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Non Traditional Wedding Guest Book Alternatives

Explore non traditional wedding guest book alternatives to find a unique and fun way to capture your guests’ best wishes!

A traditional guest book also makes for a gorgeous idea. However, it most often ends up tucked away never to be looked at again. A non-traditional guest book not only adds excitement for your guests, but also makes for a memento you’ll want to display in your home after. A guest book-decor piece hybrid is an excellent way to ensure long-lasting appreciation!

A guest book alternative can also greatly enhance your venue decor. When personalized with your names and the date of your wedding, a guestbook sign can double as a welcome sign to warmly greet your guests. Continue below to explore unique non traditional wedding guest book alternatives. Many of them are available in several sizes and in a choice of a color to perfectly complement your decor.

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This unique personalized star map wedding guest book alternative shows the exact alignment of the stars and the night sky at a precise time and place that you choose. For example, you could select a date in the past such as your engagement and the time and place of your wedding. Printed on premium photo paper, this cherished custom star map will be the highlight of your home decor.

Custom Star Map Wedding Guest Book Alternative
TheStarsAboveCo (Etsy Store) – Custom Star Map Wedding Guest Book Alternative

This unique welcome sign makes for a non traditional wedding guest book alternative. Cut from high grade Baltic birch plywood, this sign features white or black raised lettering personalized with your last name and date. This sign is available in several sizes or as letters only if you wish to create your own background.

Welcome Sign Wedding Guest Book Alternative
SpringMeadowCo (Etsy Store) – Wedding Welcome Sign Guest Book Alternative

Featuring an illustration of the happy couple, this alluring bride and groom portrait makes for quite a unique alternative guest book. Once the portrait is exactly to your liking, a download file is sent for you to print at home or nearby printshop.

Handcrafted from premium quality Baltic birch, this jigsaw puzzle guest book alternative is laser engraved with your personalization. This unique guest book is available in your choice of umber, chestnut, or grey, with the number of pieces required. The monogram box, pencils and sign are optional companion pieces.

Non Traditional Jigsaw Puzzle Wedding Guest Book Alternative
WildWoodWedding (Etsy Store) – Jigsaw Puzzle Wedding Guest Book Alternative

A wedding guest book alternative with your initials makes for a cherished memento of your special day. You need only select a size, customize it with your names and the date of your wedding and voila … a wonderful way to capture your guests’ best wishes! A visit to this seller is a must to view their beautiful selection of initial-based guest book alternatives.

Initials Wedding Guest Book Alternative
WeddingByEli (Etsy Store) – Initials Wedding Guest Book Alternative

For a wedding guest book alternative you’ll cherished for many years to come, this advise card box features dividers with cards for your guests to fill in memories, advice, must-dos, adventures, marriage secrets, date ideas, wishes, recipes, photos, etc. The box comes in either dark or light wood in your choice of two sizes, and is personalized with your names and the date of your wedding. WoodCook Studio (Etsy Store)

This hexagon wedding guest book alternative makes for a creative way to collect your guests’ best wishes. The center of the guest book is personalized with your names and the date of your wedding and can accommodate 100-150 guests.

Hexagon Wedding Guest Book Alternative
psLoveStory (Etsy Store) – Hexagon Wedding Guest Book Alternative

Handcrafted from maple plywood, these personalized snowboards make for a unique and non traditional wedding guest book alternative for those who love surfing frozen waves! Choose a favorite design or upload your custom logo and select from a selection of colors. You’ll love displaying it in your home afterwards once filled with your guests’ best wishes.

Personalized Snowboard Wedding Guest Book Alternative
HeadwatersStudios (Etsy Store) – Personalized Snowboard Wedding Guest Book Alternatives

This engraved live edge wood wedding guest book alternative is hand-crafted in your choice of maple or walnut and comes in three sizes. Have your guests sign both side of the board or only on the back to preserve the engraved personalization.

Encourage your guests to leave you a heartfelt message with this audio guestbook. Out of all our finds, this one is above and beyond! Each guest only need to pick up the phone and leave a message. Messages are stored in a small digital recorder that is connected to the phone externally. After a guest hangs up, the recording is paused automatically and will begin recording again as soon as the receiver is picked up again. All messages are saved as one file that you’ll enjoy playing again for sweet memories of your big day.

Audio Wedding Guest Book Alternative
VintageVibeEvent (Etsy Store) – Audio Wedding Guest Book Alternative

Have each of your guests sign a wine cork and drop it in this personalized wine cork holder guest book alternative. The box is handmade of solid wood is your choice of two sizes and several design styles. Display the wine cork holder at home after to accentuate your decor.

Personalize the center of this vinyl record guest book alternative with a custom text or photo for a unique way to collect your guests’ wishes. A display case is also included with a choice of colors for the background.

Personalized Record Wedding Guest Book Alternative
WhimsicalWhiteFox (Etsy Store) – Personalized Record Wedding Guest Book Alternative

Complement your wedding decor with this family name guest book alternative. Handmade from either oak or walnut wood, select an appropriate size for a gorgeous and functional statement piece.

Add a romantic flair to your wedding guest book with this lovely custom photo sign. The photos and texts are printed on a canvas that wrapped over a stretcher frame. In your choice of sizes, the background of canvas comes in an array of colors.

Custom Photo Wedding Guest Book Alternative
alphabetcanvas (Etsy Store) – Custom Photo Wedding Guest Book Alternative

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