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A lot of ideas have passed through my little head about table numbers. For a long time I wanted to do photos of Mr. T and I at the age that corresponded to the number of the table, like this gorgeous example. When those photos proved hard to track down (Mr. Tiramisu is one of five… it’s tricky to dig through so many piles of photos!), we thought about photos of places we had traveled or were important to us. At one point we considered photos that featured our dog, Duncan, posed with signs showing our table numbers. With time quickly slipping away before the wedding, I decided to go with the obvious choice that is right in front of us- our engagement pictures (all photos taken by the lovely Girls With Big Cameras).
Like I had mentioned in my previous post, Mr. Flamingo and I wanted some type of chandelier on a stand for our centerpieces, but we didn’t want to make a big hole in our budget. While shopping for the holidays, I suddenly had this “AWWWWWWWW” moment - and I apologize because I never showed you what that AWWW piece was.
Well without further ado here it is:
Taking gobs of inspiration from two of the most talented gals around, Huckleberry Karen and Lisa at Bellissima Vita, I sat down last night to make our escort cards that will tell guests where they are seated and also serve as wine charms for folks to keep track of their wine glasses.
The inspiration:
photo: Ed Pingol
They completely stump me. I’ve gotten as far as deciding that we’re going to only do table assignments, not individual seats. Mama Sundae is making a runner for the escort card table (which will be a 6ft table) so we’ve got that covered. I know where the table will be placed in the tent. I’ve even found a calligrapher to write each card for a really reasonable rate. What stumps me is how to display those suckers on the table! Originally, I liked the idea of hanging cards from a “tree” (or multiple trees) like this idea via Style Me Pretty:
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I was about to craft an entire post about organization when I realized I had more important things to ask you guys about.
As a recap of the past few days: I. have. been. stressed.
Things I have had to deal with:
1) drama with the people who are supposed to be printing my letterpress invitations. Let’s just say there were a lot of raised voices, they almost weren’t going to be printed, and none of it was my fault.
2) a very, very cheap groomsman.
3) a makeup artist/hair person who is missing in action
4) decisions about ceremony music
5) photobooth people who refuse to answer their phone and don’t call me back
Yesterday I decided to work on the menus for our bar. We’re having a few signature cocktails, so I wanted to create a menu so people know what their options are. I was discussing all of this with my friend Amanda when she brought up the fact that we have no menus for our food.
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When I checked out our venue we only had one option for our table linens - white tablecloth with a classic ivory overlay. At first I thought it was fine. Ivory matched our wedding colors, but having a white tablecloth, ivory overlay, ivory napkin and white plates… I have a feeling it might look washed out. So now I’m looking for table covers to add that extra glam.
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Working on all of the little details for our wedding is turning out to be WAY more difficult then searching for vendors. Right now I’m on the hunt for 8-9″ black table stands. I don’t want anything fancy or theme related. Just some decent, plain looking stands. So far, these options are the only two that I’ve come up with (found at Food Service Direct):
As time passes, I seem to change my mind on what I want to do for the table numbers. At first Mr. Flamingo had suggested having vintage movie posters, but I soon realized that they could be very complicated and hard to understand. First off, if the guests don’t know the movie specifically, they will need to search to find the actual title on the poster. In those years there was type all over the place - the actors’ names were more prominent than the actual movie title - so I think it may be hard for the guests to find their table. Another important point is that the majority of the guests are French and all the movie titles are in English.
I really liked the imagery of the 1933 movie The Songs of Songs. Not only is the imagery beautiful, but it’s vintage and wedding perfect… and it’s actually a love story too.
Here is the original poster :
Har har now… Let me get you your escort card…
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On Friday, I met with our event coordinator again to go through our venue and decide about important things. Namely, we discussed how many tables we would need and where to put them. I’m not very happy about how many tables we will have. Not happy at all.
For some reason, I thought we would be having 10 people at each table. That means 15 tables, if we hit our max of 150, right? So that’s how many drawings I made. 15. As it turns out, we have to have 8 people at each table, because of our chargers (and before you get all excited, I’ve gone through every possibility–even with giant tables, 10 is just not gonna happen). So that means 19 tables. NINETEEN. This means I have to draw SIX MORE DRAWINGS. I am not happy about this. When this topic first came up, I thought, “okay, simple as this: I will shamelessly recycle some drawings I have made for clients. Quick! Let’s go make a memory in a vineyard.” Mr. Cream Puff, however, seems to think this is cheating. Part of me wants to cheat still. The other part of me thinks I should suck it up and do six more drawings, but try to make them simple.
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We headed up to Wisconsin last weekend to test drive the design for the tables, and it went better than expected! There was so much going on that I didn’t take very many pictures but hopefully you’ll be able to get the idea. The runner now has a black border on one side - my Mom used both satin ribbon and bias tape (you can only see the ribbon in this picture) to try and give it a more “finished” look. Both options looked great but we decided it would be easier for her to use bias tape because it can actually be wrapped around the edge, preventing her from having to finish the edges and then attach the ribbon.
When people ask me what our color scheme is and I tell them, “lots of colors!” they usually give me the same doubtful look. Sometimes the look is followed by a statement like, “usually we recommend that you stick with one or two main colors…” I generally shrug and say, “yeah, that’s okay. I’m not doing that.”
Ok, so remember when I promised the last one was my last sign post? Well, I’m a liar liar. I wanted to show you the sign my girlfriend helped me make to go alongside our typewriter escort tags (just in case there’s confusion about finding the photo table numbers):
I’m too much of a lazybug to set up all the escort keys again, sorry. But this sign will stand just behind them.
A couple days back, the catering manager of our venue set up a table for us to mock around a little bit. This is what it looked like before I got my paws on it:
Ah, crud. I haven’t blogged since, like, March. I feel like a jerk. But I sweeeear I’ve been busy - making escort cards, bathroom baskets, favor boxes, programs, THE WORKS! So as some of that winds down, I suppose it’s time to share! Here’s the status on the escort cards I had started oh-so-long ago…
Last time we met to discuss this crucial issue, I still wasn’t sure how to stem or how to display my floral escort cards. But because you’re all BRILLIANT, the issues have been resolved:
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