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Rent, Borrow, or Buy - Signage

Joey, on March 11, 2019 at 07:05 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 35

Signs can be an indispensable help for your guests - welcoming them, designating reserved seats, pointing them to the guest book, directing them to the dance floor... Will you rent beautifully decorated signs, borrow some for the day, or buy some from a crafty designer?

Will you rent, borrow, or buy your wedding day signage?

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Latest activity by Claire, on April 6, 2019 at 19:04
  • Claire
    Frequent user September 2019 Ontario
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    Buying the templates from etsy.
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  • BunnyBride
    Super August 2334 Nova Scotia
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    Buying technically...I'm designing the signage and were getting it printed on Vista Print.

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  • Summer
    Devoted May 2019 Ontario
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    We did a mixture of rented and bought
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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    The only sign we had was the seating chart.

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  • Candace
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    Our best man is having his dad make our signs for us as a wedding gift so we got really lucky there! Otherwise we were going to buy our signs from someone on Etsy Smiley smile
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  • Monica
    Devoted June 2019 Ontario
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    There are some imperfections that still need to be touched up, but for the most part, I like how it turned out

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  • Alexandria
    Curious August 2021 Ontario
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    Can we see?
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  • Ashley
    Frequent user October 2021 Manitoba
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    Will be buying and making ourselves
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  • Rachael
    Super October 2019 Ontario
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    Buy. I designed an "Unplugged Ceremony" sign through Vistaprint (and purchased the artwork it features, which matches our invitations).

    Otherwise, I'm renting mirrors and have hired a calligrapher for our bar menu and seating chart. I would've done the same for the "Unplugged Ceremony" sign, but the mirrors can't be utilized outside.

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  • Monica
    Devoted June 2019 Ontario
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    DIY our own sign! It turned out a lot better than I thought
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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Buying - We won't have too many signs, so it'll be manageable.

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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Rent as needed for just 1 day over storing at home and having to borrow to others/reselling purposes.

    Borrow if it was someone else who had suggested they had a sign making it easy to overlap seating plans.

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    Bought. We didn’t have a lot of signs; just the basic seating chart, sign our guestbook and cards and gifts. I paid a friend who’s artsy to make them!
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  • Chelsea
    Super June 2020 Alberta
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    Likely buying
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  • K
    Expert June 2019 Ontario
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    I'm going to attempt to DIY but will buy if it doesnt turn out
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  • Alexandra
    VIP November 2019 British Columbia
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    Probably buy something from staples or vistaprint
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  • Geneviève
    VIP September 2020 Ontario
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    Probably DIY/buy. We want relatively custom things that we probably can't rent.

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  • Holly
    VIP June 2019 Ontario
    Holly ·
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    DIY! My bridesmaids is doing all the signage for me, so this is something I don't even have to worry about!
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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Since I dubbed myself a pro in Adobe Illustrator, I'm making most of my signs and printing them off so I'm buying the printing services lol.

    We are borrowing easels from the venue to use.

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  • Michelle
    Expert April 2019 Alberta
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    A bit of both renting and buying- renting our seating chart but we bought all other signage.

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  • Becky
    VIP September 2019 Ontario
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    I had bought of all it from different places- swap sites and local company

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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    Buying! Making it myself!

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  • Veronica
    Super October 2021 Alberta
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    Buy and DIY! Will probably rent easels and stands from the venue.

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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Some will be rented, and some will be bought!

    My friend makes some really good signs, so she will be doing a couple for me Smiley smile

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  • Leah
    VIP April 2019 British Columbia
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    Totally renting from our coordinator who has a stock of inventory.

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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    I guess buying seeing as how we will most likely try and DIY them.

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  • Jenna
    Frequent user February 2021 Nova Scotia
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    I’ll either attempt to make my own or buy them. I have someone in mind to ask to make them.
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  • Petra
    Frequent user June 2020 Ontario
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    I’ll be making my own
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Definitely buying custom signs.
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  • Meghan
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
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    I found a template on Etsy for under $10 and you can customize it, so I have been using that for signage. I also found a template for a seating chart so I will have that printed on a foam-core board from Staples

    A friend of mine is making a chalkboard welcome sign as well

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  • Robyn
    Super June 2019 Ontario
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    We're buying or diy-ing our signage. It just feels like something that should be specific to our individual wedding.

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  • Kelsie
    Master July 2021 Ontario
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    Not sure about any signage yet. I’ll have to see what the costs are to rent. I don’t think I’ll need much signage though.
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