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This is a neat idea and different, I have couples use..destinations, favorite wine, names related to love, famous couples, cities close to the area they grew up, street names, etc...
I think that's a great idea--if you don't have enough photos in those places, my friend used postcards from each location at her wedding.
Thank you all! Esp for the pics! I have been thinking about this for so long, and am trying to keep it a secret from guests, even my BMs! So glad I shared with the hive :) Keep the pics coming though!!
I am doing this. Well we have pictures, no write ups. Here's the finished product
The only thing I would suggest is that you either also assign a number... or that you place the named tables in alphabetical order. If there isn't some kind of easy to understand order it takes people FOREVER to find their table and it just gets a little messy. Just a thought : )
I went to a wedding where fictional place names were used. Places from the bride's favourite books.
we are using the names of locations on our college campus, since we are both alumni of the same college =)
I did this for my wedding! Each table was a place at Penn State (the college we both attended and met while studying there).
We did 3-sided 5x7 picture lanterns and had one side the table name, one a picture of the location, and one side a description of why it was important to us. Everyone loved them!
We also included the table number as well- mostly for our older guests.
We're doing our favourite TV shows (just because we spend way too much time watching TV).
Can everyone else see my photos? They show up when I look at it. I also posted them in the DIY section http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/table-numbers-19
As for people finding the tables, I also plan on having a map of where the tables are located by the escort cards so that the tables can be easily found.
We are doing our favorite charities. We are also making donations to each in honor of our wedding day, but not as favors or anything.
We thought it was a good way to incorporate a feeling of charity in the day (it was really important to us to "pay forward" the blessings of the day), let people know a little more about us as a couple and our interests, and raise awareness about some of our favorites. We have quick write ups on the back about what the organization does and why we like them. We did make sure to stay away from controversial ones, though.
We are thinking about doing this too!!
Some people have tried to discourage me saying it is harder to find the table location when it is not numbered.
Did anyone find this to be the case??
I did it based on places that were significant to our relationship. Restaurant of our first date, where DH proposed, where we had our first kiss, etc. Each picture had it's name and a little story as to why it was important to us. Our guests loved it. Our wedding coordinators helped anyone who couldn't find their place, but overall it wasn't an issue at all. Our guests went around and checked out all of the tables and talked to us about the places.
We are going to use the names of people we like/admire. Most are mathematicians/physicists and economists, with a few randoms like Oscar Wilde (love him!). There will be a short description under each.
We have printed off a seating chart from the plotter (massive printer) at my SO's work, I haven't seen it yet as we just traveled and it's in a tube. Apparently the final dimensions are close to 44"x33". The big thing was that we arranged the seating chart spatially the same way that the tables will be, so that people will be able to find them very easily. We also made it super-huge so that it will be easy for lots of people to find themselves and their seat quite quickly. (I was going to do escort cards with the favours but it was vetoed due to required effort).
We just spoke with the caterer today, and I think I am going to have to put numbers in the backgrounds of the names. Dinner is going to be served and she said that it is much, much easier to keep things running smoothly in the kitchen when the tables are numbered and in sequence. I haven't made the things yet, so that won't be too much of a problem.
I love this idea. My father used it for his wedding in April 2011. I heard throughout the wedding that they were nice conversation pieces. However, the biggest problem was confusion as to where each table was in the room. People were walking around doing trial and error with each table. It was a bit hectic.
I think you should still go ahead with this idea. But try to create a plan to deal with this issue. Good luck...
I love your idea! I think it is has a great background to it and your guests will enjoy reading your blurb that goes with it!
I love wine- so all of my tables were named after wines. We printed the names on notecards and hung them around red and white bottles depending on what type of wine it was! The guests had fun with it! My aunt actually joked "I hate Sangria but I love Cabernet Sauvignon, so I will sit at your table with you!" :)
@PuntaCanaBride: I can see your photos now from your original post! Very nice!
Thank you ladies!! I really appreciate your feedback. I think the suggestion of also having a table number as well might be good, esp for the caterers as someone said above! Also maybe a chart to show where the tables are...
@leebaby711: I would love to see pictures of how your photos/etc were set on the table - that sounds very interesting!
I like the idea! It will be fun for guests to go around and check them all out.
We're using names of trees with a picture of their leaves during autumn.
We are having a nautical themed wedding so our table numbers will be different type of knots - and their place cards will be made of the same knot that their table matches with and have a tag with their names on it.
@Stammie16: All I have is some guest shots of the table, so they're not so great- but here's two shots of the tables below:
@PuntaCanaBride: I don't mean to be a hater at all, but is the bottom right one in your first picture supposed to be "Cologne"? Sorry if it's not--it just jumped out at me! They're super-cute, by the way. :)
My guy is an avid fisherman, we are using different color fish for each table. Each fish will be die cut on a different color, names applied then the fish will be hung on a net, in which the guests will then find their fish, and the escorts will take them to their tables. The table cloths will also match the fish color so it will be easy to see what table they are at.
Great idea! However, if you choose to name your tables, then providing a number as well defeats the purpose.
We're climbers, and we named each table after a formation that we've climbed in Yosemite.
The pic below is of the welcome table. Each actual table had a smaller version of the formation w/ the printed name minus the names of who was sitting there.
IIRC, there were only 8 tables. So anyone that couldn't find there's was just plain lazy! I spent forever on the decor, so if naming instead of numbering encouraged a little stroll around the room, so be it.
@Ember78: It would only defeat the purpose if people became unable to find their tables as a result of the added #'s. I think the point was to make it easier than with names alone...which it probably did.
My friend's bridemaids did that for the tables at her shower. They displayed a picture of them at the location and also the story of their trip there.
I think its a phenomenal idea and my husband and I did something like this for our wedding. The guests loved it and it was a great conversation piece. It also added to the socializing among guests because everyone was going to look at the other tables numbers as we did a picture on ours as well. Our wedding had an ongoing theme of martinis so we did a type of martini as our table numbers and I put the recipe for the martini on the back of the card.
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Hi Bees,
For a while I have been considering what I think is a kind of unique idea. Instead of table numbers, I wanted to have each table named after a place FH and I have travelled to. On each table I would have a short blurb about our trip there and a pic or 2 of us in said place. I'm guessing I'll have 14-15 tables, and our sweetheart table (which would be our honeymoon destination).
I'm pretty sure we have travelled to enough places (even if some of them are kind of local) to fill all the tables. We have taken a few international trips and plenty around the US.
Has anyone seen anything or done anything like this? If so, did you like how it was done, or do you have suggestions different that what I have above?
Thanks!!