Guest Book Pens

I bought a non smear photo safe pen from hobby lobby for ours and then forgot to give it to the venue so they could put it with the book we also used a photo book from shutterfly and surprisingly, a regular ball point pen didn't smear.

I got a guest book from shutterfly too and didn't even think of pens. But Abbiell has a good idea. Make sure that the pen is "Acid-Free" and "Archival." Most sharpies are NOT archival. So don't use them. This ensures that the signatures will stay nice and not ruin your books or eventually fade/bleed. You can get these pens at any craft store.

I'm getting a book made from mixbook and I was told to use "an acid free permanent fine-tip pen

I am not doing a traditional guest book. I stained a wooden letter a dark color and then added a gloss coat. Our guests will be signing it with silver sharpies.

Local craft stores have special pens for photo paper that do not bleed or smear. We got 3 pens at $2.50 a piece. I don't know what brand we purchased but they worked out perfect!

Thanks all for your help!

When you ask that question of Shutterfly, they recommend ballpoint pens. I think it's a good way to go because there isn't all that extra ink that gunks up the tip and smears.

I'm not doing a traditional guest book, I'm doing a finger print tree with a regular ball point pen signature above it, i thought it was cute. (: