Your wedding guestbook is more than a place for signatures. It's a keepsake you'll return to for decades. Whether you're after something classic and elegant or fun and interactive, here are 30 of our favourite wedding guestbook ideas to inspire you.
Classic & Timeless
- Foil-debossed hardcover guestbook: A beautifully bound book with your names and date or monogram pressed in gold or silver foil. Timeless and elegant.
- Leather-bound visitors book: Full-grain leather with a laser-engraved or foil debossed cover makes a luxurious keepsake that only gets better with age.
- Linen or book cloth cover: Soft, tactile, and understated. Perfect for any occasion.
- Quote cover guestbook: Choose a meaningful quote to be laser engraved or foil debossed on the cover. A simple, elegant touch that makes the book feel personal before a single word is written inside.
- Blank page guestbook: Give guests the freedom to write, draw, or doodle. You'll be amazed what they create.
Photo Guestbooks
- Instax photo guestbook: Guests snap a photo, slide it into a pre-cut slit, and sign alongside it. No glue sticks needed.
- Polaroid-style photo album: A relaxed, fun option that works beautifully at casual or outdoor weddings.
- Photo booth strip guestbook: If you have a photo booth, have guests stick their strip in and add a message.
- Portrait guestbook: Have a member of the bridal party take candid photos of guests throughout the day with your Instax camera, and slip them into the book for guests to sign alongside. A brilliant way to make sure everyone is captured and everyone signs!
- Before and after pages: Guests add a photo now and you add one later. A living document of your wedding day.
Fingerprint & Artwork
- Fingerprint tree guestbook: Guests press their fingerprint as a leaf on a tree design. One of our most-loved keepsakes.
- Pōhutukawa fingerprint tree: A distinctly New Zealand design, perfect for local weddings or for Kiwis getting married overseas who want a little touch of home.
- Wanaka Tree fingerprint print: Inspired by the iconic Wanaka tree, ideal for South Island weddings.
- Willow tree fingerprint guestbook: Romantic and flowing, a beautiful alternative to a traditional book.
- Balloon fingerprint print: Guests add their fingerprint as a balloon. Playful and joyful.
Interactive & Creative
- Advice cards: Ask guests to share their best marriage advice on individual cards you collect in a keepsake box.
- Wishes jar: Guests write a wish on a slip of paper and drop it in a jar to open on your first anniversary.
- Guestbook prompts: Give guests a fun prompt like "Our advice for a happy marriage..." or "We predict you'll..."
- Drop top framed guestbook: Guests write their message on a small wooden heart and drop it into a frame. A beautiful rustic keepsake that doubles as a piece of décor on your signing table and your home.
- Postcard guestbook: Guests write on a postcard from a destination meaningful to you as a couple.
Themed & Personalised
- Map guestbook: Find a vintage map of your home city and ask guests to sign it. Frame it afterwards and you have a beautiful piece of wall art that doubles as a memory of your wedding day.
- Recipe book guestbook: Buy a beautiful recipe book, new or vintage, and ask guests to write their well wishes on the pages throughout. It becomes a family heirloom you'll treasure every time you bake, with heartfelt messages tucked between the recipes.
- Coffee table book guestbook: Buy a beautiful coffee table book of New Zealand landscapes and ask guests to sign a page. You'll have a stunning keepsake to display at home and you'll be supporting local New Zealand photographers at the same time.
- Travel journal guestbook: Perfect for couples who love adventure. Guests write wishes for your travels together.
- Harry Potter themed guestbook: A fingerprint tree with a twist. Guests add their fingerprints as leaves on a Whomping Willow, with golden snitches scattered throughout the design. Magical for any Harry Potter loving couple.
Venue & Occasion-Specific
- Bach visitors book: A personalised book for your holiday home captures years of memories from every stay.
- Micro wedding guestbook: With fewer guests, go for something more intimate. A fingerprint tree or Instax book works beautifully.
- Elopement guestbook: Just the two of you? A small Instax book or journal to record your day is a perfect alternative.
- Destination wedding guestbook: Choose a design that reflects your location, whether that's a local tree, landmark, or motif.
- Letters to the bride book: A small keepsake book filled with heartfelt messages from your bridal party and closest friends, to read and treasure on the day.
Whatever style you choose, your wedding guestbook will become one of the most treasured keepsakes from your day. At My Guestbook we handcraft every book right here in New Zealand, so if any of these ideas have inspired you, we'd love to help you bring it to life. Browse our collection or get in touch to talk about something completely bespoke.
