Elvis = Lives!
April 27th, 2007 @ 5:25 pm by Mrs. Lovebug
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m going to make my guests earn their cake and bubbly. None of this come-as-you-may, pampered and indulged nonsense. There will be challenges to be met. Obstacles to overcome. Puzzles to…puzzle out.
Take for instance, the table names. This baloney:
is entirely too easy. Enter my favorite online wordscrambler. In three easy steps, you can create your own personalized placecard-to-table puzzles that guests must solve to find their seats. Read more…
At Mr. Apple’s Request…
April 26th, 2007 @ 9:26 am by Mrs. Apple
….I agreed.
You see, Mr. Apple is a huge Lord of the Rings fan. He has the LOTR Trilogy Series on dvd. He also received this leather bound LOTR 50th Anniversary Edition book from me a few years back for Christmas. So after seeing a LOTR post awhile back from Miss Blueberry, he suggested why not have towns from LOTR as our table “numbers”.
With these unique and somewhat difficult town names, we thought it would be a better idea to include photos of fruits - for those older guests whose English isn’t so good. I even used some Asian fruits like the rambutan and lychee. I actually thought of doing different varieties of apples since I am Miss Apple! But I realized most guests wouldn’t even get it since they don’t read WB, plus apple variaties are so close in color and shape that people wouldn’t be able to distinguish between the apples. At least from the quick search I did on google.
I d-i-y’d the table names by using MS Word and printing them off my personal printer. The fruit images were downloaded from google images.
Make The Best Of It.
April 23rd, 2007 @ 5:23 pm by Mrs. Strawberry
So, as most of you know, I’m going for a shabby chic “theme”. Well, easier said than done. My venue is not shabby chic. It’s art deco. It’s quite lovely, don’t get me wrong, but not quite what I’m going for. Ideally, I’d love to have a reception in a barn… but that’s not in the cards.
Little Sharing — DIY Placecards
April 23rd, 2007 @ 9:30 am by Mrs. Orange
My grandmother made all these paper cranes and I glued each one onto a place card (Paper Source) after the calligraphy was done for names/table numbers. I could not work on this until we had all (or most of the) RSVPs back and we were ready to assign tables (i.e. two weeks before the wedding.) But, it was all worth it.
(Non Professional Photo)
Potted Placecards
April 23rd, 2007 @ 8:29 am by Mrs. Snow Pea
My bridesmaid’s 5 year old daughter wanted to learn about planting, so I started some seeds for her. I thought I would make it extra special when I give them to her and experimented with some ideas. All the materials were really inexpensive and with a little patience, you can have yourself some cute wedding or shower favors. Peas for “Two Peas in a Pod” or basil, which is a sign of love in Italy…
Great Pairs
April 2nd, 2007 @ 8:34 am by Mrs. Apple
For a unique spin off on table names, here are some that work great in pairs:
(via Google images)
Tom & Jerry (kids table)
Gin & Tonic (for the 20 something crowd)
Popeye & Olive Oyl
Calvin and Hobbes
Bert & Ernie
Cheech & Chong
Lilo & Stitch
Lewis & Clark
Lucy & Desi
Laverne & Shirley
Luke & Leia
Mario & Luigi
Meat & Potatoes
Nuts & Bolts
Oil & Vinegar
PB & Jelly
Do you have suggestions for any other great pairs?
Fabric Covered Thumbtacks
March 27th, 2007 @ 12:34 pm by Mrs. Bee
How About Orange posted a tutorial on her wonderful fabric covered thumbtacks.
These would look so lovely holding up placecards or table seating cards on a cork or fabric covered board.
Table and Place Cards
March 1st, 2007 @ 11:27 am by Mrs. Peach
Look what my talented MOH put together. I’m torn between the floral Elegant Southern vs. fun Dirty South theme. Poll time! (Don’t mind the color differences, these will be changed)
Whatever design I don’t use, I’ll prob use for favor tags (will blog about this soon!):
Table cards:
Cute Cheap Placecards
January 25th, 2007 @ 5:43 pm by Mrs. Hibiscus
I was randomly surfing photography blogs (one of my many hobbies), and came across this cute placecard idea on Apertura Photo’s blog. They assign who wants chicken, fish or meat in the most adorable way. It looks simple, cute, inexpensive and fun! What more can you ask for? haha.
Not quite the same (okay, not even remotely close but cute none-the-less) but I found some fish stickers at Sticker’s Galore and some chick stickers at Mrs. Grossman’s and Sandylion. I couldn’t find the exact ones pictures here. Sorry, I tried. Maybe someone else will have better luck. Let us know! 
Button Place Card
January 19th, 2007 @ 5:56 pm by Mrs. Strawberry
I saw these cute little place cards in a magazine a while back (I think it was Martha) and fell in love with them. Even Mr. Strawberry digs them!
