Seating Place Cards

Kricket212 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 04:56 PM

Seating Place Cards

Ok...here is my question.

My Cards have the M ______
With table # _____

The computer calligraphy lady said .60 each to do this which will cost like $65-70.

Should I have them handwritten or do it this way? I didn't want to spend the money..real calligraphy will be alot more money.

Should I try & do clear labels? I am confused.

shcole08 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 05:09 PM

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a woman i work with does a beautiful job and she is charging me .50 a card....and she does it by hand. .60 for computer seems alot.

Kricket212 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 05:38 PM

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Is it calligraphy? Does she do it as a side job? Maybe I can hire her?

shcole08 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 05:51 PM

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yes, she does it as a side job let me see if i have a copy of my invites to show you...anyway FM me if you want more info

Kittyg19 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 06:33 PM

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I did the computer calligraphy for my invite envelopes and liked it Better than hand calligraphy. much better and the price was a fraction.

lizzie217 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 07:08 PM

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I think that this is an area where you can save money...whichever is cheaper I dont think this is something people will notice that much

kristin597 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 07:24 PM

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I had my calligraphy done by hand. SHe only charged me .25 per card. It came out beautiful and she was done in about 3 days.

Kerin2804 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 07:46 PM

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FH actuall wrote ours out yesterday. I read odd the info and he printed them.

sunbride08 Posted: Sep 22, 2008 07:48 PM

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Posted by shcole08

yes, she does it as a side job let me see if i have a copy of my invites to show you...anyway FM me if you want more info

Which usually looks better, by hand or computer? Do you have a sample I could see? That would really help! Thanks!!

Kricket212 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 09:07 AM

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Any other suggestions?

colleen1117 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 09:24 AM

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i'm sticking my head in the sand on this one ...which i know will bite me in the *** :) I can't even conceive of how i'm going to do them :)

jillyb97 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 09:28 AM

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We had similar place cards given to us by the RH, but because we couldn't figure out what to do with them, like yourself, we ended up buying the packs of placecards that are sold at Michael's / AC Moore / etc and printing them ourselves. It wasn't expensive - a little time consuming with getting them to line up correctly. And I added a rhinestone to each and everyone of them, which took time too (of course dh wasn't part of that process!!!)

Just another idea!

Kricket212 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 09:36 AM

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Posted by jillyb97

We had similar place cards given to us by the RH, but because we couldn't figure out what to do with them, like yourself, we ended up buying the packs of placecards that are sold at Michael's / AC Moore / etc and printing them ourselves. It wasn't expensive - a little time consuming with getting them to line up correctly. And I added a rhinestone to each and everyone of them, which took time too (of course dh wasn't part of that process!!!)

Just another idea!

Thanks for the tip. I already spent alot of money on these. Ahhh Just to match. so frustrating!!

ammie1016 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 09:38 AM

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Posted by jillyb97

We had similar place cards given to us by the RH, but because we couldn't figure out what to do with them, like yourself, we ended up buying the packs of placecards that are sold at Michael's / AC Moore / etc and printing them ourselves. It wasn't expensive - a little time consuming with getting them to line up correctly. And I added a rhinestone to each and everyone of them, which took time too (of course dh wasn't part of that process!!!)

Just another idea!

Did the same thing, but I just bought clear labels and they came out really good.

jillyb97 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 09:45 AM

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Posted by Kricket212

Posted by jillyb97

We had similar place cards given to us by the RH, but because we couldn't figure out what to do with them, like yourself, we ended up buying the packs of placecards that are sold at Michael's / AC Moore / etc and printing them ourselves. It wasn't expensive - a little time consuming with getting them to line up correctly. And I added a rhinestone to each and everyone of them, which took time too (of course dh wasn't part of that process!!!)

Just another idea!

Thanks for the tip. I already spent alot of money on these. Ahhh Just to match. so frustrating!!

I know what you mean...good luck!

Kricket212 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:58 AM

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Ok, so I just tried the clear labels & did come out pretty good. The question is since the cards are pre printed with our names & date in wine colored ink....Can I print the names in black?
I don't have a color printer.

FinallyEngaged Posted: Oct 03, 2008 11:22 AM

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Posted by Kricket212

Ok, so I just tried the clear labels & did come out pretty good. The question is since the cards are pre printed with our names & date in wine colored ink....Can I print the names in black?
I don't have a color printer.

Yeah i think that is fine, you want people to be able to read their names. Plus it will nice to have the contrast in colors.