Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

HI guys!!! Im struggling with trying to do my seating chart myself. I know this isnt liweddings..but noone responded their yet
Our wedding is a very small one..just our families and a few friends..30 people tops..but I still want a pretty chart. Does anyone still have their old templates? I tried to do it myself and it looks like hell.
Thanks in advance!

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

just use excel, that is what I did. I made a box for each table and the amount of cells in it represented how many people could sat at that table.

Then just group the people with who you want them to sit with.

30 people is not hard to seat, you will be fine.

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

Posted by neener1211

just use excel, that is what I did. I made a box for each table and the amount of cells in it represented how many people could sat at that table.

Then just group the people with who you want them to sit with.

30 people is not hard to seat, you will be fine.

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

I blew up the seating chart the hall gave me to a larger size (not sure of measurments, but one up from legal-size, if that makes sense) & used sticky tabs ( the long skinny ones, not regular post-its) with everyones names on them. Hung it on a wall, and moved everyone around as RSVPs came in. It was easy to adjust this way, and easy to visualize how everyone would be seated.

Also, I tried to sit down with DH and do this 3x with his help, and we got nowhere. I finally did it while he was at work, and seriously got it done in 15 minutes. Yes, input is helpful, but you might be better off making executive decisions and just getting it done.

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

Thanks you guys! I tried it on excel and I am just seating chart challenged..the fonts I use for the wording looks like hell...Ill have to just keep playing with it...it shouldnt be this hard..Im onkly inviting a fe wpeople.....

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

I did excel too!

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

ok you might laugh at they way we did it.

we wrote out all the names on paper then we put adhesive on the backs of the paper then we stuck them to the wall in our living room

So that we could see the how to place the tables so that people could have enough room to walk around.

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

Are you talking about seating charts for you and the hall, or to have instead of placecards at the reception?

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

I want it for instead of using place cards...I know who will sit where, but I when I design it myself, either the font of its size looks crummy...I cant figure out how to make it look nice

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

I never used a nice one.

What about making a table on Word with a nice font?

Anything I can do to help- let me know!! I remember how much you helped me during my wedding planning.

Re: Anyone still have their seating chart from their wedding?

oh Shelly...you are sweet!!!
I try to do it word..witrh different fonts and all of the different sizes..and it looks like a toddler made it! hahahah I will keep trying though..I will get it right eventually!