Wedding Cool or Cheesy?

[Independent Gal]

I can''t remember where I read this idea... and if it was on here, I hope I''m not offending anyone!... But I was thinking about instead of a guest book, having cards and a box, and people can write words of advice for us on a card and put it in the box. I thought that would be a fun opportunity for everyone to ''speak'' to us during the wedding, plus we might learn something really useful.

We''d put the box and the cards on the table at the front with the favours and name cards and stuff. That way, it''s not in anybody''s face.

So, what do you think, cool idea? Or cheesy / bad plan? I''m sure not everyone would do it, but that''s OK.

 

[violet02]

I think that''s a cool idea. I actually saw something like that online where people write a card fold it and put it in a glass jar or something with words for the bride/groom. Gosh I forget where I saw that but I think it''s a nice idea. I never have anything inspiring to write in a standard guest book.

 

[bee*]

I read about that in a magazine yesterday and thought it was a great idea. I think we''re still going to stick with a guestbook as D really likes the idea of the guestbook but I think your idea is great.

 

[Sparkalicious]

I think its a great idea! People may be more willing to share more personal sentiments given that they know others will not be privy to their thoughts.

 

[dani13]

Yes, its the wishbowl idea. JCrow did it, I believe. Hopefully she will chime in here!

 

[Independent Gal]

Thanks Dani! I''ll see if JCrow can give me the benefit of her experience then... Yay for PS!

 

[Kaleigh]

Love this idea!!!

 

[musey]

I like it

 

[parrot tulips]

My ex''s brother got married during the holidays. They put out a little Christmas tree and had construction paper cut out into the shape of ornaments with ribbon strung through them. They asked their guests to write "words of wisdom" to the new bride and groom and hang them on the tree. It was sweet, and people seemed to have a lot of fun with it.

 

[Mannequin]

A friend of mine did the "wishbowl" at her shower, knowing that her wedding day was already going to be way too action packed to manage an additional thing for her guests to do on top of everything else. It was a very sweet idea and worked well for the smaller event.

 

[Gypsy]

I like it!

 

[ksprincess]

I actually think this is a great idea! Especially because since there will be multiple cards, people can take their time writing and they can''t really say whats from the heart without worrying about people behind them waiting to sign or reading what they wrote.

 

[sumbride]

We did a wishbowl AND a guest book. The guestbook was signed more before the ceremony, and the wishbowl was featured at the reception. I liked the wishbowl MORE but we didn''t have a lot of response to it, unfortunately. I think the majority of my older guests didn''t get it. The younger ones had fun though.

Our sign said "Share your wishes for the Mr. & Mrs." My favorite one was from my very staid and proper friend who got married a few months before us. It said "Always fight naked!" It cracked me up. Still does, actually!

 

[scm1012]

I really like this idea.

What I''m thinking of doing is somewhat similar in that i want to do the plain cards so people can sign and write whatever little message they like, but I want to glue them into a beautiful line-free guestbook I purchased. Somehow I''d like to incoporate guests pictures next to their signed cards. All in all, I feel like i am still keeping with tradition.

 

[Stephanie]

We are going to do a wish bowl - but a little different.

I think that I want to do it this way - the tables will have the guests names and favors already placed on them so I thought to add the wishbowl paper and pen items. And I am going to leave a note, in a frame, on the table to write a memory about the day, advice, etc on the card along with the name of the guest. When we make our exit, they can drop it off in the large glass urn when they pick up the sparklers for our send off. That way there is an extended amount of time to write something instead of quickly scribbling something down. I think that I will create a 3 by 5 type of index card out of cream/ivory card stock and make a template in MS Word for the lines and name info..

 

[sunnygirl]

I love this idea! Come to think of it, i think a wedding I went to had this and I didn''t realize it was supposed to be words of wisdom (too much wine already?) so instead I wrote all this stuff about how excited I am for them. Oops! They were probably like, what the hell kind of wisdom is this?

i think it is a really cute idea and not too cheesy at all!

 

[Fancy605]

One of my friends did that. I was one of her BMs and totally forgot to put anything in the Bowl. Oops. I was unmarried then anyway and didn''t really have any real advice. She got a lot of really sweet comments, good ideas, and some---interesting tips (by interesting I mean vulgar, yet funny)from some of our college buddies

 

[DMBFiredancer]

i love this idea! it would be fun to leave markers at the table of someone wants to get creative and draw on the card, too....i just wrote this in my idea notebook - thank you!
(this has become my favorite board for wedding stuff now...THANK YOU! - its so much easier to read than others, too!)

 

[zoebartlett]

My sister did this and I''ve written about it a couple times here. She had a basket with postcards in it and everyone wrote their well wishes, etc. My mom or my sister''s friend collected the postcards at the end of the reception and saved them to mail to my sister and her husband every week before their first anniversary. Everyone thought it was a great idea. I may use it for my wedding.