Wedding Guest Book FAQs

What is a photo wedding guest book?

A wedding guest book is a beautiful big day memento. It’s a place for friends and family to write congratulations, well wishes and advice for a long and happy marriage.

A photo wedding guest book is extra special. It incorporates a selection of your favorite photographs while leaving plenty of space for guest messages too.

Why choose a custom guest book?

A customized guest book is completely unique to you and your special day. You can choose the cover color, fonts, images and layouts that best suit the style of your wedding.

A wedding guest book with photos offers complete personalization. You can add your chosen selection of photographs to the book, turning it into a keepsake photo album you can treasure forever.

Do you need a wedding guest book at your wedding?

It’s completely up to you. A wedding guest book isn’t a wedding essential.

That being said, a guest book acts as a reminder of the loved ones who attended your wedding and the wonderful well wishes they chose to share.

And — if you create a photo wedding guest book — you can display your book long after your big day. Keep it on your coffee table and leaf through engagement photos and heart-warming messages whenever the mood strikes.

What should you look for when choosing a wedding photo guest book?

• An elegant and durable cover that will stand the test of time
• Thick pages that showcase your photographs in all their beauty
• Space for guest notes, either in the margins around photos or across empty pages
• Smudge-free paper so guest messages are flawlessly preserved
• Space for you to add your own note so you can give guest book guidance and thank guests in advance for their messages

What photos should you include in a photo guest book?

Many couples choose to include their engagement photos in their wedding guest book. It’s a way to preserve those precious memories beyond Instagram and your save-the-date cards.

But you have the option to get creative and craft something truly unique. Here are a few other ideas on what to include in your wedding guest book photo album:

• Key memories from your relationship so far — the place you met, your favorite date spot, the home you’ve built together
• Photos of your nearest and dearest, so they can write messages next to their own photos
• A celebration of love — a selection of family wedding photos through the ages
• A timeline of the happy couple, with photos of you as babies, toddlers, kids and teens, right up to the present day

How do you make a photo guest book for a wedding?

Making a photo guest book for your wedding is easy with Inkifi. Here’s what you need to do:

• Pick your guest book size
• Select a cover color and a foil lettering color
• Click customize
• Upload your photographs
• Drag and drop photographs to rearrange within the guest book layout
• Add a message of thanks, addressed to your guests
• Add your photo guest book to cart and checkout

We then craft your guest book and send it direct to your door, ready to take pride of place on your wedding day.

How many pages should a photo wedding guest book have?

That all depends on the number of guests you’re inviting and the number of photographs you want to include. Your closest friends and family may write reams. Others are more likely to write a short and simple message of congratulations.

Try to estimate how much space each guest will need and add pages accordingly. The Inkifi photo wedding guest book includes 20 lay flat pages as standard. But you have the option to add more if you need them.

Where should you put the guest book at a wedding?

You should put your photo guest book where people can see it easily. Place it in a key line of sight in the reception room — at or near the entrance if possible.

Put your wedding guest book on a table of its own, with a decorative sign that says “Wedding Guest Book” or “Please sign our guest book”. A floral arrangement, some greenery or balloons will help attract guest attention, too.

You can also enlist the help of your bridal party. They can encourage guests to sign your book at appropriate moments before or after the ceremony and reception.

How else can I incorporate photos into my wedding?

You can add engagement photos to save the date cards and wedding photos to your wedding thank you cards.

You can create personalized photo gifts as a thank you for parents and your bridal party — or as a special memento for your other half.

And when it comes to showcasing those beautiful wedding photographs, look for wedding photo albums and photo frames as unique as your big day.

How to introduce your photo wedding guest book

Write a short message at the start of your photo wedding guest book and you’ll give guests the guidance they need to write a meaningful message.

Set the tone for the kinds of messages you want people to write with one of these ideas:

• Your favorite memory of us as a couple — go!
• Thanks so much for celebrating with us today. It would really make our day complete if you could leave a special message in our guest book.
• Find your photo and pen a message!
• As we embark on the next chapter of our lives together, we’d love to hear your words of advice for a long and happy marriage.
• Tell us your favorite moment of the day so far.

What to write in a wedding guest book?

If your wedding guests are unsure what to write in your wedding guest book, point them in this direction for a little inspiration. Here are 20 ideas for what to say in a wedding guest book:

• Wishing you a lifetime of love, laughter and happiness
• Congratulations to a beautiful couple. Here’s to all the joy and adventure to come!
• The perfect day for the perfect couple! So happy I was here to celebrate with you guys! P.S. Those speeches were something else — not a dry eye in the house!
• The secret to a happy marriage? Don’t go to bed angry — stay up and fight!
• “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” — Mignon McLaughlin
• From your first blind date to this beautiful day, I’ve loved watching you build a life together.
• To the new Mr and Mrs! Wishing you the best of love and luck for the future.
• To two people who mean the world to me! Congratulations on your incredible wedding day — a celebration that will go down in history!
• A spot of marriage advice — laugh every day and don’t stop appreciating the little things.
• You two were made for each other. So happy to be celebrating your special day with you!
• Here’s to the next beautiful chapter in your love story. Hoping it’s filled with fun times, fine wine and questionable dance moves!
• Remember: the secret to a happy marriage is… still a secret. Good luck figuring it out!
• Who’d have thought that swipe right would have led you to this beautiful night? Congratulations to you, love birds!
• Date night idea: a picnic followed by a walk around the lake, then dinner in that Italian bistro you both love!
• Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two. — Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
• …and they lived happily ever after. Wishing you the best of everything for the adventure that lies ahead.
• We’ve enjoyed some pretty epic parties together over the years. But this one is up there with the best! So honored to finally see you guys tie the knot!
• I hope you two have loved this day as much as I have. Wishing you a lifetime of happy memories. Well wishes, anecdotes, date night ideas, a doodle — share something that’ll chase away the back-from-honeymoon blues!
• To the newlyweds and party planners of the century! What. A. Day. Can we do it all again next week?
• Forever starts today! Thank you for the invite to your beautiful wedding.