Table Numbers and Holders

This is the second post in the series.

Previous post:  Birdseed Tossing Cones.

Table Numbers

If you've done any investigating at all, you've probably seen this idea for table numbers.  When I first saw it early on, I thought it was so adorable and
personal.  I kept it in my mental files until now.  You can probably figure this out, but I'll walk you through what I did anyway.

You will need:

• Photo of couple
• editing software (I used Picasa)   It's free! This link will take you to the Mac version.

First, find a photo of the couple.  This is one of the engagement pictures that happened to have a nice big space between them.  You could also take a separate photo yourself of the couple holding a piece of blank poster board.

First I cropped the photo, then changed it to sepia.  (There's no reason you can't leave it in full color, I wanted it to blend with the white flowers.)  After that, I used the Text option on the Basic Fix screen and made a really big number.  No kidding, right?

I printed the photos out at 3 1/2" x 5" and mounted them to trimmed scrapbook cardstock.  Now, to get them onto the table.  With input from my friend, Sonya, we I decided to put them right into the floral arrangement.   To accomplish that, I really wanted to get some "official" table number holders, but I thought they were quite pricey.  So.  I went back to an old tried-and-true method.

Handmade wire holders

You will need:

• 18-gauge wire (from hardware)
• needle nose pliers

For my holders, I cut a 16" piece of wire.  Grasp one end of your wire with needle nose pliers and start rolling.  After you get it started you can switch to just winding it with your fingers.  I rolled mine till I had a 9-inch "tail" and about a 3/4-inch swirl.  You may need a longer piece of wire depending on your floral arrangement.

Place into florals and add photo.  I used two because the cardstock made the photo heavier.  If you really want to get fancy, you can make two for each arrangement and place them back to back so both sides of your guests seated at the table can see the photo.  (I didn't do that.)

Total cost:  Just over $3

Photo paper:  (had on hand)

Cardstock:  About $1.20

Wire:  About $2

Total time:  Very little
--a few minutes for editing, a few for cutting cardstock and a few more for curling wire.  I made 18 picks and had at least half of my wire left.

Cute Story:  The photographer really liked the table numbers, so was taking a picture of one.  Then she realized it was her photo!

Next up:

Programs and Placecards

I'm linking:

You can see this and other table cards at The Wedding Bee.