Uses and Ideas For Signage

Done well, great wedding signs build a sense of anticipation, set the tone and inspire excitement and happiness. They literally set you and your guests on your wedding journey, and no-one wants to end up lost on their big day.

DIY Signs

Tying a home-made sign into your wedding theme couldn’t be easier, either by using paint or hanging them from ribbon in a colour that complements your scheme. You could even use fabric off-cuts or ribbons left over from your wholesale wedding supplies to personalise your signs. Distressed wooden signs with a copperplate print work especially well for vintage-inspired, shabby chic weddings.

Signs are easy and affordable to make. For a relaxed beach wedding, use white paint on driftwood and hang it up with rope or twine. You might even be able to find some discarded fishing rope on the beach!

Whether rustic or formal in style, homemade chalk boards are great options for dotting signs around a large venue, particularly outdoors. Ask friends and family or scour flea markets for old picture frames, windows, easels and wood off-cuts. Chalk-board paint covers almost any surface with just a couple of coats, so paint it on, leave to dry and then use chalk or a chalk pen to create your sign. Persuade a friend with artistic flair and neat handwriting to help out, too, if you can.

GBG Framed Chalkboard

Telling A Story

As well as practical signs to let guests know what is happening where, signs are a great opportunity to personalise your wedding venue and wedding accessories. If you know there are areas where guests will be milling around, for example waiting for photographs to be finished, add signs telling the story of the two of you, filled with snippets of favourite songs, poems or memories.

Signs can also be incorporated into wedding photos; think of them like speech bubbles in comic strips. Print out your names, the date, or a romantic phrase in Hollywood-style white letters and hang it as a backdrop to your photos.

Smart signage serves as a prompt to guests. For example, you could incorporate extra signs urging them to dance when the meal is over, share photos of the day online or fill in a guestbook. Even if your signage is purely functional, adding special touches such as a “happily ever after” or “the party starts here” can set the scene as guests make their way to your venue.

Give Me A Sign

Signs don’t always have to be attached to poles in the ground, especially if your venue doesn’t fancy the idea of post holes everywhere. Use weighted milk churns, urns or baskets filled with flowers to support the signs, or hang them from tree branches and existing features like lantern posts; they can be both portable and flexible.

When your big day ends, guests can take a sign away as a quirky keepsake or, if it’s a chalkboard sign, to reuse themselves. You might even find a use for them yourself at home or in the garden and display them as a permanent reminder of your big day.

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