Weddingbee boards

So, currently I am thinking we will name our tables rather than number them.  I have gotten it in my head that it is insulting to sit at table 9 (is that the table in the wedding singer?) as opposed to table 1.  I realize this is why most people do this, and also that people are still going to notice if they are stuck in a corner or something.  ANyway, our wedding is in April, we are kind of going for that vintage/french/spring feel, our centerpieces are birdcages filled with flowers, and our motif is art deco type roses.....yes - we have a million ideas going on....but it really does flow!  So, a friend suggested birds for table names, I went to a wedding on saturday where they used words in italian like family and love etc. but I don't want to steal their idea - but I thought something french or something; or then I thought we could use names of van morrison songs, because that was our first official date/we are oficially a couple (a concert) and we love his music.  Which sounds best, or any other ideas?

You could also use vintage posters of french cities/landmarks. There are plenty of beautiful vintage black and white pictures on the net of Paris or other French towns. You could design a beatuful art deco styled table card using the pictures and a great art deco font. Good luck! Hope this helps!

If you have many tables I would also suggest having a diagram of circles w/the names of the tables at the sign in table so people can at least know in which vicinity the table is at.  With numbers everyone knows in which direction of the room to go to, but there's nothing worse than walking around 30 tables trying to find the one on your placecard! 

thats what I orginally thought, but then the last two weddings I went to they used pcitures/names for their tables.  And everyone seemed to find their tables pretty quickly.  We should only have 15 or so anyway....that being said, I want to have someone to help direct people if necessary.  The problem is that we are using a table # board rather than placecards....you know, I really enjoyed the planning before I had to start worrying about all the little things!

what about famous landmarks/cities in france? tour d'eiffel, l'arch de triumph, champs elysees, paris, cannes, nice, etc.

You can get a table # board printed at a place like Staples or Kinko's for not much money at all (probably cheaper than buying a giant chalkboard). 

I like the numbers in French idea and names of birds.