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Book Puzzle™
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of my Unique and Original concept since 1998!
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Are you looking
for a unique
and interesting idea as
a wedding guest book for your wedding reception and / or rehearsal
dinner party? Then
consider one of my personalized "Wooden Guest Book Puzzles"
What is a Guest Book
Puzzle you ask?
A guest book puzzle is something isis
a custom made 1/4 inch thick WOODEN jigsaw puzzle that is hand
crafted piece by piece using your personal enlarged engagement
photograph (Or any other photo, or photo collage you wish to
use) or any romantic art print that you wish to use. The puzzle
pieces of these very unique puzzles are rather large, averaging
from 2 inches x 2 inches to maybe 4 inches x 4 inches in size
(roughly the size of the palm of a hand). The wooden backside
of each of the puzzle pieces are hand sanded to be practically
as smooth as glass, so that each of your special guests have
enough room to comfortably write a sentence or two, plus sign
their names.
My guest book puzzles can
have as few as 25 pieces or as many as 560 pieces. (see sizes
and pricing below ). Your guests are very likely to have NEVER
seen something like my ORIGINAL wooden puzzles before!
One side of the puzzle
has a picture of your choice, and the other has everyone's personal
comments.
An additional benefit is
that people enjoy putting the picture together so much, that
they are talking and mingling. My wedding Guest Book puzzle in many
ways also assists as an Ice Breaker Exercise too!
Here is an example of a GREAT photo collage.
This one was 20"x34" in size with 140 pieces
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Puzzles can be as
large as
24" x 36" in size!
After you return from
your honeymoon,
you can take your assembled guest book puzzle to be professionally
framed with a clear, removable backing (Plexiglass works
well.), so that you can take it off the wall and view
the many comments of your guests, at your leisure, as well as
when you have gatherings for the holidays or other special family
occasions. My puzzles are designed to out live anyone if cared
for properly. By adding a removable backing to the frame, you
can also take the puzzle out of the frame and solve it again
and again over the years.
I have also made my
guest book puzzles for... Formal
Dinner Parties, Wedding Anniversary celebrations - especially
25th & 50th, Retirement parties, Graduations, First Communions
& Confirmations, Bar-Mitzvahs and Bat-Mitzvahs, College and
High School Reunions, even large gatherings of close friends.
Black and White or
Color images... are just fine. |
Personalized
Guest Book Puzzles™
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My puzzles are made from
the finest quality 5-ply Finland Birch wood, and are finely hand
cut with blades as thin as hair. These puzzles are designed to
last for many generations, making them a true "Family
Heirloom"! Your Great Grand Children will be able to
enjoy them!
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of the guest book puzzle in progress below.
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Pricing is stated below.
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This is what
the back of the puzzle pieces look like.
Click
here
to see these signed pieces at near actual size.
Note the ruler at bottom of this image for size
perspective.
The pieces on the left
came from a 16"x20" puzzle with 75 pieces. As you vary
the physical size of your puzzle, and the total piece count,
your puzzle pieces may vary is size from the example shown to
the left.
Writing on the back of
the puzzle pieces does require the use of a special pen that
dries instantly, and does not bleed into the fine wood grain.
The pen has available colors of Black, Red or
Blue, at a cost
of $3.00 each. I recommend one per each 25-30 guests.
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A jigsaw puzzle
is very much like a persons life. From the day you are born to the day that you
die, your life can be captured by a picture puzzle. As you grow
from the age of one day old, more and more pieces of your puzzle's
picture, start to fall into place piece by piece, creating a
seemingly never ending picture of who and what you are.
Your family, relatives,
friends, parishioners, co-workers, as well as your hobbies, favorite
TV shows, foods, cloths, travels and the many, many other unique
interests that you have, all make up the tiny pieces of who you
have become. As more pieces are continuously added to your life's
picture, you will gradually change and evolve.
