I didn't want to do escort cards, but I definitely wanted to have some form of assigned seating. I looked around a bit and decided that a seating chart would be a great alternative! I designed it in InDesign and made it 18x24 in size, went to Staples and had it printed and mounted on foam board to give it some substance, and sat it on an easel in the foyer to our reception hall.
I already had InDesign - I'm a graphic designer and use it just about everyday!
You could use other programs though to do something like this, or download the trial version of InDesign if you just need it for a short period of time!
Hi, I love the board that you designed for the seating arrangements!!! You wouldn't happen to have a Template of it that you could post??? That would make my life a lot easier.... If you could that would be great if not ...just some tips on how to use InDesign would be great... It's pretty hard to use for someone who's not a graphic designer...... Thanks!!
Hi! Just wondering how smoothly this worked, was there a big crowd trying to find there name on all the tables? How many people were at the wedding?
I have about a 180 person wedding and I'd like to nix the escort cards but I'm afraid it will 1. take people ages to find their name and 2. become a large traffic jam.
Any thoughts would be great, thanks! It's lovely by the way!
@sgarrison2: Staples actually gave me a deal on the pricing because they had a promotion. I want to say it only cost about $24? They offer promos on their large-scale color printing pretty often so keep an eye out! Sometimes it's sales just on printing, sometimes they offer free mounting/laminating...
@gilliake: For fonts, I used akaDora (cursive-style) and ArnoPro (the serif/regular font).
@something.blue: The chart actually worked pretty well. You can't really see in the picture, but we organized all the names alphabetically within the table and that was really helpful for our guests. I would recommend, if you are having 180 people, doing a larger size chart (this is an 18x24, so maybe 24x36?) and having two charts so not everyone is crowded around one. In my opinion, and after talking to my guests after the fact, it took them the same amount of time to find their name on the chart as it would to have found their escort card on a table.
If you have a University near you, check to see if they have a computer lab with a plotter. The plotter has a set printing width (I can;t remember what it is off the top of my head - maybe 36"?), but the printing is typically much cheaper. At my school, the printing comes out to less than $10 per poster, in color (I use this for making large posters for research presentations).
If you don't have design software, you can also try making this in PowerPoint. You can set the size of an individual slide to be as large as you want.
I didn't want to do escort cards, but I definitely wanted to have some form of assigned seating. I looked around a bit and decided that a seating chart would be a great alternative! I designed it in InDesign and made it 18x24 in size, went to Staples and had it printed and mounted on foam board to give it some substance, and sat it on an easel in the foyer to our reception hall.
posted by luckyyou 1 year agoDid you have to buy the InDesign?
posted by ajkg25 1 year agoI already had InDesign - I'm a graphic designer and use it just about everyday!
You could use other programs though to do something like this, or download the trial version of InDesign if you just need it for a short period of time!
posted by luckyyou 1 year agoHi, I love the board that you designed for the seating arrangements!!! You wouldn't happen to have a Template of it that you could post??? That would make my life a lot easier.... If you could that would be great if not ...just some tips on how to use InDesign would be great... It's pretty hard to use for someone who's not a graphic designer...... Thanks!!
posted by jennybee9 1 year agocan you please send me a picture of your seating chart? I cant see it for some reason!
thanks!
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posted by stephanie22d 1 year agoHow much did staples charge to print that? I called the one in our area and they charge $2 for black/white and $45 for color. Yikes!
posted by sgarrison2 1 year agoWhat fonts did you use? So cute!
posted by gilliake 1 year agoHi! Just wondering how smoothly this worked, was there a big crowd trying to find there name on all the tables? How many people were at the wedding?
I have about a 180 person wedding and I'd like to nix the escort cards but I'm afraid it will 1. take people ages to find their name and 2. become a large traffic jam.
Any thoughts would be great, thanks! It's lovely by the way!
posted by something.blue 1 year ago@sgarrison2: Staples actually gave me a deal on the pricing because they had a promotion. I want to say it only cost about $24? They offer promos on their large-scale color printing pretty often so keep an eye out! Sometimes it's sales just on printing, sometimes they offer free mounting/laminating...
@gilliake: For fonts, I used akaDora (cursive-style) and ArnoPro (the serif/regular font).
@something.blue: The chart actually worked pretty well. You can't really see in the picture, but we organized all the names alphabetically within the table and that was really helpful for our guests. I would recommend, if you are having 180 people, doing a larger size chart (this is an 18x24, so maybe 24x36?) and having two charts so not everyone is crowded around one. In my opinion, and after talking to my guests after the fact, it took them the same amount of time to find their name on the chart as it would to have found their escort card on a table.
posted by luckyyou 1 year agoIf you have a University near you, check to see if they have a computer lab with a plotter. The plotter has a set printing width (I can;t remember what it is off the top of my head - maybe 36"?), but the printing is typically much cheaper. At my school, the printing comes out to less than $10 per poster, in color (I use this for making large posters for research presentations).
If you don't have design software, you can also try making this in PowerPoint. You can set the size of an individual slide to be as large as you want.
posted by chucko326 1 year ago