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1 Part Blurb, 2 Parts Guestbook and A Whole Lotta Love

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 5:13pm

The day has arrived. Our Blurb Guestbook is here! I know I’m an early girl…I have been a very busy bride getting together details for Mr. Knight and I’s nuptials next year. And with that, I didn’t want to go with the typical wedding guestbook. You know, the one where everyone just signs their name, kind of like they are checking into your wedding, like its a hotel. Which I felt was kind of lame and totally not Mr. Knight and I’s style. So begins the story of our guestbook.

I wanted something where guests could leave more then just their name. I hope for guests to leave messages for us. So when looking through all the ways of making a non-typical guestbook I decided on using our engagement photos and compiling them into a Blurb book (ohhh another way to use them in our wedding..boy am I sneaky! After all the Starks did such an awesome job…how could I pass up using them!).

After downloading the Blurb software, it was super easy putting the book together. And when I say super easy… I mean SUPER easy. :-)

Check out our guestbook’s awesome-ness below ↓

blurbbook cover

Oh..it hurts to have to blur our beautiful font on the front but alas…privacy. The back cover has the date we started dating. It has been 6 1/2 wonderful years ♥

blurbbook copy

The pages were all made in Photoshop then placed as Jpegs in the Blurb software program. The book cost total about $35. This included 40 pages, image wrap, with premium paper, along with a promo code which gave me $10 off (covered shipping). There are promo codes for Blurb all over the Internet. I used hewlettpackard10. I’m unsure if the code still works but it is worth a try.

I’m so happy to finally be holding our cute little Blurb guestbook (it took about 2 weeks to get here!). It will not only be a guestbook for our friends and family to leave messages for us on our wedding day but it will also double as an album of our super awesome engagement photos. Hooray!

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  1. Kari Says:

    June 18th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Omg Kim! I love it! Andrew and I are also doing a Blurb guestbook!!! It’s crazy how similar our wedding styles are! :O)

  2. Miss Gator Says:

    June 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    I know it is crazy! I’m feel so lucky to have had you as my bridal consultant!

  3. Katie Sandy Says:

    June 18th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    OMG Ms. Gator!!! This is an awesome idea! I’m so happy for you guys! Glad you found another way to include your engagement photos, they are absolutely stunning! I know your parents are gonna throw you guys an awesome wedding, I do remember that they know how to party! haha
    Glad to see that you’re enjoying the wedding planning :)

  4. Miss Gator Says:

    June 18th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Aweee Thanks Katie! It is so great to hear from you! Thank you for all the kind words. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods! :-)

  5. marina Says:

    June 22nd, 2009 at 9:36 am

    Again, AWESOME!
    Marina

  6. Jaime Says:

    June 22nd, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Kim- I adore your blog and your Blurb books looks great! I started offering these as well because I think it is so special to be able to use your engagement photos as a guest book.

  7. Andrea Says:

    August 10th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    I love this. Am trying to do something similar using MyPublisher. I’m not a photoshop wiz- so trying to just build the book in Blurb was a bit difficult for me- but I really love the MyPublisher and I got a coupon for a free book. Just finalizing it with the Fiance now and will place my order– yeah!

  8. Miss_Riley Says:

    September 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    Congrats!! I linked to your blog through your Weddingbee post. Your guest book is beautiful… I might have to give Blurb a try to make our parents albums.

    PS. We are getting married the weekend after you.

  9. eM Says:

    August 13th, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    What size is the book? It’s so creative!


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