((hugs)))) Aww thanks for reading my pity party! And yes she does just want to help. And I'll probably use her plenty the week of! She is taking care of the altar flowers and the rehearsal supper so that's been a huge help! I'm just so frazzled. |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 14, 2016 16:06:46 GMT
(((((HUGS))))). Don't know why the times that are supposed to be the happiest of our lives are also the most stressful. Is is there any way you can give your future mil something to be responsible for? Maybe she is asking because she really wants to help. Again, ((((hugs)))) Aww thanks for reading my pity party! And yes she does just want to help. And I'll probably use her plenty the week of! She is taking care of the altar flowers and the rehearsal supper so that's been a huge help! I'm just so frazzled. Hang in there! It will all come together. And the only person who will know if some detail did not turn out or turned out differently than you wanted will be you. Guess I just had to come to the defence of mothers in law  . It is a tough role to learn. |
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Post by ellewood on Sept 15, 2016 1:19:49 GMT
Thanks, everyone! I will definitely let you know how this goes!  |
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. It is a tough role to learn.