Stylish Seating Plans
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Posted in Wedding Styling
Unless you’re opting for a very informal atmosphere at your wedding, chances are you’ll be having a seating plan for your wedding breakfast. Your stationery designer will probably be able to create a table plan to match the rest of your wedding stationery, but there are plenty of other options that can add individuality to your reception and also reflect your wedding style or theme. So before you go down the traditional ‘plan on an easel’ route, take a look at some of my favourite seating plan ideas…
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I love the idea of using a collection of photo frames to create a table plan. It creates a nice focal point and is relatively inexpensive to do, as you can pick up frames fairly cheaply at car boot sales, charity shops or local markets. A collection of mis-matched, antique-style gold and silver frames would work particularly well for a vintage or shabby-chic theme.
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For a rustic wedding reception, why not use wooden pegs to attach escort cards to a screen or string line? Incorporate your surroundings by tying the line around or between trees near the entrance to your reception.
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Tie in your wedding theme by using natural materials or trinkets. For example, writing guest names onto flat stones and placing in a tray of sand or shingle can work really well for a beach/waterside theme.
I particularly love how these miniature test tubes were used as escort cards in acknowledgement of the couples’ scientific background – as a former scientist, you’ve no idea how cute and quirky these are for me!
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I’m a big fan of seasonal wedding designs, so I just love the idea of hanging cards from branches for an autumnal wedding. You could easily amend this to reflect the time of your wedding – for example, by using blossom instead of leaves for a spring theme, or paper snowflakes for winter.
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Finally, if you’re looking to economise, you can save yourself some money by doubling up your escort cards as favours or keepsakes. You could provide an actual gift, but I also really like the idea of using an engagement photo to illustrate the table number.
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Photo Credits:
Country window box and table card washing line: Zoom Photography via SMP
Vintage photo frames: Vintage Flair via Charley Beard and Brides Magazine
Washing line escort cards: Kate Harrison via 100 Layer Cake
Stones and engagement photo: The Brides Cafe here and here
Keys: 100 Layer Cake
Test tubes: Lucida Photography via Once Wed
Leaf escort cards: IN Photography via SMP
Shot glasses: Gabriel Ryan Photography via Green Wedding Shoes
