Something I have done for each of my children (and even some friends, nieces and nephews) is create a 12" x 12" scrapbook for their wedding sign in book. With our son, Dawson and his beautiful fiance, Paige getting married this weekend, I created one for them too! Thanks to our daughter, Kori for helping make it with me. We had tons of fun mother/daughter time as we created!
A few things to note:
You will notice there is a lot of white space on each layout. That's for signing names and writing messages. It really is beautiful with all of the writing added!
The layouts in this book are very similar to each other. Kori and I decided to keep kind of one theme going throughout the album and just changing colors here and there. We went with dovetailed end banners, lots of fun color, flowers, and a few sequins here and there. It's pretty simple, but that's what we wanted!
The title page and the closing pages are not for signing. They just open and close the book nicely.
I have had people ask me how we have people sign the pages (since they are in a 12" x 12" album in protectors). Here's what we do: we put someone in charge of the book. It's their job to watch the book that night. We put one to two layouts out at a time for people to sign. When those are filled, my "book person" puts those back in the book and then puts a few more out. By the time the reception is done, the pages are full of beautiful signatures and wishes to the bride and groom! It's an amazing keepsake forever.
title page
layout 1
layout 2
layout 3
layout 4
layout 5
layout 6
layout 7
layout 8
closing page
Making a wedding sign in book for someone you love is a perfect gift that will last forever!
Over the weekend, our youngest (and only unmarried) child Dawson got engaged to his beautiful girlfriend (now fiance'), Paige. Where did the time go? He was just born yesterday, right?
It was absolutely beautiful! They had scheduled to have photos taken together on Saturday, September 17 and he felt it would be the perfect time to officially propose. After all, his football number is 17 and it was the 17th. They have also set their wedding date for December 17. #17 is a big deal in their lives. He had me come down and help him set everything up earlier in the day so that when they got to the spot where they had chosen to have their photos taken, it would be there waiting. On top of that, having a photographer already there to take the pictures (and she secretly brought a videographer with her) was the perfect way to capture the special moment forever.
Dawson decided he wanted to write down 17 reasons he loves her, arrange 17 rocks into the #17, and tie a reason to each rock. That's where I came in. He sent me the reasons and then I made them into cute tags. I went down and helped him tie them to the rocks and set everything up before the photos. He also had a little necklace made that he tied with the tag to rock #17 that had a #17 charm on it. As they read each tag, we cut them off the rock and put them on a jump ring so that she could keep them forever.
She had absolutely NO IDEA what was coming and it was awesome. She was shaking like a leaf for an hour. Both Paige's mom and I were there to "help with the pictures," so we got to see the whole thing. BEST. DAY. EVER.
Here is the video. Grab a box of kleenex. You might need it.
