Wedding Wednesday: Signage Success

Last week, I told you that Mom and Jon (and the reality of our finances) encouraged me to cut the miscellaneous décor line in our budget because, in the end, I had to admit it was just how I made excuses for all the pretty things I saw on Pinterest that I wanted to incorporate into our wedding but that didn't really fit our day.  I was talked out of the pom-pom garlands, the rustic floral bunting, and both the striped straws and the flag stirrers for cocktails - and, actually, I'm okay with all that.  The one thing I did fight to keep, though, was the signage.

I love the look of posters on easels all over the venue.  (Honestly, I did try for chalkboards at first, but even I recognized quickly that we didn't have the money for them!)  We're going to have one welcoming everyone to the wedding that's a blow-up of our invitation.  Another will be our seating chart.  We're making cards in the same design to label the cheeses and the desserts on their respective tables.  And my favorite of all will be a big sign at the entrance to the ceremony saying:

please, sit wherever you'd like - after all, we're about to become family!

Our amazing stationery guru, Caroline from Pink Orchid Invites, is creating the design for every piece of signage.  However, because some of them will be a decent size, it doesn't make sense to have them all printed here in DC.  Jon's fortunately got some printing contacts in London through work, so the bigger posters will be printed there - that way I won't have to deal with bringing them on a plane and risking damage!  Below are some of the inspirations I've been drooling over - but first, does anyone in England know where we can rent school-style easels?  Help!

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