Quote Originally Posted by Cat77 View Post
Ok, just adding a few of my thoughts:

- There is also the idea of a recipe wedding book I really like. You'll have to contact all guests beforehand (Your daughter probably has all their email adresses. That's cheaper and faster than snail mail) and tell them to bring an A4 paper (and tell them the page orientation - portrait or landscape) with their well wishes and a family recipe for the newly weds to try.

- I always liked this tutorial. It's for a baby shower but it could just as well be adapted for a wedding quilt, using your daughter's favourite colours.

- If you decide to go the classical guestbook route, you might want to check into individual papers that can later be bound to a book. That way, several people at once can work on it, you can leave the paper plus some pens at the table and check back later or have them bring it to a specified table. That way, you'll get more out of the whole reception as well, as you don't have to wait on people to finish writing their well wishes.
Cat - I was going to do an autograph book, but I think that will just get set out of the way somewhere and forgotten. I have this thing in me that makes me insist on everything I make has to have at least one use...preferable and usually two. And, my daughter is not really into that kind of thing anyway. I think she'd think "oh good grief, another useless thing to store!" That is why I thought of the signature quilt...at least she will use the quilt! But your mention of individual pages to hand out... I had thought of that and will hand out several squares of fabric with pens... and hope they will return them to me! I want to try to make it a surprise for my daughter but don't hold much hope for that with that many people! I am going to try to get a guest list and check off those I get back and maybe search for others. Long as I get 15-20 squares returned I can do something with them. I would hope those invited to the wedding care enough about her to write and return!