Yet another potentially stupid question (WR this time)...

peaches85

I know that many people who are used to going to wedding know to look for a card box or somewhere to put their cards.  However, my family and FI's family can be kind of dense sometimes and only understand things if they're literally spelled out word for word.

For those of you who didn't have someone standing near your card box directing people to put their cards inside, how did you ensure guests knew what to do with their cards?  Did you have a sign?  Did you just hope for the best? 

Laurms15

They will just hand it to your or your parents if they aren't sure what to do.

AlmostLoCo

All of my mom's friends and older family members handed me their cards when I made my table rounds, and even my mom didn't know card boxes existed until I mentioned getting one for my wedding. I just went and dropped the cards in the box after leaving their table. Everyone else knew to put their cards in the box. Better to have to carry around 20 cards than 100!

mbcdefg

Our venue provided a birdcage, but we didn't make a sign or anything for it. Most people dropped theirs in the cage, and a few people handed us the cards when we were walking around visiting with everyone.

I'm sure they will figure it out, and like PP said if they're really unsure they'll just give it to you guys or your parents.

tinydancer842

We had our ceremony & reception at the same place so when everyone walked out on the deck for the ceremony they passed a table with our guestbook, cardbox, etc.. Everyone I talked to liked this idea & found it to be very simple.

uppereastgirl

They'll figure it out.  If they don't, they'll hand it to you.  (I know my in-laws won't put cards in a box because they're afraid of it getting stolen, so at least some people may do this either way.)  At our venue, the wedding coordinator greeted people and took gifts and cards from people as they walked in (in a "Can I please take that off your hands?") so a lot of people didn't have to worry about it anyway (and didn't have to worry about what to do with it during cocktail hour.  Also, if your card box is see-through at all, once a few people put their cards in the intention will become more clear.

No matter what, I would not put a "DEPOSIT GIFTS HERE" sign or anything like that.  I think any announcement or sign would be too gift-grabby.  People will figure out how to get the gift to you, whether or not they figure out what the box is for.

Danes983

Just ask one of your close friends, who isnt in the BP to put their card there when people are around.  Others will follow suit.

akmackay

Once there was a card or two in our birdcage others followed- it was next to our sweetheart table, to keep it away from the door and so that someone was always watching it. We also got a lot as we were walking around to the tables.