Ginger Ray Botanical Wedding Alternative Style Globe Signing Guest Book, White

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As good as it looked at the wedding? It looks even better in our living room! I love walking past it every day and seeing where people signed… I’m pretty sure my brother is Antarctica.

Even though keeping a wedding guest book is a traditional thing, there are no hard and fast rules for where the book should go when your guests should sign it, and even whether or not it needs to technically be a book.My mom and I looked around for a while trying to find the perfect globe… until one day I got this picture: If you’re planning a wedding right now (congrats!), we know how busy you are. The good news is that this DIY project doesn’t take long at all. In eight simple steps, you can turn your globe into a guest book for your wedding. Just follow the tutorial below! We’ve also included printable instructions with all the tools and materials listed—along with the decal you see on this globe guest book. Our designer Krista hand-painted this globe wedding guest bookfor our own digital marketing analyst and world traveler, Jessica, and her soon-to-be husband, Jake. If you look closely at the pictures, you can see a few well-wishes from the team! They’re meant to be kept as a keepsake to be handed down through the generations. I can personally attest to the fact that you’ll derive genuine joy from reading the book long after the party’s over and it’s time to revisit those blessed memories.

I love antiques, all things blue and traveling around the globe… so when I found the idea of using non-traditional items for a guest book I knew immediately what I wanted to use. A globe. A REALLY big globe. Not a teeny tiny globe that my guests would have to fight over real-estate on but a big honking one that would blend into my decor at home… while standing out. I didn’t want it to be forgotten! Traditionally, they’re placed on a table at the entrance to the ceremony with a sign inviting the guests to leave a signature and perhaps a short note. It looked amazing at the wedding! I am so glad that we went with a globe instead of a traditional guest book! Weddings can go by in a blur! Along with photos and videos, you’ll want some wedding souvenirs you can take home and cherish for a lifetime. This DIY globe guest book isa unique way to create some wedding memories you’ll always remember. You can have guests sign their names based on the location of their hometown, their favorite place to travel to, or the country they’ve always wanted to see.

Using a bit of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Grey we gave the entire globe a light wash. All this means is that we mixed a tiny bit of water with a tiny bit of paint and put on LIGHT layers. We wanted a slight grey sheen to the top of the globe so that the surface would be easier to write on… but we didn’t want a solid grey globe. The point of the globe was that it was a GLOBE… not a giant grey orb. We painted the base with a solid paris grey mixture. I was worried about the whole painting the globe thing (it was so pretty! I didn’t want to screw it up!) but it turned out so good! Even my little brother looked at it when he got home that night, screwed up his face in that way boys get when they’re thinking and went “It looks good, I think this will be easier to sign then before”. Which was impressive since he knew nothing of my internal should-I-paint-my-globe-or-not-list-of-pros-and-cons-debate. He (of course) had been tuning out wedding talk for months at this point.

It’s large (my mom had to have help to carry it out of the store), tealy blue (so it goes with my color scheme)(yes tealy is a word…) and the base isn’t make out of weird wood (read as: easily painted silver!). It seemed like the perfect globe! Mom took it home and the next time I made the trip to Alabama we fixed her up. Pro tip: Keep some tissues handy; you might end up with something in your eye that makes it look like you’re crying. But of course, we all know you’re not.) Moving on.