Table Names and Numbers

[Heywie]

Are any of you naming your tables instead of numbering them? I have about 20 tables and I would love to do something different instead of numbers. I was thinking of naming them different flowers, different places we have been together or will go together, nicknames we have (probably too many tables for this), or the word "love" in different languages...

What are you all doing? I would love some inspiration!

[081608Bride]

I like the idea of LOVE in different laungages. That is really cute. We aren't doing table names or numbers.

[10Nov2008]

I'm going to suggest doing it with something that is meaningful to you as a couple. IMO, it's another way of personalizing a venue.
My cousin named their tables with names of places that had signifigant meaning to them both growing up and as a couple.
My best friend chose to name her tables after cartoon characters.
At another wedding I was in, the bride named her tables after different cars because fixing up cars was a mutual hobby for her and her hubby.
At our wedding, we are naming tables after brand names of firearms. My FH is in law enforcement and collects. He and I met at a gun club, the rangemaster set us up. We also compete in shooting. My FH's only "job" is to find me 20 suitable names for the tables. :)
The names you choose can also be conversation topics at the table!! Good luck!!

[sweetvenus]

We've been going back and forth between table names and numbers. We can't agree on names for them. Some ideas we've thrown out:

- Video game couples (like, Mario and Peach)
- Names of fictional couples, including but not limited to, video games (like, Buttercup and Wesley)
- Star Wars planets
- Different words for the color red (our accent color)
- Bands/singers we've seen in concert together (with the table names displayed like concert tickets on the tables)
- Places in video games
- Streets we've lived on (both together and separately)
- Cities/towns that have some significance to us

Right now I think we're back to numbers, but having the numbers represent ages and have pictures of the two of us at that age displayed.

[animal.crackers]

If it works with your theme or ties in with your wedding, I love the idea of using flower names. There are SO many to choose from, and lots of flowers have awesome/interesting names.

But I might be partial to this idea because when I was little, my grandpa gave my sisters and my girl cousin and I each a special flower nickname that he called us. I might not remember perfectly, but I think they were Peony, Sweet Pea, Lobelia, and Chrysanthemum. Or maybe one was Nasturtium. I'd have to ask my mom. But yeah, there are lots of fun flower names! =)

[Katiegirl]

We're having wildflowers at our wedding, so our tables will be named after flowers. (Poppy, cosmos, Sweet William, ect). My friends' tables were named after things in their life, their pets, etc.

[Jacobs_Girl]

I know Justina FCC did that, she had a truck theme wedding and they were name all sorts of trucks. Its a good idea as well, if you do table numbers and have that fancy writing some people would take forever trying to figure out there table lol

[BelhurstBride]

I was thinking of doing "important dates" to identify tables. For example, September 23, 1989 and then somewhere on the table put why that date is important (mom and dads anniversary). If you have enough important dates, this might be fun and it would get people at the tables talking!! You could have them try to figure out what the dates mean.

Other ideas for dates:
Birthdates (yours, FH's, children if you have any)
Date of engagement
Date you first met each other
grandparent's anniversary
mom and dad's anniversary

[luckythirteen05]

i love this thread! my fave idea is the street names/cities that are significant to the couple. my fh and i always take road trips, so this would be an awesome idea for us.

[lillypad]

I think table names look really cute but with 20 tables could get a little confusing, I remember going to a wedding and spending what felt like forever looking for my table because they were in no order. That being said they still are a nice touch so I would suggest doing table names with a number underneath just to make things easier for your guests.

[Danielle9608]

I was thinking of doing "important dates" to identify tables. For example, September 23, 1989 and then somewhere on the table put why that date is important (mom and dads anniversary). If you have enough important dates, this might be fun and it would get people at the tables talking!! You could have them try to figure out what the dates mean.

Other ideas for dates:
Birthdates (yours, FH's, children if you have any)
Date of engagement
Date you first met each other
grandparent's anniversary
mom and dad's anniversary

This is a really cute idea. I would have done this but I already did all my table tents. We named them after MA beaches.

[kimekia5519]

I am doing a "Double Happiness" Asian theme for my wedding. I named all of my table with "love" words and put the chinese symbol that corresponds with the word on the table marker. Here's a few that I just finished.
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[chicago girl]

I love the idea of having the word "Love" in different languages, just make sure they are different enough for your catering staff (amor, amore, etc. are very close).

