Street Signs instead of Table Numbers?!?1

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I think street signs are a great idea! I've been to lots of weddings that had table names instead of table numbers. I don't think it would be an issue at all.

If you do just the street names, make sure that you have a good map with the seating cards, otherwise people might have trouble finding the tables (with numbers you have a definite sequence making them easier to find). Are you going to put them on some sort of pole? If so, put the sign on the pole, and maybe put a number on the top of the pole?

As for the caterer, give them a seating chart with both number and name on them. If they are professional, you are probably not the first wedding with table names instead of numbers.

I really like the idea! I am doing wine varietals for table names, but will also incorporate a number. I like the eggplant one too, matches my colors as well :-)

We did street signs at our wedding -- but New Orleans streets since that's where we met. I used escort cards that had people's names and their table name. I don't think anyone was confused, and I think a number in addition to the name would have added confusion (and not looked pretty lol)

I bought these premade and they were cheap and nothing I would keep as a momento of the wedding, but they did the trick. There is a vendor on Etsy that makes really nice streetsigns for $10-15 each - it just didn't end up being in our budget and I didn't see myself DIY-ing. I also looked at Zazzle, but at the end of the day that wasn't practical either (b/c of minimums for each "streetsign").

@Heather: I love Eggplant! What are your colors?

@Juliette: Where did you find those stands? I found a lady on Etsy who will make them on tough paper for like $2.50 a piece. Which isn't too shabby.

@Soon-to-be-Mrs. K: I definitely don't want to do both, but a road map would be super cute. I'm going to research how we can pull that off as well!

I love this idea!!

Think this is really cool

This really is a great idea, and the escort card stands that Juliette posted are also amazing!

I am hoping to get eggplant dresses so we will see, then go from there. But it will be purple (whatever color i can get my dresses), black, white and a pop of orange in the floral arrangements

The escort card/placecard holders? I bought them off ebay because I was incredibly lucky that someone was selling them who had bought too many - so she was selling them super cheap with free shipping. Until then, this was the cheapest I'd found them - http://www.ellasweddingfavors.com/streetlight-place-card-holder-favor.html

The Etsy deal sounds great! You also will probably want to make sure they're double sided depending on how your venue is set up.