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For those doing table names.

MarcellaBella Posted:

For those doing table names.

How big did you do them?

shelzyp Posted:

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I am doing them in a 5x7 frame or easel

Jodi73 Posted:

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I am thinking about doing them and my banquet manager told me to make them at least 5x7 or 8x10.

nrvbrd Posted:

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I purchased 5x7 Silver Pewter frames from Odd Job for $4.99 each.

MarcellaBella Posted:

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oooh great ideas.. I want to get them started but had no clue of how big to make them or how to display them.. hmmmm... perhaps decorate frames with feathers and glitter and such?

Jodi73 Posted:

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The only thing my banquet manager said to me was make them big enough so the guests are not wondering around the place looking for the table name. I have been to some affairs that had numbers and I still had to wander around. The numbers are sometimes in no order what so ever!

StayandJohn Posted:

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Marcella, what are you naming your tables after? We want to do that too, but cant think of anything.

MarcellaBella Posted:

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I'm having a theme wedding, so we're naming the tables after dif venetian masquerades!

how about emotions?
any hobbies?
sports?
countries?
are you wine buffs? how about different kinds of wine grapes? or dif kid of wines?
shelzyp Posted:

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We are naming them after vegas hotels, and someone else was naming them after places they had traveled too. You can also do flower names, or things like, hope love cherish etc. SOmeone is also doing something about places in NY, there was a thread in the beginning of the week on this?

StayandJohn Posted:

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Well, John is the BIGGEST Minnesota Vikings fan...and he suggested naming the tables after players....I dont think so.....tables with names like Hovan, Culpepper, Moss, Kleinsauser, Birk...NOOOO way. Maybe the names of the places we traveled to and the names of the Islands we will be going to on our honeymoon. That may work

sept2703 Posted:

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We're doing a golf club related theme names since FH and my dad are way into golf and we are having it at a country club

hotelcalie Posted:

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I got tri-fold paper..so about 3.5 x 8.5. I will print on both sides and laminate them. I made table name holders that match the place card holders.

nrvbrd Posted:

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Stay and John;

My FH and I are huge basketball fans so we are naming our tables after famous players:

Michael Jordan, Jason Kidd, Patrick Ewing, etc etc.

I think your guest might get a kick out of it.
christine1221 Posted:

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marcella ... there was a thread about this some time ago. I love this idea.

Mine table names were Christmas movies ... so much fun!

I bought 5x7 cardstock at PickQuick the paper Superstore in Farmingdale
I printed them on the computer
I went to Pearl Paint & bought stands ... the kind that has adhesive and you stick to the back so that they stand up like the back of a frame (so hard to describe, sorry ...
cost about $2.50 for 15

They looked great & didn't cost more than $20 for 15 tables! The hall put them out for me according to the seating chart I'd given them.

good luck & have fun!
sept2703 Posted:

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Christmas bride? Do you have a picture?

Also did you write out the table name on the seating cards?
I went to a wedding where they had a big easel with all the table names and everyone's assignement on it instead of place cards... don't know how I am going to do it yet.
Robeymuse Posted:

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we are naming our tables after favorite places we have been together since we have done a lot of traveling.

minniebride14 Posted:

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I want to name mine after Disney characters; I need 12 names. Do you think this is a good idea? Also, any suggestions on how to display them?

Thanks!
CherylBooch Posted:

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Minnie, that's what FI and I were talking about doing! (We got engaged at Disney!)
I would put the character's name and picture. We were deciding if we should do only old school Disney, or do some of the newer characters like Lilo and Stitch.
christine1221 Posted:

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Sept 27 ... I do have a pic ... It's just not scanned yet.

I printed the place cards with the table names instead of numbers ... like this

Mr & Mrs John Doe
White Christmas

Mr & Mrs. Peter Sandwich
It's a Wonderful Life

Then I let the guests wander around & find their tables. The room was not really big enough to need a seating chart, so why not? What's the difference? It's not like they'd know where their table was if it had a number on it! right?
so why kill yourself on that ... unless you have a thousand extra hours ... which is great, but I didn't.

The only thing we did do was leave the tables numbered for the wait staff, so it would be easier for them, otherwise the kitchen goes crazy! I let the director of catering take care of it & she put a small # on each table for them.

whoops ... didn't read that post correctly ...

silibonz Posted:

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Since I LOVE CANDLES....i wanted to do something in that direction, with Scents of Candles...but of course my FH has to be a Scrooge to that idea Im glad you girls will get the chance!

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