As far back as a girl can remember, she dreams of her wedding day. She imagines - to every last detail - things like: what type of wedding dress she will wear, what color the bridesmaids' dresses will be and even more importantly, who that perfect man will be who becomes her husband. When that day finally arrives, it is the most important day of the bride's life - a day she wants to look back on with fond memories for years to come. For more and more brides, one of the most perfect ways to capture their wedding is to create an Instant Photo Guest Book similar to the one created by Adesso Albums. Having such a keepsake, scrapbook or photo album to open up and share with your spouse, family and friends is the best way to capture the wedding day's memory forever.
Instant Photo Guest Books are a unique "marriage" of a photo album and a guest book. To create a photo guest book at a wedding, simply take Polaroid pictures, slip them into your guest book and have the guests write their personalized messages to you the bride and your groom on the guest book pages. This will capture your wedding event instantly in pictures and words-and you won't even have to wait weeks to get your photographs returned from your wedding photographer. You'll be able to enjoy it as soon as it's over. However, the beauty of these keepsake albums is that it can be used for all parts of your wedding event: engagement party, bridal shower, bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, wedding, reception and even the honeymoon.
Here are 5 other great ideas to capture your wedding moments:
1. Wish Bowl
Here's an idea, that won't even cost you a dime. The purpose of a wedding Wish Bowl is to provide an opportunity for guests to wish good fortunes to follow the Bride and Groom wherever they go. The idea is to have your guests write their wishes for love and life on little slips of paper and place them into a crystal or decorative glass bowl or vase. You don't even have to buy one if you have a nice vase or bowl at home already. For a more formal presentation, the slips of paper can be placed into little matching wedding stationary envelopes. The stationary paper and envelopes should match the Bride's color theme and/or wedding stationary. After the wedding events are over, the notes can be read and placed into a wedding album or scrapbook while the bowl or vase can be used for the home or decoration.
2. Wish Tree
The Wish Tree theme, similar to the Wish Bowl, is for guests at the wedding to write down their wishes for love and life to the Bride and Groom - except instead of the bowl, a tree is used to collect the wishes. There are many types of Wish Trees - your can purchase metal ones, or fashion your own using blooming branches from a garden or florist, or even use a live potted plant such as a fichus tree. Gift boxes can be hung from the tree of your choice and your guests can take a box off the tree in exchange for their wishes. After the wedding events are over, the wishes can be taken off the tree and placed in a keepsake box, scrapbook or album.
3. Signature Platter
Wedding Signature Platters or plates make a unique alternative to traditional wedding guest books. The platter can be plain, decorative or even custom designed and ordered online or from a wedding stationary store. Guests simply sign the platter during the wedding event with a special ceramic marker and after the wedding events are over, the platter is fired in your home oven. The special signature platter can be used for serving favorite dishes at future dinner parties as husband and wife or just as a decorative memento of the special gathering.
4. Framed Signature Mat
Similar to the Signature Platter, the Signature Mat is another alternative to the traditional wedding guest book. A photo of the Bride and Groom - often a "before" wedding photo (like an engagement photo) - is placed in an acid free matte and mounted either on an easel or table in the entry area of the wedding reception. Guests sign their name and well wishes to the Bride and Groom on the mat surrounding the picture. The Signature Mat is then framed for the newlywed's new home. The "before wedding" photo can be replaced with a wedding photo of the couple before framing.
5. Typewriter Guest Book
The Typewriter Guest Book is Martha Stewart's latest discovery for a guest book alternative. Look for an old-fashioned, inexpensive typewriter either online, from a flea market or thrift shop - but make SURE it works - and set it out on a table in the entry area of the wedding reception. Load the typewriter with long sheets of paper for guests to type in good wishes to the Bride and Groom along with their name and any sentiment that comes to mind. After the wedding, the page can be tied into a scroll with ribbon or framed along with pictures taken at the wedding.
The above 5 unique ways to capture your wedding moments will help you and your loved ones relive your wedding memories over and over again.
It is tremendously easy to get over ambitious when planning your wedding ideas. It is not uncommon for future brides to utter the words "it does not matter, it is our big day" or "you only get married once." Although this may seem fine at the time, after the event you could be left with huge amounts to pay back as a result of your expensive wedding ideas.
There are many simple ways you can cut costs with out cutting out your favourite wedding ideas.
The first thing to consider is the day of the wedding. You will pay far more for a wedding reception that is held on a Saturday evening than you would for one held during the day or any other day of the week. Having your wedding day and reception on a Friday or week day will reduce your outgoings considerably.
The month the wedding is held is also a key factor in budgeting for the day. Having a winter wedding is much cheaper than a summer wedding and what could be more romantic than winter weddings in the snow. Saving money in this area could free up cash that you can spend on other wedding ideas that you may not have thought you could have initially afforded.
Wedding favors should be included in your wedding ideas. They need not be expensive and would be missed if they were not there. Ask anyone what they remember about a wedding and see how many people mention the favors. However wedding favors can be very expensive especially if the wedding reception is large. Consider making your own to cut down the cost.
We all know the saying 'something borrowed, something blue' why not take advantage of the 'something borrowed' and borrow something that will not only be special but save you money. Ask your best friend or mother if you can 'borrow' their wedding veil or head piece. These items can set you back anything from $40 - $400.
When considering your wedding ideas one of the most important things are the wedding flowers. Nobody expects you to go without such a vital part of any wedding but consider and discuss with your florist what flowers are in season at the time of you plan to marry. Choosing seasonal flowers will be far less costly than picking something out of season or hard to get hold of.
There are so many ways in which you can cut the costs of your wedding ideas without your wedding appearing cheap or tacky. The main thing is not to rush out and order all the things you have ever dreamed of because most likely you can achieve the same if not similar with out spending out as much as you first thought.
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