seating charts - what program to used to make yours!

glenisland09 Posted: Dec 15, 2009 10:01 PM

seating charts - what program to used to make yours!

What should I use, wedding wire or old school post it notes on a giant board? Or maybe just plain excel?

Let me know what worked best for you!

GT143EA Posted: Dec 15, 2009 10:02 PM

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I used wedding wire. I thought it was easy!

glenisland09 Posted: Dec 15, 2009 10:06 PM

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did it take you forever to type in each guest's name and info? I wish there was a way to just import it from my list I have already made in excel

love your new pic Gail!!! you look so beautiful!

kristen1226 Posted: Dec 15, 2009 10:07 PM

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I am using Excel. It seems to working okay so far!

springsandra Posted: Dec 15, 2009 10:12 PM

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I used post-it's and a manilla folder. OLD SCHOOL YO!

Michelle likes to remind me that I brought my seating chart to a g2g in Suffolk oh so many months ago. I'm so so so glad I went to that!

springsandra Posted: Dec 15, 2009 10:13 PM

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Oh, and here's the pic from the g2g... since it was next to the one of the table chart I made in flickr anyway...

gina409 Posted: Dec 16, 2009 12:23 AM

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i used post its..so easy to switch people around

Debrian2009 Posted: Dec 16, 2009 12:36 AM

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I used Excel since I had everyone's names in there to begin with.

I sorted the list into a section for the bride and a section for the groom.

Then from there, I sorted those lists into groups that would wind up sitting together.

PROBM Posted: Dec 16, 2009 08:04 AM

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martha stewart weddings = amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

MirabellaNYC Posted: Dec 16, 2009 08:39 AM

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We just made list after list...........all hand writen.

KerriJohnS Posted: Dec 16, 2009 09:09 AM

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The place gave me a chart and so I make photocopies and used their charts (I wrote with pencil of course) and then I made more detailed lists with paper and pencil!!

It worked for me!!!

las1 Posted: Dec 16, 2009 10:28 AM

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Posted by Debrian2009

I used Excel since I had everyone's names in there to begin with.

I sorted the list into a section for the bride and a section for the groom.

Then from there, I sorted those lists into groups that would wind up sitting together.

This is what I did it was easier. Then I copied and pasted the people's names into a program to create the placecards.

RellyBride Posted: Dec 16, 2009 10:35 AM

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Posted by glenisland09

did it take you forever to type in each guest's name and info? I wish there was a way to just import it from my list I have already made in excel

love your new pic Gail!!! you look so beautiful!

you can upload your excel file into weddingwire and then all of your guest info is there! wedding wire was so easy!

nraboni Posted: Dec 16, 2009 11:55 AM

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Posted by Debrian2009

I used Excel since I had everyone's names in there to begin with.

I sorted the list into a section for the bride and a section for the groom.

Then from there, I sorted those lists into groups that would wind up sitting together.

I used excel too because all of my names were in there. I tried wedding wire and didn't have the patience to put all of my guests in there and then it was acting all wacky on me so I gave up.

MrsCM Posted: Dec 16, 2009 12:33 PM

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I like the one on this site

coldasice217 Posted: Dec 16, 2009 12:38 PM

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I started using the one on this site, but then I just converted it to Excel because we were getting too many changes in RSVPs and I found it easier to just drag the names instead of having to use the drop down boxes.

GT143EA Posted: Dec 16, 2009 12:46 PM

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Posted by glenisland09

did it take you forever to type in each guest's name and info? I wish there was a way to just import it from my list I have already made in excel

love your new pic Gail!!! you look so beautiful!

Awww thanks! I only typed in their first and last names and it didnt take that long. I only had about 80 people though.

geegee827 Posted: Dec 16, 2009 12:54 PM

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I did it old school. I do them all the time here at work for large meetings and seminars so for me, the seating chart was actually the easiest part of wedding planning.

I had done my invitations, guest list, etc., in QuattroPro (wordperfects version of excel). Then I ran all the guest names off on labels which I stuck on index cards.

I was allowed to have between 8 and 16 people at each table so looking at a layout of the room, I just started putting people into piles that I then rubber-banded together.

For example - my mom sat at table one - so in the table 1 pile, i had her index card, my sisters' cards, etc....

It was super-easy to make last minute switches and I could just pick up a pile and see that I had 10 people at table 7 but 16 at table 8....