Head Table
Standard Table
Why pay up the wazoo for such a simple, insignificant wedding item such as the table number holder? Seriously, it just holds a piece of paper (typically) that tells people where to sit down for a while…I was not about to drop a bunch of cash on this.
A friend of mine had just recently gotten married and purchased an insane amount of wine corks from Craig’s list (at a low price) to use in her centerpieces. She generously told me that I could use them for my wedding once her wedding had passed. I had seen ideas on Pinterest where people cut wine corks in half, cut an additional slit on the top and slip the number sign right in. This was my initial plan, until we realized that they probably wouldn’t be very sturdy and we didn’t feel like slicing up 40 table’s worth…
Instead, we used a hot glue gun to make a little tower without slicing a cork. Three went on the bottom, two on the top and the number sign slipped right in. Some corks had some really intricate designs, some were fairly plain or had a tear in it, others had a rich red stain from the wine it once held in. Since my centerpieces were very simple, I thought that the character of the corks gave the tables a little something extra – without the extra cost.
*Bonus savings – If you are a wine drinker (or know people who are) you can gather up corks to use for this project without purchasing any if you start collecting soon enough!
Cork Towers Close Up
The possibilities of what you could create yourself are endless. Don’t limit yourself to what you can find in the store! If you aren’t very crafty, ask family members or friends who are if they can help. Know someone who just got married? Ask if you can borrow their table number holders, more than likely they would love for someone else to get use out of them – I know I would be happy to borrow these out. If you find something that works for you, go ahead and put the money you save towards something else that is more important to you!
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