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• tiny speck member

  

  October 2012

  You're just talking about necessities vs splurges in terms of stationery right?
  
  I would say that at this point you don't need STDs; I'm not doing them myself. They aren't absolutely necessary, just make sure you tell out of town guests asap the date and location of the wedding so they can make travel arrangements.
  
  You probably should do a seating chart and/or place cards (at least assigning people to tables, not necessarily to individual seats), but this doesn't have to be anything fancy. If you come up with your plan and give it to the venue they might be able to print out a simple chart for you. The same goes for menus. These are absolutely optional, but sometimes venues or caterers will include them.
  
  Bottom line, I guess, is that unless you want absolutely all of your stationery and paper things to match, don't bother having them all custom designed. Obviously the invitations and RSVP cards (and any inserts) are your priority.

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• vk2204 member

  

  October 2012

  Congratulations and welcome!
  
  I would not do STD's because you will be sending out your invites in a few months.
  
  I definitely think you should have a seating chart to place people at a certain table; especially since you are doing a plated meal. Servers will be assigned to a few tables each and if the tables aren't full you will a) have to have way more tables than needed and b) it will take a lot longer to eat.
  
  When you say custom menus what do you mean? Like give your guests a choice on chicken or beef? Or everyone gets a plate with both?
  
  There are a lot of unnecessary things that go into planning a wedding, but it is all about personal preference - what you and your FI want vs don't want.

   

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• jessimarie2013

  

  October 2012

  I've read through different posts about other food subjects and a Bride said she made custom menus for her reception for guests to mark for the cater at the reception but I didn't know if I should do that. But I will definitely talk to my carter and see what he suggests and ill make a seating chart but how will people know if I don't use place cards??? Or should I use place cards??

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• redjellybean128 member

  

  October 2012

  menus are definitely not a necessity if you are watching your budget. In terms of seating, you could use a chart - like this (clicky) or use more traditional escort cards.  In terms of marking cards for the caterers, I'm guessing you mean meal choices. Check with the caterer and see what they suggest. Often times, it's just a special sticker or mark on the back of an escort or place card. 

  
  

  Hope that helps!

  
  

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• vk2204 member

  

  October 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_april-2013-weddings_hello-everyone?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:820178d7-4f43-4671-bcab-c5c2c01eef1eDiscussion:a87ff7a4-85b9-4a64-86ee-c0b04e2da505Post:b6be2a67-243f-4d7d-b1df-7947ebcede7d">Re:Hello everyone</a>:
  [QUOTE]I've read through different posts about other food subjects and a Bride said she made custom menus for her reception for guests to mark for the cater at the reception but I didn't know if I should do that. But I will definitely talk to my carter and see what he suggests and ill make a seating chart but how will people know if I don't use place cards??? Or should I use place cards??
  Posted by jessimarie2013[/QUOTE]
  
  I don't think a caterer can cook up custom meals for your guests unless you have a VERY small guest list. Otherwise they won't know how much of each item to get. 
  
  Usually, if the couple gave their guests a choice between meals they had them turn it in with their RSVP. So the day of the wedding there would be an indicator on their place card (like an easy to be seen color) to let the server know how many of each meal is at that specific table.
  
  I used to work at a banquet hall, and depending on the size of the wedding we had about 2-4 tables each. I would go around to each table and discreetly look at the place cards and count how many chicken/beef/veggie/etc were at each table so when it came time to serve I would know before hand how many different meals I needed to bring out.

   

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• allychase member

  

  October 2012

  Regarding menus, I actually found a free fully customizable template and I'm just printing 2 per cardstock, so about 70 pages of cardstock around 10 dollars, cause I paid 13 for 100. So for 10 dollars I'm doing my menus. I'm sure there are other free templates out there, just gotta look for them! I'm currently looking for a good wedding program template, I just can't justify paying someone hundreds of dollars for something that is going to get thrown away. 

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