Photo via Style Unveiled.com, by Soul Mates Photo
Opting for a non-traditional guest book. A guest book isn't an expensive detail but it's one thing I can cut by using post cards that I already own instead. I've collected nearly 300 postcards over the last 8 years. Over 100 are from my domestic and international travels and some are just photo postcards that I found appealing. Like these:
Original photo by William Eggleston
I've also collected post card versions of many of my favorite paintings. For example:
Chop Suey by Edward Hopper
By Johannes Vermeer
Girl with umbrella by Claude Monet
Guests will get to choose a card from a wide selection of antique, modern, kitschy, pretty, etc. cards. Then they'll be invited to write a note to the happy couple. After the wedding we'll stick them all in plastic sleeves so we can read the notes for years to come and have a nice display of postcards. It'll double as a coffee table book down the road. Perhaps we'll display them in a book like this:
If you're a collector of postcards and don't mind a fun and more informal guest book table then this might be preferable to the white satin guestbook.
Photo from the Knot.com
