Description
The welcome area is the first thing every guest sees, and it is often the part of the styling that goes wrong. The beautiful acrylic sign cannot be read against a busy wall. The seating chart sits right inside the door and creates a crowd. The guest book causes a queue at the ceremony entrance. Then the light fades, the sign disappears, and the wind takes the escort cards.
This guide shows you how to design the entrance so it looks good, moves guests smoothly and keeps working from first arrival to last dance.
Inside you will find:
- How to design the first impression, with a fill-in welcome area brief
- Welcome sign rules for readability, materials, height and securing
- A comparison table of guest book alternatives, with what each needs and what to watch for
- Seating chart and escort card display checklist
- Welcome drinks station placement and set-up checklist
- Flow and bottleneck planning, so stopping points never stack up
- Wayfinding, lighting at dusk and weather-proofing checklists
- A printable order sheet, an install checklist and pack-down notes
It is made for wedding stylists, decorators and planners who want a repeatable process for every entrance, and for creative couples styling their own day.
Once you use it, your welcome areas start doing two jobs at once. Guests find their names fast, get a drink in hand and move towards the ceremony without a crowd at the door. Your signs read clearly in every photograph, your lighting switches on before anyone notices the dark, and your install runs from a checklist instead of from memory.
What’s inside
- Welcome area brief
- Welcome sign rules and placement
- Guest book alternatives compared
- Seating chart and escort card checklist
- Drinks station, flow and wayfinding
- Lighting at dusk and weather-proofing
- Order sheet and install checklist
