Wedding Blog

Before I tell you about our centerpieces, let’s talk tables. The round table is, by far, the most popular table used at weddings, that much we know. What we don’t know is that, for whatever reason, multiple round tables totally throw off my chi. They disalign my chakra. They muddle my mojo.

Anyway, that option was instantly nixed, and it was on to the rectangle table. Now…

This was definitely one of the thousands of things I learn by stalking Weddingbee. Since I’ve attended only two weddings in my life and both of them had someone guiding me to my seat, I had absolutely no idea what a seating chart was until a few months ago.

Now that I’ve been drawn into the wedding waters, I’ve found so many cool/fun seating ideas that…

A few weeks ago, I finished our seating charts. We had all the RSVPs in, and I really wanted to get this task out of the way. It took a little while, but I finished it and was actually proud of some of the table assignments I put together.

A week later, there was a change. Our friends broke up, and this meant that we either needed…

… Ms. Joey will attempt a difficult task — the seating arrangements.

At first Mr. Joey and I weren’t going to do assigned seats. The lunch is a buffet, so it wasn’t like servers needed to know who sat where. We changed our minds when we started looking at the guest list. It’s a pretty random assortment of people from all phases of our lives, together…

I’ve been skipping along, not at all stressed. Whenever anyone asked, the answer was, “I’m still waiting to feel overwhelmed or anxious.” Well, I finally got stressed. Yesterday, as I was going through my list and Mr. P was playing golf, I realized we hadn’t done anything with the seating chart. I always knew, and ALWAYS said that I’m probably forgetting something pretty major. So…

Are you frustrated with your seating chart? Is the endless seating “politics” driving you crazy? Are all of your erasers completely gone from writing and re-writing names? Do you fantasize about covering it in kerosene, lighting a match, and tossing it out the window in a flaming ball of firey glory?!

Put down the matches, my friend. I am about to be your saving grace. Well,…

This past weekend, Mr. Deviled Egg and I met with Frank, our catering manager to discuss some details of the reception. One topic that came up was our seating arrangements. With a wedding party of about 10 adults, three children and a bride and groom, I want to be sure that everyone has a comfortable place to sit for dinner.

At our venue, a long banquet…

Like most brides, I had heard my share of horror stories about figuring out the seating arrangement. The “so-and-so can’t sit anywhere near so-and-so”/too many people and not enough tables/”why do they get to sit near the bride and groom but we have to sit in the corner with the photographers?” type of drama.

Luckily, our families and friends are mostly drama-free, and our parents entrusted…

Mr. Shortcake and I aren’t the most regular of folks. In any given moment, either one or both of us will be making faces, speaking in cartoon voices, and generally being rather ridiculous. I’m particularly prone to breaking out into spontaneous song and dance routines in public. We can’t help it - we’re just silly people! Our wedding, as elegant and beautiful as some parts…

I have been using Perfect Table Plan to keep track of our RSVP’s and I have been loving it. I was able to import our guest list and keep track of their responses with ease. Meal choices, guests, and “who invited them?!” were all included in the handy chart. When it finally came time to start seating people, things got a little trickier. Being able…

Last night we were double checking the seating chart, making sure that everyone is seated appropriately (i.e. non-drinkers are not located next to the bar, crazy relatives are separated, that sort of thing.) Reflecting on it as we were lying in bed, we started thinking about which “singles” we could possibly pair up. (It actually reminded me of high school sleepovers.)

No, we’re not doing a…

Like a few other bees, I am using the Perfect Table Plan software to assign seats and lay out the room for the reception. I really love playing with it. I already uploaded all of my guests (no, the invitations haven’t gone out yet. Why do you ask?) and have assigned their seats. The software enables you to make connections between people which will help…

Before I even need to think about who I will be seating where (and let me say I am dreading this part!), I have to decide what type of escort cards I will be using. I recently learned the difference between escort cards and place cards : place cards actually assign the seats of the guests and escort cards simply say which table your guest…

I pretty much spent most of Sunday updating the registry, finalizing our guest list, emailing our wedding coordinator and working on our seating plan/chart.

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One of the things that we hope to get started on soon is a seating chart for our guests. Yes, we know that our invitations haven’t gone out yet (but will be in the mail early next week!), but I’ve heard that it is easier to make a seating chart ahead of time and then modify it as people say they can come in than…