Weddings · Video guestbook

Wedding messages from everyone who loves them both

For the couple: a message from every guest, and from the people who couldn't make it — video, a voice note, a written note, a photo — cut into a short film to play at the rehearsal dinner, the reception, or the morning after. Grandparents who won't open a link can phone it in.

It's a video guestbook that someone actually edits. Afterwards the whole collection lives on a private page the two of them keep. Free during the beta; you ask for an invite and we send a code.

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  • Private until the party
  • You approve every message
  • Anyone can call it in

How it works for a wedding

1

Collect

Share one private link with the guest list — and with the people who can't travel — plus the phone number for the grandparents. Ask for one memory of the two of them, or a piece of advice; thirty seconds is plenty.

2

Cut

Approve the messages, add their song, and let the director cut the film: the best moment from each video, the best line from every note, with engagement photos between. The length you choose.

3

Play it, then give it

At the rehearsal dinner, the reception, or over breakfast the morning after. Then hand them the link: every message, theirs to keep — the guestbook that gets watched.

What to say in a wedding message

Borrow one, or let it remind you of your own. Thirty seconds is plenty; the director keeps the best moment.

  • To the two of you: we've been waiting for this since the dinner where you didn't stop talking to each other.
  • Marriage advice from forty years in: say sorry first, and keep a dog.
  • I introduced you. I'd like that on the record, and in the film.
  • From Grandma, by phone: I couldn't make the trip, but I made the drive to the church in my head this morning.
  • You've never been anywhere I didn't hear about the other one within ten minutes. Congratulations, finally.
  • Here's the story of the night you met, from the people who were at the next table.
  • To my daughter on her wedding day: the day you were born was the best one, until today.
  • Thirty seconds from your old roommate: he still can't cook. Feed him.
  • We can't be there, so here we are at our own kitchen table, raising a glass at the right hour.
  • Congratulations from the whole office. The bet on how long the proposal would take has been settled.

A few facts

Who can take part
Every guest — and everyone who couldn't come
one link; the phone line for grandparents
When to play it
Rehearsal dinner · reception · the morning after
the length you choose; the full set waits on the page
What goes in
Video · voice · notes · photos
engagement and childhood photos between the clips
What they keep
The whole page, for good
every message, the film, a downloadable archive

Questions people ask

Is this a video guestbook?

Yes, with an editor. Guests record on their own phones before or during the day; the director cuts the best moments into a short film, and the full set of messages stays on a private page the couple keeps. No booth to rent, no wall of unwatched thirty-second clips.

What about the guests who can't come?

They're often the reason to do this. The same link reaches them wherever they are, and their message plays in the film beside everyone else's. Grandparents who won't open a link can phone it in.

Who organizes it?

Anyone but the couple: a parent, the maid of honour, the best man. You approve each message; the couple sees nothing until you reveal it. Co-organizers can be added.

When should we play it?

The rehearsal dinner and the morning after are the favourites: a quieter room, and time to watch. At the reception, keep it to a few minutes and let the full set wait on the page.

How far ahead should we start?

With the invitations, ideally, so the messages arrive over the weeks when guests are thinking about the day. Reminders go out with one tap.

Can guests add messages after the wedding?

Yes. Leave the page open for a week or two for the people who meant to and didn't; late messages join the page, and the film can be re-cut.

What do they get to keep?

The whole page: every message, every photo, the film, and a downloadable archive — so it outlives the website and the hard drive.

Start theirs

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