Debra McClinton

This simple, binder-friendly chart will make your guest list a whole lot easier to manage, with all the crucial information available at a glance.  

Open the Wedding Guest List Worksheet.

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Creative Guest-Book Ideas

There’s nothing wrong with setting out a traditional guest book at the reception for friends and family to sign, but you’ll probably slide it onto the bookshelf and never look at it again. Here, a few innovative options: 

  • Place a variety of note cards and paper on a table so guests can write short letters. Seal them, then open them on your first anniversary.
  • Provide a stack of construction-paper strips―like the kind used in grade school to make paper chains―and ask each guest to write a message on one link that he or she then attaches to the chain. Beginning the day after your honeymoon, remove a link and read it together to relive your big day.
  • Buy a coffee table cook. If you’re looking for something a bit more personal than a standard guest book but you just don’t have the time (or the skills) to make something yourself, buy a coffee-table book that has beautiful imagery of something of significance to you or your wedding. You could find a photography book of your wedding location (the mountains of Colorado), where you plan to honeymoon (Italian countryside), or a favorite children’s book (Good Night Moon). Set it on a table with Sharpie markers for guests to customize.
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Quick Tip  

Keep a well-organized guest list. Use it as a base to track gifts received and thank-you note status; keep tabs on where your guests are staying, and to organize your seating chart. Use this worksheet. 

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