When two people care
for each other enough
to merge their lives to become one, they are also (whether they
know it or not) merging their personal picture puzzles together,
as each of their lives, past, present and future, now becomes
part of the others. The symbolism of this is actually quite amazing
when you think that not only are your two lives being directly
impacted, but in one way or another, either big or small, the
individual pieces that comprise your personal puzzles will feel
the changes of your union as well. Those pieces being the people
who know each of you, will eventually know each other through
your marriage. Meeting one another at your wedding and holiday
gatherings as well as, baptisms, birthdays, or at those annual
Super bowl Sunday parties.
It is based on this premise
that I make my symbolic and unique wooden jigsaw puzzles designed
specifically for the purpose of a guest book. The guest
book puzzle pieces are large in size, and while the one
side of the piece contains an image that you select for your
puzzle, the backside of each puzzle piece will eventually contain
the signature and a sentence or two from each of your closest
friends and family members who attend your wedding reception
or rehearsal dinner before the big event. These puzzles are a
symbolic gesture that shows each of your guests just how important
they have been in your lives, nourishing each of you into who
you are on your wedding day and who you will become in the future.
They will truly be a part of your life's puzzle.
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Recent Customer
Emails...
Hi Mark! I just wanted to say
thank you so much for the work you did on our wedding guest book
puzzle. I'm sure you do so many that it's tough to keep track
- ours was the rush order with my husband stuffing cake into
my face. The guest book was such a hit at our reception. Every
guest loved the unique idea. I'm passing on your Web site to
wedding planner friends. The quality of the puzzle went beyond
my limited expectations, and I loved the packaging it arrived
in as well. I knew it would look great, but I didn't know how
great until I opened the box.
Thank you also for expediting the process. You helped me have
one less thing to worry about. We'll be back for more of your
puzzles. Keep up the great work!
Take care,
Lyndsey S********
Long Beach, CA
Hello Mark,
Carmen and I just got married
on October 20th (Sweetest Day). You made a puzzle out of
our engagement photo and it was a big hit at our wedding. Our
nieces (ages 6 and 8) job was to go to each of our guests table,
and have them sign the back of a puzzle piece. This job made
our nieces feel very important, and gave us a completed puzzle
which will always have a lifetime of memories on the front and
back of it. Thank you for helping make our small wedding very
meaningful.
Carmen and Cary B******** - Evanston, IL
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A
view of the back of a signed puzzle.
Here is the reverse
view of a puzzle that I made for a good friend on mine as a retirement
gift. A party was thrown in his honor where 84 of the 85 pieces
in the puzzle were signed by those in attendance. To see a larger
view of this puzzle Click
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How to use my Wedding Guest Book Puzzle™ at your reception...
Way #1) The ideal
way to set up the puzzle at the reception is to have a separate
table at least a little bigger than twice the size of your assembled
puzzle set up with an attendant. The special pens, and the assembled
puzzle are placed on the table one of two ways...
a) Image
side up - which is nice to show your guests what the puzzle image
you selected looks like during the reception.
b) Image
side down, make a sense of intrigue, as people do not know what
the puzzle image looks like, and adds a bit of a sense of urgency
for everyone to sign their puzzle piece so that the completely
signed puzzle can be flipped over to reveal the image that you
selected for your one of a kind guest book puzzle.
You will also very likely receive quite
a number of compliments from your guests, as it si very likely they have never seen a HAND CUT WOODEN Jigsaw Puzzle used as a guest book before.
As the reception begins, your guests will
be instructed to take a piece (Usually from the edge of the puzzle,
and work inward) and take a moment to write a couple well wishing
words / sentences and sign their names, on the back side (Wood side -
not image side). The then signed puzzle piece is placed adjacent
to the unsigned puzzle, basically pealing pieces away from the
unsigned puzzle, and reassembling the signed puzzle adjacently.
If you request any special shaped puzzle
pieces such as two interlocking hearts, or two interlocking wedding
bells for examples, these pieces should be signed by the bride
and groom IN ADVANCE, so no one else writes on them..
