The Family Wedding Tree

In the beginning of the wedding process I was all into the wish / prayer box as my alternative to a guestbook. It was something I have not seen at a wedding yet and I thought it would have been a cool keepsake. So, I bought the wishbox from The Wedding Outlet and loved it.

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That is until I saw this posted on the Classic Bride's blog...

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Oh my, oh my! The Wedding Tree was probably one of the coolest "guestbooks" that I have seen. So of course, I decided to "borrow" the idea for our own guestbook. Instead of a poster like paper I came up with the idea of using a canvas. I thought it would be easier to preserve but it also brought in our art theme. Mr. Roddy will be in charge of painting the tree stump and branches and I will paint the wording. For the wedding tree, I purchased two different green ink pads for the thumbprint leaves, fine point sharpies for the guests to write their name as well as wet wipes for the guests to wash the ink off their thumbs.

I am so excited for this. Although I have changed my mind on the guestbook, I still haven't given up on using the wishbox elsewhere in the wedding. It still would be cool to have wishes or prayers from our guests, so we will see.