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Alternative Guestbook: The Quilt.

Snuggle up boys and girls. You’ll want to stay under the covers all night long once you’ve gotten your hands on your personalised wedding quilt. Get your guests to write their wishes for you, with a permanent fabric pen, on a square piece of fabric and after your big day, sew the squares of love together to make a patchwork quilt that can be hung up on your wall as a piece of art or thrown over the couch for those cold winters’ day. Use different patterned material for a colourful and fun effect or if you’re more of an organised couple, stick to plain coloured fabric. Alternatively, you can have the quilt readymade for guests to sign and use as a photo backdrop at the same time. Don’t you feel all warm and loved?

Where to buy the material?
Sham Shui Po (around Nam Cheong Street, Yu Chau Street and Ki Lung Street) – this is fabric heaven. You’ll find just about any material, colour and pattern here and although many of the shops are wholesalers, just work your charm.

Where to buy the permanent fabric pen?
Artland – 3/F Lockhart Centre, 301-307 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai

DIY Patchwork Quilt:
If you’re a crafty chick, follow this tutorial from Offbeat Bride. Even if you don’t have a sewing machine at home, you can still DIY the fabric squares and bring them to the tailors to sew together for you!

 

Photo credits (clockwise from top left): Elizabeth Messina, Scott Chester Photography via Green Wedding Shoes, Heidi Ryder, Nadine Studio, Martha Stewart Weddings, Alison Pierce Photography, M. Three Studio, Gia Canali

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Puzzle Your Guests.

Happy Friday! Hopefully the miserable weather hasn’t dampened your Bridelicious spirits. Here’s yet another alternative guestbook idea that’ll leave your guests rather puzzled. Turn your favourite photo (it could be from your engagement shoot, your first photo together, your favourite trip) into a puzzle, get your guests to write a wish for you and let them be entertained. You can frame it after your wedding day and put it up as a wall art or keep it in a box and take it out on your wedding anniversary as your yearly ritual to put together the pieces of love.

Where to buy?
Double Trouble via Etsy: prices depend on the number of pieces so the more guests you have, the more it’s going to cost you. The wooden pieces are individually hand cut so don’t be shocked by the slightly higher prices. It’s worth it.


Photo credits (clockwise from top left): The Reason I Love Photography, Leann Marie Photography, Say Yes to Hoboken, Puzzled 1, Colin Hughes via Elizabeth Anne Weddings, Double Trouble