I didn't want the traditional guestbook so we did something a little different. I took a large glass vase, tied some ribbons around it, and sat it in a wooden wreath with (you can see it on the left edge of the photo) a handmade flower attached. I also created 3 stacks of business-card sized cards - 2 of them had prompts on them "Love is..." and "We wish you...", and 1 was blank - and added the note to encourage people to leave us a little message. I also had small coin-envelopes there to slip the completed cards into before dropping them in the bowl.
We took the cards with us on our honeymoon and had a great time opening them and reading them to each other. We had some really funny responses, as we expected, and some really sweet ones too! I will be making a scrapbook with them (once I find the time!) by sticking the envelopes, flap out, onto brightly colored paper.
taken from my favorite site weddingbee.com