Create Your Wedding SEATING CHART w/ These Hassle-Free Tips
Release Date: 11/17/2021
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info_outlineCreating your wedding reception seating chart can QUICKLY become one of wedding planning’s biggest pains.
Between crazy family members, divorces, step-parents, hook-up’s gone wrong, introverts, extroverts and lots of alcohol - your seating chart can quickly begin to feel like a jigsaw puzzle from hell.
This week on the Wedding Planning Podcast, we’re going to review some easy tips & tactics for designing your reception seating chart. Simple stuff that will ease the pain, and take this task from dreaded to done!
For members of my revolutionary digital wedding planning package, The VAULT, I have an in-depth "off-the-record" personal story to share about why wedding SEATING CHARTS (of all things) are so near & dear to my heart, and how this topic has literally changed my life in the years since I got married.
ACCESS THIS WEEK'S "Off the Record" bonus show intro here!
It all started with a second-hand used set of wine cork place card holders, and the rest is history 🥰
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Resources & links from today’s show:
- Find helpful online seating chart tool recommendations here,
- Search “wedding seating chart” on Etsy for lots of custom options,
- “Do It Yourself” seating chart signs here,
- Browse KVW custom place card holders here,
- And enjoy tons of creative seating chart ideas on this Pinterest board.
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