Most brides want to create the perfect wedding and they also want to make as many great memories as they can. Having all those great mementos are not that difficult and you can also make creative mementos that are not that expensive. However, it is necessary to find creative ideas to accomplish this. More and more brides want to capture their wedding as naturally and as sentimental as they can. If you want to make a great wedding, here are just some ideas that can get you started:
1. Making a new type of wedding, guest book can be really interesting for brides who are interested in making DIY projects. If you are interested in creating a special type of the guest book you can try making a Polaroid guest book. This is like having a wedding album and a guest book combined in one.
To create this, you will need a Polaroid camera, a scrapbook, and a bridesmaid or a groomsman who will take pictures of your guests. One of your bridesmaids will take pictures of the guest and as soon after the shot; the guests will write down their messages or wishes for the bride and groom on the white part of the front picture. The groomsmen can also help since they will need to arrange and paste all those Polaroid pictures taken and put it on a scrapbook. After the wedding, they can give it to you and the groom. Your bridesmaids and groomsmen will enjoy doing this since they have already a great time with your wedding and your great bridesmaids gifts and groomsmen gifts.
You will enjoy this type of a guest book since you will not need to wait for your official photographers pictures to enjoy the event of the day. You can immediately see what happened during your wedding and read all the messages and wishes they have for you and the groom.
2. Make a typewriter guest book. This idea came from Martha Stewart guest book alternative. You will need an old-fashioned, inexpensive typewriter from a flea market, thrift shop, eBay, and the like.
Set the typewriter on a table in the entry area of your wedding reception with the instruction of its purpose. Make sure that the typewriter is loaded with long sheets of paper so that guests will be able to type in their best wishes. After the wedding, your long sheet of paper can put into a scroll of it can be framed with some of the pictures of you wearing your alluring wedding jewelry.
