If you want to give guests the chance to be creative, but aren’t willing to live with all their remarks in a permanent guestbook, consider this flexibile option:

Put blank, unruled index cards (or small cuts of linen paper that matches your invitations and programs) on the tables with decorative bowls and nice pens. Guests can write any marriage advice or thoughts or even draw pictures.

Have a family member or trusted guest collect them before you leave. They make great reading material while you travel to your honeymoon destination!!

A really affordable/convenient version of this includes 3 x 5 cards punched to fit a small notebook. This makes them easy to transport and store. (And, if anyone wrote comments you don’t want Grandma to read, you can just pull those cards before you show her the mini-book.)