guest sheets

since we'll be doing away with the guestbook signing (we already have our custom-made ceramic guestbook platter) ordered at the younique boutique), i decided to have guest sheets instead. this way, our guests can still provide us their contact details and messages (which they can't do when they sign our guestbook platter due to the limited space!). i so wanted these guestbook sheets from the guestbook store, but it was so expensive at $16 for the cover, $8/25 pages or $16/25 pages for customized design. what's nice about their guestbook sheets is that it comes in wedding memories and wedding predictions design. so given that and our budget, i then decided to make our very own guest sheets inspired (or should i say copied from???) by the guestbook sheets of the guestbook store.

the next challenge on this is what program to use to develop our guest sheets. i was told that one can use adobe photoshop and microsoft publisher to come up with layouts for this. well, i haven't used either program in my entire life...so imagine my dilemma. my only requirements for the guest sheets anyway are to have statements for guests to complete and questions for guests to answer and our pre-nup pics, no need for fancy art work...in addition to my lack of skills for such programs, i admittedly don't have any artistic gene in my body. my co-w@wie, co-december bride and DIY-guru, clarice, gave me this wonderful idea to use microsoft word instead! microsoft word i know...:-)

so there i am all excited working on our guest sheets in microsoft word. i pretty much copied the statements and questions in the guestbook sheets of the guestbook store and added our pre-nups pics. per page, i had two lay-outs and was able to make three pages! so that's six lay-outs all-in-all! i hurriedly bought paper from national bookstore, i'm a fan of star paper's curious collection (bought plasma blue, morphing mauve and genetic green), so i could start printing our guest sheets. i'll bind the guest sheets after the wedding...have to check though if there are any stores (karton in glorietta perhaps?) that can offer this service...

can't wait to read what our guests have to say!

side kwento: while buying the paper for our guest sheets in national bookstore, i decided to purchase artline's calligraphy pen for numbering our insert cards "we have reserved ___ seats for you". i already told my sister, marian, to practice her calligraphy "number" skills.