Once everyone has signed the puzzle, you
can once again see the completed image on the front, and if you
wish to flip the puzzle over, you can then display what everyone
wrote on the puzzle back. The easiest way to flip the puzzle would
be to have two pieces of sturdy cardboard / foam core board handy, that
are at least as large as the dimensions of the puzzle. Simply
sandwich the puzzle in between the boards (like an Oreo cookie),
quickly flip it over, and slide the puzzle off of the board, back
onto the table, in the upside down position (or downside position,
depending on which way you started displaying your puzzle).
At the end of the reception, the puzzle
can be disassembled, and stored. If you
wish to frame the puzzle when you return from your honeymoon,
simply re-assemble the puzzle, and Saran wrap it to a piece of
cardboard to be brought to a framer to be professionally framed.
Request a clear backing, (1/16" or 1'8" thick plexiglass) so that the framed
puzzle can be viewed front and back.
NOTE: This
is the ideal way to use the puzzle at a reception, because you
will have all of the pieces located in a small controlled area
of your reception. No pieces will accidentally disappear. The
puzzle pieces are "not" replaceable if some were to
get lost.
Way #2) You can have your bridesmaids/groomsmen walk around
during the reception with decorated wicker baskets containing
puzzle pieces, and two to three pens each. They will invite people
to take a puzzle piece, and write their well wishes and sign their
name on a puzzle piece back, and return it to the basket. The
Bridesmaids / Groomsmen that do this need to ensure that the collect
ALL of the pieces that they handed out.
Once completed, you can either put the puzzle
on a table so that guests can work on solving it, or store it away in a safe place. Not everyone is into dancing, or
all that mobile, so giving some people an opportunity to see,
read, and solve the pieces of your wedding guest book puzzle will be very enjoyable
for them. More people might want to join in that you would otherwise
be aware of.
Solving the puzzle BEFORE the reception concludes is also a great way to verify that
all of the puzzle pieces we in fact collected, and accounted for. Uncle Bob or Aunt Mary will not have accidentally placed a piece in their pocket, because they wanted more time to think about what they are going to say, and then forget that they still have the piece, and travel home with it.
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NOTE: The fuzzy fog like glare on some of these
photos is due to poor lighting angles in our workshop atht ehtime that the photos were taken. |
Pricing
and Sizing
of your
custom made wooden
Guest book
puzzle™
Number of
Guests
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Number of
puzzle
Pieces
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Size
These puzzle pieces offer room enough for a few words up to a sentence and a signature.
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Price for
of HAND cutting your
Guest Book Puzzle
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60-65
guests
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50
piece puzzle
or less.
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12" x 16"
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$165.00*
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80
guests
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60
piece puzzle
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16" x 20"
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$195.00*
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100
guests
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75
piece puzzle
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16" x 20"
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$225.00*
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110
guests
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85
piece puzzle
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16" x 24"
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$245.00*
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125
guests
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95
piece puzzle
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16" x 24"
up to
18" x 24"
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$285.00*
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135
guests
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105
piece puzzle
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16" x 24"
up to
18" x 24"
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$315.00*
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150
guests
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105
piece puzzle
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18" x 24"
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$295.00*
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165
guests
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115
piece puzzle
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18" x 24"
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$320.00*
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180
guests
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125
piece puzzle
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18" x 24"
up to
20" x 30"
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$345.00*
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Number of
Guests
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Number of
puzzle
Pieces
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Size
These puzzle pieces offer room enough for a few words up to a sentence and a signature.
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Price for
of HAND cutting your
Guest Book Puzzle
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200
guests
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140
piece puzzle
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20" x 30"
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$385.00*
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220
guests
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155
piece puzzle
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20" x '30"
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$425.00*
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240
guests
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170
piece puzzle
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24" x 36"
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$465.00*
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260
guests
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185
piece puzzle
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24" x 36"
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$500.00*
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280
guests
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200
piece puzzle
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24" x 36"
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$550.00*
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300
guests
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215
piece puzzle
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24" x 36"
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$600.00*
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325
guests
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230
piece puzzle
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24" x 36"
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$695.00*
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350
guests
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245
piece puzzle
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24" x 36"
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$735.00*
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375
guests
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260
piece puzzle
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30" x 40"
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$895.00*
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400
guests
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280
piece puzzle
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30" x 40"
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$985.00*
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Number of
Guests
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Number of
puzzle
Pieces
Usually representative
of 70% of your total guest count as some people will sign
as couples.
