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Ask your guests to get artsy on loose scrapbook pages for your guest book

Thanks to Offbeat Bride reader Lindsay for uploading this interactive guest book idea to our Flickr pool

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Have your DJ or MC remind people to sign the guestbook

Offbeat Bride Tribe member aquaring recently chewed over a few of her wedding day regrets, and shared this impeccable tip: Have your DJ announce / remind people to sign the guest book at some point during the night.

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Use vintage postcards as a guestbook

We’ve always had a particular fondness for vintage postcards, so we decided to use vintage Oregon postcards instead of a traditional guestbook. We invited our guests to fill them out and put them in the mailbox on the table or they could save them to surprise us in the mail later.

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Have your guests “leaf” a signature in a wooden tree guest book

We’ve seen fingerprint tree guest books, and we’ve seen wooden guest books, but now we’ve seen what happens when you combine them: a wooden guest tree!

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Vader bride, tattoo rings, and fire balls on this week’s Reader Round-up

You’re going to see more of this wedding in a couple days, but I thought I’d give you a little Darth Vader-y sneak peak in this reader round-up.

In fact, there are a LOT of cute peeks into our readers’ weddings this week: tattoo rings, swanky groomsmen, and a favor idea that helped me out in my personal life. Let’s get it on…

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Silpi & Shawn’s handmade Indian-fusion cabaret wedding

This Canadian couple brought together the best of Western and Indian cultures for this fusion wedding. Add that to the mad crafting skills, fabulous yellow saris, talent-filled cabaret performances, and really fun guest book idea, and you’ve got a fabulous party for all involved. Plus, you’ll definitely want to check out the groom’s boy band performance!