Create a Personalized Guest Book

A personalized guest book is a great way for your wedding guests to leave you a special message on your big day. Include pictures of you and your fiancé as children, pictures from when you first met, and from when you were engaged. We recommend adding all of these pictures to one file so that they will be easy to add to your guest book as you are creating it in Picaboo.

For each double page spread, include your pictures on one side of the page layout. On the other side of the double page spread, choose a layout that has only one or two small pictures and a text box so that you can add headings such as, "Guests" or "Advice for Nancy and Matt." Choose a light background so that your guests' notes will be easy to read later. To view a sample wedding guest book, click here.

If you prefer to have lined pages for your guests to sign, use one of our Guest Book  Free Backgrounds.

Click on the button at the bottom of the backgrounds area that says “More Backgrounds Online”. Search for guestlist1, Guestbook1, Guestbook2, Guestbook3, or Guestbook4 and then click on the thumbnail of the background you wish to use in your book and the larger, full image version of it will open in a child window. Drag and drop the full background image from the child window into your book page background area and it will become the background image for your page.

When you display the book at your wedding, provide your guests with a fine tip Sharpie marker which works best for signing on Picaboo pages. Just make sure to let the ink dry for a few moments before turning the page or touching the written message to prevent it from smearing. Your guests will love looking at your pictures while they sign your book and you will have an extra special keepsake to read through after your honeymoon.

Comments

[Sally]

I'm thinking of creating a guest book for my daughter's wedding, but would like comments from those who have used it - particularly concerned about the felt tip pen and how practical it is for the guests.
Thanks!

[Sarah]

We have many customers that write on our archive quality pages after they receive their books, particularly guest books.

For writing on black or dark background pages, we recommend Marvy Uchida Deco Color Pens http://www.marvy.com/products.aspx?CategoryID=7 as they dry fast and are acid-free. Gold and silver look best on dark backgrounds. For writing on white or light background pages, we recommend American Craft Galaxy Markers (http://www.americancrafts.com/subcategory.php?id=27&sub=99) in black, either bold or medium point. These are also archival quality, permanent, opaque, and acid-free.

We strongly suggest reviewing the pen instructions and testing your pen on scrap paper before writing in the book you spent so much time creating. We also recommend that you wait at least 20 to 30 seconds after you write on the pages before you touch the page or turn it since the ink can take that long to completely dry.