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For table names, you could do your favorite country songs (or artists), favorite cars (is there 40 cars?).
what about names of songs? or models of cars? we're doing flowers so that we don't have relaties complaining that they're at "table 16" instead of "table 5"
or you can do landmarks or cities :)
We went to different bars and got those little coasters that have beers on them and each table was a different beer from around the world.
I like models of cars: "Thunderbird" "Beetle" "Model T" "911" "Mustang" "Prius"
I'm not even a car person, but surely you can think of 40!
You can even do a research for classic cars names, make a list of car names by the dealer name, much easier.
I saw a really cute idea at a wedding recently. each table was named after a song...you like country so i would pick country songs....and then each table had to get up and dance a little to that song. though with 40 + tables thats a little time consuming.
We're naming them after dates and places that are important to us.
For instance on of the tables is Spris, where our first date was. Another is Grand Central Station, where the FI proposed. We are also using dates for some the table names to honor the folks who have been married for 25 years or more.
yikes with 40 tables I feel like anything other than numbers will be confusing! Imagine searching through 40 tables worth of cars, fruits, colors etc! You'll want 40 tables organized numerically for easy findings!
with that many tables, you should really display a "map" next to the escort cards if they're not numbered. you really don't want 300 people walking around 40 tables looking for table "prius!"
What about dividing rooms into quadrants? You could have the country quadrant, the car quadrant, the hiking quadrant, and something else. Have the centerpieces in each quadrant be different, and either number the tables in each quadrant or name them (country tables 1-10, car tables 1-10, etc) That way its a little more organized than a sea of tables, and you can incorporate all the things you like, and the table numbers don't go too high. You might still want to include a map though.
I also like the idea of making it something related to your shared interests, like cars or country artists. If that's too casual for your wedding style, maybe you could do famous Ohioans (I assume you're getting married in Ohio?): Neil Armstrong/Astronaut, Ulysses Grant/U.S. President, Doris Day/Actress, Thomas Edison/Inventor, Jack Nicklaus/Golfer... there are a lot of them! Check it out:
http://www.50states.com/bio/ohio.htm
FYI, we're having a casual beach wedding in the Florida Keys, using very bright colors, so we're doing tropical cocktails... Daiquiri, Pina Colada, Mojito, Tequila Sunrise, etc., and Shirley Temple for the kids' table (there will only be seven kids). I also considered tropical fruit (mango, coconut, kiwi, papaya).
@Rgeddy: My thoughts exactly. Will take 2 hours to get people seated unless it's numbers.
You should check with your venue, but mine strongly suggested using numbers in addition to unique names if you decide to go that route. The reason was that it is confusing to just have names, takes longer for guests to find their seats, and if you are having a served dinner, the names make it difficult for the staff to plan which dishes to bring where.
We just used numbers to make it easy, since we'd have to put numbers on them anyways.
Instead of unique names you could use numbers on a picture of something you like. Or I like the look for roman numerals.
Oh yeah, we were worried about people not finding the tables . So next to the table where people picked up their name card we had a drawing of the layout of the tables with their names listed so people could easily find where their table was rather than wandering around.
Thanks ladies. I was definatly still thinking of using numbers. It would be WAY to confusing for 300 ppl to be walking around looking for "Camaro." lol I was thinking of just using old vintage car photoes and putting the numbers on. But I didn't want to have to buy frames for all those tables... I'm still not sure what to do.. But you all gave me ideas! Thanks! Keep emcoming!!
Could you do places you have visited/lived? Photos of the outdoors where you have visted? Cities around Ohio?
There are definitely 40 classic cars you could do. You could even do the super expensive ones and don't fotget the Delorian WITH Flux capacitor - love that movie).
With the photos, you could just put numbers on them. Pretty easy I think. And you have plenty of fonts to choose from!
You can buy really cheap frames from Ikea or something, so that shouldn't be a problem. I like the idea of old car photos with the numbers. :-) If you decide to use names of something instead of numbers, you could always alphabetize them so people know if they're at least going on the right direction!
@DemoDreamer: I was just going to say it would be mayhem, but you could put something in alphabetical order if you go with a different name.
you could use beads and thread them on a wire and then shape it into numbers. Then tack it to something (a candle, hang from centerpiece, etc)
I googled beaded table number and found this
@opheliax: Yes! I bought these 5x7 frames at Ikea for 99 cents each - and they're two-sided, so guests can read the name/number from both sides:
If you decide to go with the car theme, it could be fun to incorporate a corresponding matchbox car with each table name.
What about using letters instead?
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I think if you'd like to do the cars or other theme, you can use a visual. Then instead of looking for a word, they can 'match their photo' so it's a bit faster. This could even work with just photos of you guys so guests can match them up, but different cars or hiking spots or country singers can mix it up a bit. I would add a number too (small) just so you don't have someone confusing Kenny Chesney for Tim McGraw and sitting at the wrong table. 
I love the letters idea! But there's only 26 letters in the alphabet, just as a side note =) I strongly suggest just getting frames, paper and cutting numbers out! =)
@M.Ruder: oops! I forgot the number of tables because I was excited to share my newest idea for our wedding!
@smileyd - I also thought about letters (and think that little alphabet playing cards would be really cute too!)
BTW - how does one link back when you do the @bee'sname thing?
I'd figured out how to type it in once but forgot, the easiest way is to just hit the 'reply' under their name, drops it right down into the text box as such:
You don't need frames if you are trying to cut down costs. You could take whatever idea you choose, cars, songs etc and do them as tent cards.
Press Reply to get the name :D
Also, I LOVE the quadrents Idea, You could do 4 different subjects, each a different color (or 2 colors, like ivory , with numbers 1-10.
Or what about States?
Places you love?Visited?
Okay, how about ridiculously high table numbers? Or they could each be a year?
This is an awesome way to display the escort cards too, this girl has a DIY on how she did it somewhere-
http://weddings.theknot.com/Real-Weddings/50499/detailview.aspx?type=3&id=50499
You could choose 2 large posters that best represent the 2 of you, then cut those up to represent the table they'd sit at (along with a number, of course). But like, the bottom section of names would have the bottom section of the poster at their table (whatever made up a 5x7 or 4x6) with the number in a contrasting color (white or black) glued/whatever onto it. On the back of all those cards is the name again, as well as the table nmber.
@DemoDreamer: not sure if it goes with your decor, but we used clothespins to stand up our table names/numbers, very budget friendly.
neontl and NDBee - i still can't figure it out - maybe it's just me, but i don't see a 'reply' button anywhere...??
(sorry to hijack the thread but i have been curious for a while how ppl were linking to a previous bee's comments)
@sunbride11:look right at the bottom of a person's post...@neontl:'s would be a good example since she's highlighted in light yellow. It should have a time stamp statement, a (reply) highlighted in green and then flag in green as well. Clicking on the (reply) will drop down that person's name in your text box, so it shows up green in your post.
Does that help? Took me forever to figure out some of these things, so I feel ya!
ETA: Belle2bee, that is a really fun idea!
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Hello Bees! I'm looking to you for advice. We are having a pretty large wedding. We are expecting over 300 people. Our venue has round tables. We are hoping to do assigned tables. I'm finding it hard to come up with a cute idea for the tables though. I want to add a little charm to them other than just plain old numbers. Our wedding colors are ivory and greens & lace. We are into country, cars and the outdoors. I'm looking for any ideas for table numbers & displays for this many tables!!! Anyone's advice would be helpful! Did you have a wedding with many tables? What did you Do???