Wedding Signage

I had a welcome sign at the ceremony and reception [i just printed the same one twice but you can just print one and move the sign, even]

i had small signs on the tables for guest sign in, my candy bar, etc.

some people have an unplugged ceremony sign as well. some people will have a bar sign showing what they have for drinks

There’s no signage that’s really a necessity. Guests know whose wedding they’re at without a welcome sign, they know to take a favor without a sign instructing them to do so, etc. Signs are really just for decoration and totally up to your preference. We had an unplugged ceremony sign, a guest board sign, and a sign with our wedding hashtag on it.

We already had our wedding and we had lot of different signs including a welcome sign, pick a seat not a side, a hashtag sign, favors, gifts & cards, guest book, candy bar, & message in a bottle.

We are having signs for particular reasons and also for decoration. The church we have has a restroom in a separate building right next to the church. At the ceremony I will have a restroom sign inside the lobby that points to the left door (theres 2 different entrances to the lobby) and I will have another right outside the building where the bathroom is.
There 2 parking lots with multiple entrances to the church so I will have signs pointing to specifically to the lobby.

Then I will have a welcome sign that I will use at the ceremony and move to the reception. There are 2 reception halls in the same parking lot my venue owns both. Security will point the way to which hall is ours but my welcome sign will be right at the door for the reception.

Now for decorations at the church I will have signs with bible verses, and unplugged sign. At the reception I have “we decided on forever”, guestbook sign, reception timeline, seating chart, Then Eat Drink & Be married by my buffet line. And a sign for the drinks at the bar. I made all my signs except for 3 of them.

I'm doing the same for mine! I definitely went all out and made so many signs (most of which are probably unnecessary lol) but I just thought it was fun and I have a more rustic theme, so I'm sharing what I'm doing but for the most part this was over the top and you can just use it for ideas on what you may want to do a sign for if you have time or if it even makes sense for you.

- welcome sign

- welcome/timeline of events (mainly bc I wanted guests to know when the shuttles were coming and just to help everyone know high level stuff during the reception like first dances or cake cutting etc)

- bar sign - catering said it's helpful if guests know whats available bc it makes the line go by faster and is also fun to do if you have a his/hers drinks

- seating sign (I had to do seating place cards so that I could indicate what meal each person got), so I made like a 'find your seat' type of sign

- cards & gifts sign

- guestbook sign

- sparker send off sign

- 'generations of love' sign (totally optional; the venue has a lot of table space to decorate so i printed pics of our parents and grandparents at their wedding and made a small sign to honor them)

- dessert table sign - 'how sweet it is to be loved by you'; I made a sign here to fill up space since the dessert table will have out cake and some other small treats.

- photobooth sign (My photobooth won't be open the whole time and it'll be in the loft area of the barn, so I made a sign to put near the entranceway so guests wouldn't miss it; I'll have the DJ announce too, but another sign doesn't hurt lol)

honestly since my wedding was postponed to november I might even come up with a few more signs since there's so much time lol

We are doing some signs... we are doing an antique mirror as our welcome sign bought the mirror from Facebook Marketplace for $25.

We will then have signs for seating cards, guest book, card/gift table, open bar and reserve seating at the ceremony. I purchased a template off Etsy for $5 and is 100% editable with unlimited signs. I'm going to buy decent ornate/ vintage looking frames from Hobby Lobby/Michaels when they are on sale that wat they can be used after the wedding. I was originally going to use frames from the dollar store but they look and feel so cheap. None of which are really necessary, but I think it helps add some personalization or enhance your theme if you are having one.

Welcome sign

Unplugged ceremony sign

Bar sign (for signature drinks and other drinks we will be including for free)

"Sign our guest globe" because we are having a travel theme and will be having a globe for them to sign instead of a guest book

And then probably a sign indicating what each of our food stations are

My venue is kinda hidden, so I’m putting a large arrow with “wedding” on it, and another arrow where you have to turn that says “almost there”. I have a welcome sign. An unplugged ceremony sign. I’m not having a seating chart, so I have a sign that says “Seating plans our not our style, sit anywhere that makes you smile” I also have a bar sign. A sign that says to sign our guestbook. A memorial sign. Im a DIYer, and I’m just staining plywood, so it’s relatively cheap. I honestly just looked through Pinterest and went from there.

Following this post!!!!

I am also DIY'ing my signage. I have an outdoor ceremony with an indoor/outdoor reception. Here's what I'm making...

- Table numbers

- Place cards (assigned seating)

- Guest "book" sign w/ instructions. (Only because I'm not doing a real book and I'm asking for bucket list ideas instead)

- Small sign for wildflower seed favors

- 1 Large seating chart OR a large frame with smaller printed seating lists for each table

- Fans for outdoor ceremony, 1 side a program of events, the other a thank you note to everyone for attending. That being said, I don't think programs are at all necessary, and honestly every wedding I go to I don't bother looking twice. I don't know about anyone else, but I really don't care the names of someone's bridal party if I don't already know them. And the order of things you'll do in a ceremony? Couldn't care less about that either. That being said, I wanted people to have fans/shade since we'll be outside so I didn't know what else to put on the fan anyways. But I will say, instead of the order of events of the ceremony, I put the order of events of the day. Start times for the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, dancing, cake cutting, and last dance. This is the information I wish more weddings gave me, so I know what time I'll be eating.

My feeling about signage is you should have what's necessary to YOUR WEDDING. (seating chart if you're doing that, menus if you're doing plated dinner, unplugged sign for the ceremony, etc.) and anything else is just extra. People don't need instructions on signing a guest book. They don't need to be told to choose a seat not a side. They don't need a ceremony program. If you want to make these things, great, go nuts. But don't feel obligated to. No one is going to say WHY WASN'T THERE A GIANT WELCOME SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CEREMONY??? So if you're unsure, start with the basics, the absolute essentials, and go from there. You might find things along the way that you really find necessary, or that you think will tie certain looks together. But it's up to you!

We did a large welcome sign, a small "please sign our guestbook" sign, and a small "cards and gifts" sign. The welcome sign wasn't necessary but we got a really nice one and it's now hanging up on our wall at home!

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I'm thinking of doing the same thing you're saying with the program cards and using them to display the order of events instead. I feel like that's way more useful!

My photographer is providing an Unplugged Ceremony Sign.

I’m planning to put a directional sign at the end of the road for help with directions. I do want to create a “choose a seat not a side” sign because he has very few guests, but that’s really it.