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Size
These puzzle pieces offer room enough for a few words up to a sentence and a signature.
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Price for
of HAND cutting your
Guest Book Puzzle
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450
guests
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315
piece puzzle
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30" x 40"
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$1,185.00*
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500
guests
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350
piece puzzle
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up to 35" x 47"
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$1,315.00*
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550
guests
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385
piece puzzle
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up to 35" x 47"
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$1,445.00*
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-- Orders should be placed a MINIMUM of 14 calendar days
ahead of the date of your occasion. When ever possible, we
can accomodate rush orders filled within 2-4 business days. If
you do need your order completed in a RUSH? Click
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accommodate shorter notice RUSH orders when ever possible.
* Additional Feesthat "may, or may not", apply to your jigsaw puzzle order, include the following services.
1) Printing fees for printing DIGITAL
IMAGES sent to me via e-mail, FTP,
that need to be printed. The printing price is $10 per square foot of
image area. For clients who wish to print their own image, they
are welcome to do so, and then ship me their large photographic
paper print.
In cases where the customer provides me with the
image already printed in the appropriate size for the puzzle, on quality Ilford, Kodak, Fuji, or Epson photographic paper,
there will obviously be no printing charge added to your order. If you do option to send me your image already printed, and if for any reason your image lifts off of the wood because the paper is splitting, you may not phone me to complain about it. It is your paper, not mine, and I assume ZERO responsibility for that potential defect.
2) Connecticut residents pay 6& state sales tax - All other US states are Tax Free - International orders are
not taxed by the USA, however you are responsible for any and
all import tariffs placed on your puzzle order from your own
country's customs inspection officials. Contact your country's
customs officials if this potential import tax is a concern to
you.
3) Shipping charges are paid by the customer,
My Standard shipping fee for NON rush orders is $20 for USA addresses. Your puzzles are shipped via Priority mail, and you are supplied a tracker code. Higher shipping fees apply to International order. Email me or call, and I will give you an estimate.
4) Do
you need your puzzle order completed in a RUSH? If so, Click
Here! - I WILL accommodate shorter notice RUSH orders when ever
possible.
5) I have a special pen that
I highly recommend you use to sign the wooden puzzle backs. They are
available in BLACK & RED and cost $4.00 each. I suggest that you order at least ONE pen for every 20 guests.
(If you have 100 people at your wedding, it would take forever
for them to all share using just 1 pen, but by using 5 pens,
ALL of your guests will be able to sign the puzzle in less then
an hour, assuming the average person needed 3 minutes to think and then write what they would like to say.) This special pen is is a "pigment Ink" pen that is instant
drying and non bleeding. It writes wonderfully on WOOD, and you can
use it for years to come to write notes on the back of your family
photographs or other keepsake type documents.
DO NOT try to write on my wooden puzzles with ball point, felt tip, or sharpie type makers.... they will make a terrible mess, and basically ruin your special puzzle.
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On your wedding day, designate your bridesmaids and
/ or groomsmen to take a couple of 20 minute shifts to oversee
the table where your guests will sign the back of each of your
puzzle pieces during the reception cocktail hour. I recommend
that you set your guest book puzzle on a table of its own near
the entrance area. Make sure the table is at least twice the size
of your puzzle. START with displaying the complete solved puzzle,
picture size up... then as each of your guests removes a piece
of the un-signed puzzle to sign it, you can neatly re-assemble
the "signed" puzzle pieces next to the one you started
with. After all your guests have signed a puzzle piece, you are
left with a once again COMPLETE puzzle for all to admire. By using
this approach, you will also be able to notice if any pieces have
grown legs, and walked off with any of your guests.
