Seating Charts

Just get blank escort cards online. Avery has free printable templates online, and you can print them on a home printer. A package of small tented cards is about $15-$20 I think.

We ordered acrylic name plates I believe they were 1.00 each so 200.00 total. They were a hit and served as favors as well.

I used blank tented cards and had them on a table at the entrance of our reception. The cards were in the same style/font as our table numbers and buffet menu. I also hand wrote the names myself. I don’t even have great handwriting haha, you could ask a friend or coworker who has really good handwriting to help you out

I used Vistaprint and had a friend design a poster. On it I had table numbers and peoples names underneath so they just chose a seat at said table. I don’t think it cost more than $20 for it and it looked beautiful

Also I got table numbers from Amazon and they were around $10ish. I had around the same number of people you did. I was super happy with the decision on that number of people. Much less overwhelming when you’re around 60 on the headcount including yourself

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Do you mind showing me a picture of what it look like??

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Here is the chart that accompanies the name plates. Seating charts take a degree of strategy and I sat people according to family groups, social networks and common interests. Most walked away saying they had the greatest table ever.

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Individual escort cards are so much easier on guests and you. They are also much cheaper if you need to move someone last minute or make a typo because reprinting a chart is expensive and time consuming. Charts are also often difficult to read, cause traffic jams and guests forget their assignments when they get into a conversation with others. With individual escort cards, guests find their name, grab and go. They can also be color coded with solid colored card stock (and printed via Etsy for you if you don’t hire a local print shop) for a plated meal to let waitstaff know which meal they chose.



You can find blank solid colored card stock tent cards on Etsy. Some vendors will write the names for you or send them to you blank so you can write your own. Use an archival quality scrapbook pen in color of your choice to write the names on outside and assignments inside. If your handwriting is not the best, ask local friends/family to help out with an assembly line party complete with drinks and snacks.

We have purchased a stamper that will put the number of the table that they will seating at that a lot of names lol to write

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We put it on an easel at our venue and as people returned from cocktail hour, they used this

View Quoted Comment This is a picture from my desktop as I didn’t find a picture with it from the day. I can tell you that the quality was top tier 👌🏾
Nothing was hard to read, people loved seeing their names there, and it looked great in the sun and during the evening