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Mrs. Elephant, Dallas, TX Age and Occupation: 27, Financial Operations Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, IT Student/Store Manager Engagement Date: March 29, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2011 Venue: The Tribute Golf Club About Me: I'm a Philly native creating roots deep in the heart of Texas. I might be a little obsessed capturing those Kodak moments of anything and everything (mainly on vacations). I've become more of a gamer thanks to Mr. Elephant, who I met online and can't wait to spend the rest of my life with. We are planning a wedding based on our favorite colors, blue and green, with a travel theme for 150 of our closest friends and family. Hopefully our long (2-year) engagement won't kill me!
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Traveling Table Names

September 30th, 2010 @ 10:37 am by Mrs. Elephant

To go along with our boarding-pass escort cards, our tables will be named (instead of numbered) after places that we have traveled to together.

Back in the day, I mentioned my first mock-ups and the little changes I made to (hopefully) not make it look like a second grade school project. With some free time the other night, I decided to go ahead and finish the project.

I used the same blue and green card stock that we’re using for all other paper products and made use of the linen paper I ordered by mistake. I printed out the names of the destinations and glued them to green and blue mats, making use of scrap paper from other projects.

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Since the card stock wasn’t as thick as I would have liked and I was afraid that the table-name cards wouldn’t stand straight, I attached thick white card stock to the back of the colored pieces. I cut it down to 8″ x 6″ and rounded the corners for a polished look.

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A little more glue for the pictures of us at each destination and the city names, and we were good to go!

Be sure to have full coverage when using the spray adhesive so it doesn’t get on the edge of your coffee table. Not that it happened to me, but a friend of a friend mentioned it (wink, wink).

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I’m still trying to decide on how to display these. I’m debating between photo clips similar to these…

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…or little table stands like the ones used by Mrs. Gloss in her nautical wedding.

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Photos in her recaps by photographers Erica Lyn Photography and &Unlimited

How did you number or name your tables? Did you see any destinations in my table names that you have traveled to? Do you like the photo clips or stands better? I’m just full of questions today. :)

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15 Responses to “Traveling Table Names”

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Miss Ostrich (message)  1,948 posts, Buzzing bee

LOVE these, Miss E! the Ostrich wedding will be using island animal watercolor paintings as our table names - starfish, seahorse, whale, dolphin, sea coral, etc. as a fellow travel lover, these travel themed tables are awesome and super creative. can’t wait to see what you make next! xo

 
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Mrs. Star (message)  2,057 posts, Buzzing bee

They came out awesome! You guys have been to a lot of places together :)

I adore the little stands, they get my vote!

 
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bRooklynRocks (message)  3,769 posts, Honey bee

Da dude, is a big big sports fan so I’m probably going to do the tables based on his favorite sports teams. I love your table idea too. I like the idea of having them stand on the type that Ms. Gloss used.

 
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jordynrose (message)  6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Personally, I love the little stands for your table cards. We were boring and just used numbers.

 
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Miss Jaguar (message)  4,656 posts, Honey bee

Miss Elephant, can I just say how much I LOVE the blue and green together? They really pop!

 
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Miss Elephant (message)  6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Thanks everyone!! I agree the stands look a lot better!

 
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kaitybird (message)  66 posts, Worker bee

Love these table “numbers” - I’m considering a similar idea.

I’m sure you’ve put this in a previous post, but where did you get your blue cardstock from?

 
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periwinkle

The little stands get my vote, too! Cute signage!

 
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Miss Elephant (message)  6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

@kaitybird: Thank you!! The blue and the green cardstock are from Michael’s :)

 
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starsael

the stands class it up!

 
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kaitybird
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kaitybird (message)  66 posts, Worker bee

@Miss Elephant Thank you!!

 
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Mrs. Elephant, Dallas, TX Age and Occupation: 27, Financial Operations Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, IT Student/Store Manager Engagement Date: March 29, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2011 Venue: The Tribute Golf Club About Me: I'm a Philly native creating roots deep in the heart of Texas. I might be a little obsessed capturing those Kodak moments of anything and everything (mainly on vacations). I've become more of a gamer thanks to Mr. Elephant, who I met online and can't wait to spend the rest of my life with. We are planning a wedding based on our favorite colors, blue and green, with a travel theme for 150 of our closest friends and family. Hopefully our long (2-year) engagement won't kill me!

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