Weddingbee Blog

More paper stuff!

In addition to ceremony programs, I decided to DIY butler cards, place cards, menu cards, table numbers, and the guest book. To keep things simple, I made personalized menu cards that doubled as place cards. Each menu card had only what each guest ordered on the invitation reply card, and were color coded to reduce confusion for the caterers. It worked out great!

I bought all the cards from Paper Source, and the text was designed on Adobe Illustrator. To make the swirly green motif, I pulled elements from my wedding invitations.

Something that didn’t work so great: my wish tree guest book.  (I’ll show y’all how I made the trees in another post.)

I found this tray to hold my wish cards at Michael’s. It was a natural wood color, but I spray painted it sage green.

I used the same Kate’s Paperie ribbon that I used on the programs. 

I made this sign to help my guests know what to do:

Unfortunately, only one couple “got it.” Most people were confused by this set up and actually wondered where the book was. Perhaps it was my use of the phrase “guest book?” Maybe they didn’t bother to actually read the sign? This was one of the wedding details that I was really excited about, so I was super bummed to find I only had one well-wish after I got back from the honeymoon.

So this is my advice that was already summed up by Miss Daffodil: have a greeter or a guest book attendant. I’ve never seen an attendant at any of my friends’ weddings, so I never thought to delegate this to any of my friends. I really wish I had!