Guest Book Alternatives

After some lengthy discussions with my fiance, we had decided that we wanted to do something unique for our guest book.  Something that stood out.  After some looking, we knew we wanted to do something with wood, particularly a puzzle.

Picture from: http://www.etsy.com/listing/59278633/wedding-guest-book-puzzle-a-guest-book

  We did some investigating, and discovered that a wooden puzzle guest book doesn't quite fit within our allotted budget, so we needed to come up with something creative.  The alternative didn't come to me until last night while I was pricing out invitations with my mother.  Why not take the concept that we were planning on with the puzzle (people signing them and leaving words of wisdom) and change it into letters for our initials?  It's oodles cheaper, and I think it's even more unique.

Picture from: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=off&q=wooden+letters&ix=sea&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1920&bih=955&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4361804077919321589&sa=X&ei=p0VdT_mbKYmXtwe3zdGFDA&ved=0CJoBEPMCMAI

These letters, along with our unity painting, will decorate our home and will be able to be on display for everyone, not just tucked away into some box that we won't open until our children talk about getting married.

Pinterest? Oh yes!

Perhaps one of the best things to come about in the past year is Pinrest.  This can easily become one of your best friends and resources while planning your wedding.  For those who don't know, Pintrest is a virtual pin-board that you can use to keep track of ideas that you like for anything!  You can use it for your home, wedding, kids, books you want to read; the possibilities are endless.  Since I'm getting married this fall, I've found myself using Pintrest for most of my wedding ideas.  Most of what I have on there right now is hairstyles and pose ideas for my photographer.  There was also this little gem that I found after following the planners at my venue (they were part of the deal--so awesome!  And they threw this awesome little luncheon that was free and amazing :D):

Picture from http://www.etsy.com/listing/57050745/unity-painting-unity-candle-alternative

Instead of a unity candle, she found the idea of a unity painting (though this one is much smaller than the one I would like to use).  

There are plenty of other things that you can find on Pintrest that are great for weddings or showers, or for when you have kids.  

If you're wanting an invite to Pintrest, let me know in a comment and we'll get that squared away.

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