I also really love the idea of differnt flowers. Very cute, and you could incorporate it into your centerpieces or favors (like the daisy table gets daisy seeds).

A friend of mine named the tables at his wedding for his favorite bands.

[bottenkm]

I saw a neat idea where each table was named after a couples' first:

First Date
First Kiss
First "I love you"
First Big Trip
First Pet
First Home Together

Each card told the story of the couples' first and had a picture of the couple.

For example one of mine would be:

OUR FIRST DATE
On our first date, Ryan took me to dinner at a fancy restaurant, where happend to run into the parents of one Ryan's best friends growing up. They invited us to sit with them for dessert. Ryan was so embarrased when they began telling stories about his high school days!

I think this is a really cute idea, but I need more "firsts". Anyone have any ideas?

[starsthrumysoul]

I saw a neat idea where each table was named after a couples' first:

First Date
First Kiss
First "I love you"
First Big Trip
First Pet
First Home Together

I think this is a really cute idea, but I need more "firsts". Anyone have any ideas?

Ooh, I LOVE this idea!! It seems so personal! You could even put a small picture on it to illustrate each one. You could look through photos and find some ideas. For instance, FH and I have a picture of the first time we cooked together. We also have one from our first plane ride together.

Other ideas:
First big purchase together
First Christmas (or other holiday, maybe Halloween) together

It's harder than I thought it would be :-P

[WBandMe]

I plan to name ours after different breeds of roses. I LOVE roses and they're the main flower that we're having. Also, FH lived in San Jose for a few months and when I flew out there we went to the San Jose Rose Garden. I loved it, and it's where we took the picture that on our STDs so we were going to use roses that are planted there. I wanted to put a picture of that kind of rose on each table card, so I was going to use our own shots for the one's we happen to have pics of and pull the rest off the web.

[Whitewater]

We're only going to have 12-15 tables, so we were going to go with names.

Trouble is, we haven't got any idea about what names to use!

I was thinking about Disney park attractions since that's where we're honeymooning, but I dunno.

It's harder than it appears to get all those different names!!


Whitewater

[crescentmoonpaper]

I just did table numbers for a couple that loved cookies- each table was named after a favorite cookie! I've also done famous racetracks (for the auto-enthusiast groom!) honeymoon islands, flowers (with their meaning). Oh! we also recently did a wedding for movie-lovers; each table was named after a favorite movie. Say Anything, When Harry Met Sally, etc.

I love the idea of naming tables after cities you've lived in, or places you've visited that are significant.

Books you've loved?

I think it's a great way for guests to learn a bit more about the couple. and a great ice breaker, too!

Congrats on your upcoming day!
Sara
Crescent Moon Paper Co.

[EarlyBird]

i was going to to do "names" but then decided to go ahead and do numbers... HOWEVER, the thought of LOVE in different languages it unqiue and awesome..

Maybe if you have too many tables you could pick two words like love and cherish or life

[wedbyjean]

Part of the fun of table names is that it makes guests get up and look around.

I've done weddings with tables named after locations (some were specific places, not just a city) that were important in the couples 'courtship,' one couple had cities that they had visited, and another, whose theme was "New York Chic Meets Hollywood Glamour" used names that were related to those cities.

If you want to have some semblance of order, you can always place the names in alphabetical order in the room.

[Heywie]

These are all such great ideas!

I ended up going with numbers because I was worried about the confusion of finding tables... My venue is sort of spread out across two lawn areas and I have 20 tables!

I would have loved to do table names or trivia on them, and if I hadn't already printed and packaged all of them, I may have added some sort of name or phrase under the number, but oh well. Too late now!

Whitewater - I love the idea of Disney attractions, especially if that's something special to you both. We got engaged at Disneyland and that would have been a cute idea for our tables, but I was worried it didn't really match the rest of our wedding theme.

[gwenshack]

We're only going to have 12-15 tables, so we were going to go with names.

Trouble is, we haven't got any idea about what names to use!

I was thinking about Disney park attractions since that's where we're honeymooning, but I dunno.

It's harder than it appears to get all those different names!!


Whitewater


12-15 Disney attractions!? Awesome idea. I can think of that many off the top of my head. But you can always go to the Disneyland or Disneyworld website and they have lists of the attractions, and even what land they are in, listed there.
What a fun honeymoon!!!

