Table Names

I wanted something other than just numbers to tell our guests which table they were at - ideas that we considered were: 

1. Pictures of the bride and groom at different ages:

2. Names of places you've been together/places that are meaningful to you:

3. Names of beaches/islands:

4. Song lyrics:

We ended up going with number 4, Song Lyrics!  For us this made the most sense, as it really brought together our beach/music theme (see our fish/music note logo from last week's post on our invites!).  The hard part was picking the songs/lyrics - I wanted the title of the song to relate to love/weddings somehow, and the title had to be in the particular lyric we chose - which is harder than it sounds! (scroll down for a full list of all lyrics we chose)

As for displaying them on the tables, we used these great frames from IKEA - they are double sided, stand up on their own, and cost 99 cents each!!!  I just printed the lyrics out on different shades of blue cardstock from Michael's (2 of each lyric for the front and back of the frame) - I made the title of the song all capitals and larger than the rest of the lyric so people could more easily find their table (I also ended up giving in and putting sticker numbers on the frames, so each table had a name and a number in case some guests were confused by the table names).  Then I (well, actually Rob's mom did this part, thanks Elaine!) cut out the lyrics to fit in the fames, slid them in, and that was it - done!  

Here are some pictures of the finished product, on the tables at our wedding (photographed by the awesome Alison Kamper Photography)!  

In a future post, I'll talk about all the other things we had on the tables besides the table names. 

Here's a full list of all of our table lyric names:

Tell me am I right to think that there could be NOTHING BETTER than making you my bride and slowly growing old together - The Postal Service

You are the best thing that's ever been MINE - Taylor Swift

Do you REMEMBER THE TIME when we fell in love - Michael Jackson

Can anybody find me SOMEBODY TO LOVE? - Queen

Come with me, my love to the sea, the SEA OF LOVE - Phil Phillips

TODAY is the greatest day I've ever known - Smashing Pumpkins

I CHERISH the thought of always having you here by my side - Madonna

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, love. Love is all you need - The Beatles

Jump, JUMP FOR MY LOVE, Jump, I know my heart can make you happy - The Pointer Sisters

How ever far away, I will ALWAYS LOVE YOU, whatever worlds I say, I will always love you - The Cure

When I fall in love, it will be FOREVER - Nat King Cole