The Saturday Six

Now that we are in our new home, I wanted to come up with an idea for a guest book! In our Kokomo house, we used a Jenga game and had our guests sign a block when they came to see us. I wanted a different idea for this house...so I started researching! I know what we'll use here, but I found some other fun ideas along the way that I thought I'd share with you! Maybe you'll want to use them for your house - or for a wedding or party idea! 

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This link is for a wedding guest book, but I think it could work just as well for a house. Quilt squares! You could get some fabric that matches your home's color scheme and some fabric markers for guests to sign the squares. If you aren't a quilter, you could hire the official finishing work done once you get enough squares! I've developed a love for quilts in recent years (thanks, Little House!) so I think this is a really sweet idea. 

Two.

I'm typically too impatient to put together a puzzle, but I do love what puzzles represent: many pieces coming together to make a complete picture. Whether you purchase a regular puzzle and ask your guests to sign pieces or you purchase a blank wooden puzzle like this one, I think having guests sign puzzle pieces is a perfect way to remember the people who have come to visit your home! 

Three.

I love it when I visit coffee shops or other businesses and they have maps on the wall where you can add a pin to show where you live! You could do the same sort of thing at your house if you have a US map (or world map if you have international visitors!) for people to mark. I've also seen the idea of an atlas for people to sign, which would allow them to be much more specific about smaller towns!

Four.

I keep a handmade serving tray on the bed in our guest room, so our overnight guests can put drinks or snacks on the bed with them if they want. (The tray was gifted to me by a women's retreat group, and it had been made by one of the organizers' husbands!) I found this idea for people to sign a tray, and I loved that! Whether or not your guests spend the night, you can have them sign a tray you use to serve your guests! 

Five.

If you don't care if people write on the walls, you could have a graffiti wall guest book! I'm not sure I would love this one in our home, mostly because our walls are brand new and I want to keep them all pretty for now, but I do think after a while, it would be so neat to see all the signatures of people you've hosted! 

Six.

Interestingly enough, I'm actually not going with a picture theme for our guest book, but I do love this idea of using a Polaroid camera to capture pictures of the guests who come through your home! (If you have particularly personality-laden friends, this could be extra fun!