[uhmanduh728]

I saw a really cute thing at a wedding that i recently attended the tables were still numbered but there was a frame in the center with a picture of the bride and groom at that age and the table number was on the back of the frame. it's a cute way to get guests that don't really know eachother talking too.. :)

[Mike's Girl]

My parents are divorced so I couldn't number the tables, because somebody would have to be at table 2 since they can't sit next to each other. So I decided to name them after classic love stories, because I was a Lit major in college.
Jayne Erye
Anne of Green Gables
Wuthering Heights
Things like that.... Also, I have bookmarks as my Seating Cards

Other Ideas are words that has to do with Marriage like, LOVE, HONOR, CHERISH, RESPECT... My cousin did it at her wedding and I loved the Idea!

[Heywie]

My parents are divorced so I couldn't number the tables, because somebody would have to be at table 2 since they can't sit next to each other. So I decided to name them after classic love stories, because I was a Lit major in college.
Jayne Erye
Anne of Green Gables
Wuthering Heights
Things like that.... Also, I have bookmarks as my Seating Cards

Other Ideas are words that has to do with Marriage like, LOVE, HONOR, CHERISH, RESPECT... My cousin did it at her wedding and I loved the Idea!

I love the lit theme! That's awesome!

[amisteratwisterandme]

You guys have given me some great ideas. FH wanted to somehow incorporate maps of all the places our families served their military careers in, so I may do something with that, or we may do the different battles of WWII. thinking hard........

[amisteratwisterandme]

We're only going to have 12-15 tables, so we were going to go with names.

Trouble is, we haven't got any idea about what names to use!

I was thinking about Disney park attractions since that's where we're honeymooning, but I dunno.

It's harder than it appears to get all those different names!!


Whitewater

That is an awesome idea! You can do characters as well.

[kylesbridetobe]

Hi there! Newbie chiming in :) I was reading this thread and thinking of how great all of your ideas were, and then I thought that maybe this would be an unique and subtle way to incorporate Corinthians 13. I know that it is predictable to have it read in your ceremony but if you wanted to include it some other way, you could name the tables things like:
Patience
Kindness
Humility
Selflessness
Forgiveness
Honesty
Protection
Trust
Hope
Perseverance

That gives you a lot to work with, too! I was also thinking it would be cool to include the Bible verse underneath the name, like:
HONESTY
"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth..."
PROTECTION
"Love always protects..."
etc.

FH and I aren't particularly religious but I still think Corinthians 13 is beautiful and this would definitely please our more religious family members.

[Layla D. Smith]

When we were married, we used names. But, they weren't all of a similar "theme", they were all varied, but each was significant to us for one reason or the other. And, we didn't "name" them with labels, we let the centerpiece decor give the name. Also, the guests table cards, were a hint to what their table was. I know, it's confusing to imagine. But, here let me give you an example.

1) guest A's card said "Hamlet & Othello" and the table they sat at had a centerpiece fashioned with some shakespeare scripts, a shakespeare hard bound book of everything the bard ever wrote, and some other things my hubby owned. We are huge Shakespeare fans.

2) guest b's card said "This team was born on 11/15/1994" and the table they were seating at had a jaguars jersey, and a football, and some other memorabilia. We have Jax Jaguars season tickets, so this is another thing very important to our life.

3) guest c's card said "orville and Wilbur Wright" and their table had airplanes on it. My hubby is a pilot.

So, the idea was develop things important to us, and use them as a "theme" for each table, then come up with clues that pointed the guests in the right direction to that table.

It really was a great idea. We saved money on decor (we used a plant with items we already owned), and it gave our guests a way to entertain themselves during cocktail hour. Of course, it wouldn't work if your cocktail hour is held somewhere else, as they need time to find their tables....It also got guests to really look at everything that decorated each table. Was a great conversation starter.

[jencass]

We are going on a Caribbean cruise for our honeymoon, and are thinking of naming our tables after different islands we are going to visit. It all depends on how many tables we have though!

[FutureKelley]

We are doing significant days in our relationship as the table numbers followed by a little paragraph explaining what it means, such as...

Day 1- We met for the first time at a bonfire party.
Day 62- "I love you" was said for the first time.

I came up with about six without any problems and now I can't think of anything, lol. I'm just hoping we won't end up with more than 9-10 tables.