I am also very sure that
quite a number of your guests will find your unique guest book
"puzzle" to be a highlight to the beginning of your
wedding reception.
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50th Wedding Anniversary
Guest Book Puzzle.
16"x20" with about 75 pieces. |
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A great fall foliage portrait although I did not photograph this
puzzle after it was cut, this is a wonderful example of a great
image. |
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A symbolic lighthouse photograph was used in this wonderful 18"
x 24"puzzle with about 80 pieces. |
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One of the larger size puzzles, this puzzle actually has the
date of the wedding cut into the puzzle (see above her watch)
and their names cut into the puzzle above their heads. This puzzle
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Some comments I
have received from customers who have ordered my Wedding Guest
Book Puzzles™.
Hi Mark!
I received the wooden puzzle
in time for my wedding. It made it safely to Hawaii,
and everyone had a blast signing the back of the puzzle. I had
to copy your business card; lots of people were asking for it
at the wedding. It turned out better than I expected.
Thanks for being so prompt and accommodating, and for such a
beautiful product!
Judy - |
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your wedding
puzzle, it worked out wonderfully and many people told me what
a great idea it was. Many people also admired your work and the
detail of the cuts. The heart figure was great too, Sylvia and
I signed that one together and put that piece in last after all
the other pieces were assembled.
Thanks again for all that
you have done. I'll will eventually put the wedding on my home
page so that you can see it as well. cheers,
Robert - Alberta, Canada |
"Hi Mark,
Well, Ralph loved his puzzle.
He actually got a little emotional about it. About 60 people
attended the reception and all were fascinated and very impressed
with your puzzle craftsmanship. People kept sifting through the
little pieces. I hope they are all still there! We checked the
floor really well after the party to make sure that no pieces
were on the floor. Ralph has promised to put it together soon
and bring it in for all of us to see. Thanks again for doing
such a wonderful job!
Sue B." - Tustin,
California |
Mark,
I just wanted to thank you for my order.
I ordered a puzzle to be done for my brother and now sister-in-law's
wedding guest book. It was a complete surprise, and they loved
it! The guests thought it was quite original, too.
Thanks for adding another special touch
to an already wonderful wedding!
Sherry S
Mark
The puzzle was a HUGE hit!
It arrived in the nick of time and was beautifully boxed and
protected. Everyone has asked where we got it and I'm handing
out your web address left and right! Thanks again for making
our "Big Day" such a wonderful experience for all our
guests!
Jeana and Marcus
San Diego, Ca. |
Mark, ... (This was a Phone
Call from a wedding reception hall pay phone!)
I just had to call you
to tell you that I am at Karen S...'s wedding reception, and
I am in tears over the puzzle you made form them. It is beautiful.
What a powerful symbol it represents for their wedding day. It
is also the must unique thing I have seen at any wedding I have
ever attended. I think I have been too at least 20 weddings in
my life. You do beautiful work Mark. I am not just speaking for
me, but for a lot of people here today. Thank you for making
Karen's wedding an extra special day for me.
Wendy |
I want to THANK YOU for helping
to make my in law's 50th anniversary a special event. The puzzle
was waiting at the hotel when I arrived on Thursday afternoon.
We received MANY compliments on the idea itself. We had elected
to not put it together but instead have everyone sign and my
inlaws, who are avid puzzle people, put it together themselves.
With all the stuff going on, I'm happy to note that none of the
pieces got misplaced. Unfortunately though, a few of the elderly
guests couldn't decipher visually the difference between front
and back and we have 3 names on the front of the puzzle (including
the minister who married them 50 years ago!). Dad says he'll
simply forge their names on the back and repair the front.
My inlaws kept the cards you sent and I know of one person who
is definitely going to place an order. Others were asking for
information as well so hopefully this will generate even more
business your way.
Again, thank you soooo much and I look forward to working with
you on future needs!
Vicki |
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