Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Photobooth Guestbook/Scrapbook for under $100

I wanted to do a photo booth at my wedding for a while now. The majority of photo booth rentals are $500-$1100. Now that is a quarter to half of my budget.
I also had the idea of having a friend setup at a spot at the reception and for a limited time take pictures and I could arrange them like photo booth pictures in a scrap book. I am not that patient!

So then I did some Googling. I came across this program that turns your computer [with web cam] into a photo booth. [Click here for demo]

You could setup a cool background or just some chairs and the guests just click the space bar. 4 pictures are taken and turned into your photo strip. It then saves them all in a folder on your computer.

You can also have a prompt where the guests enter their name and email so you can email them the pictures.

I plan on using this program for the engagement/wedding/rehearsal dinner and anything else I can think of . It would probably be great for birthdays too.

I also had the idea of setting up a table next to the computer with my guest book. I am using this and awesome Martha Stewart Idea for the book. [Click here for the idea]

On the front of the envelope [the side that is going to be glued into the book] I will have the people who took the picture write their name and email. This way I can track down the photo they took and print it up and match it to the guest book comment. It may take some time but I think it will be an awesome piece of memory from the wedding.

[Click on any of the vendors for more information]

Scrapbook: $10 [Target]
Envelopes: $7 [Etsy]
Business Cards: $15 [Office Depot] You could probably find them cheaper through Googling but I like to round high to keep it safe. If you want to go fancy and get them pre-printed you can get them through FedEx for $30 [250 cards]
Printing pictures: $16 [Through FedEx ] I called for a quote on Black and White on Card stock. It's little more for color on gloss.
Tape, Scissors, Pens etc.: $10 [DollarTree]
Photo booth Program: $40

Total Cost: $98

You are getting awesome, fun pictures of family and friends and also a cool creative guest book for under $100. The program is totally worth it to have at all kinds of events!

9 comments:

  1. This is genius! Can't wait to see it come together.

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  2. Hi, I am the developer of the photo booth program mentioned in this post. Can you please update the link to the correct download web site at http://sparkbooth.com. Thank you!

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  3. Hi, I am also a student planning a wedding with a tight budget! I just found this blog and this post--I WANT a photobooth so badly. Thanks for posting this!

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