Procrastination Lesson Learned

I would like to give a fair warning out to brides nearing their wedding day. It's easy to put things off and plan to do them later. To assume that if it comes down to it and you run out of time you can always throw money at the problem and let someone else do things for you. I am here to tell you that I learned a difficult lesson recently.

Attempting to throw money at a problem does not always work!

I had originally planned to design guest book pages myself, then print them out and leave them on a table with place cards for people to fill out. However I have been unable to replicate the awesomness that other people seem so talented for creating. After enough fail attempts I started avoiding guest books in general.

Image via Weddingbee / Posted by michellybelly124

Honestly I think I avoided working on a guest book so well and for so long I actually just forgot about it... So when I finally remembered and we were so close to the wedding I decided that throwing money at the issue would be my best solution. I was so sad when I received a reply back from a very talented Etsy seller that she would be unable to complete an order for me in time for the wedding (this was approximately 2.5 weeks prior to the date). Epic fail procrastination on my part!

Amazeballs am I right?! (Image via Etsy/ Sold by CottageCreekArts)

This is one of those trees that you have guests finger print and sign, honestly I think this one is too pretty to even let guests near... I actually asked the seller about a different one (I still secretly hope I can convince Mr. Ticket that we need to buy this one just to frame and put on a wall in our home) since this one was significantly larger than what we needed. Well fail me for not getting on that band wagon soon enough!

So now I'm back to the drawing board on the guest book issue. I seriously HATE the plain jane books where people sign their names and that's it (no offense Jane). No time to order a beautiful photo book of our engagement shots for people to sign either. So I need your help hive. I'm too tired to attempt to make this decision and Mr. Ticket doesn't really care. So what do you think I should do?

A. Suck it up and design guest book pages like I originally planned.

B. Just blow up one of our engagement pictures, have it matted and let people sign that.

C. Forgo the guest book altogether since we are have an Anniversary Box anyways.

D. None of the above. Because you have an epic suggestion you are about to share with me below.

Oh and please learn from my mistakes! Do not put things off unless you are willing to do the work yourself RIGHT before your wedding. I also had to institute a new rule for myself... no more Etsy until after the wedding. It feels harsh sometimes, but I know it's the right thing to do.