Signs & Charts
The first thing your guests read
A sign is a small piece of the budget doing a disproportionate amount of work. It sets the typeface, the palette, and the tone before anyone has found their table. We cut them in plywood and acrylic, matched to your invitation suite, and proofed before anything is committed. Typical lead time 2–4 weeks.
The Set
What we cut most
Welcome signs
The first thing anyone reads. Usually a standing panel at the entrance, sized to be legible from across a room rather than from arm’s length.
Seating charts
Every name, laid out to be found fast by someone holding a drink. The layout is the hard part; the cutting is the easy part.
Monogram panels
Your initials or mark, carved or applied, at a scale that anchors a backdrop or a stage rather than decorating a corner of it.
Table numbers & menus
The small repeated pieces, cut to match the big ones so the whole room shares one typeface and one finish.
Your Half
What we need from you
Four things, and the job runs smoothly. Miss one and it usually surfaces late, when there is least room to fix it.
N° 01
The words, spelled right
Names, table assignments, menu lines — exactly as they should appear. We set what you send; we do not re-spell anyone’s name for them.
N° 02
A font, or a reference
Your invitation suite is usually the best source. Send the file, or a clear photo of it, and we match or pair to it.
N° 03
Colour and finish
Painted, stained, raw ply, or acrylic. A swatch, a hex code, or a photo of the linens is enough to work from.
N° 04
Where it stands
Freestanding on an easel, hung, or mounted to a backdrop — the answer changes the build and the hardware.
Cut & Finished
Signage we've made
Signs
Welcome signs, seating charts, and monogram panels drawn in-house, cut clean, and hand-finished — plywood & acrylic, standing or hung.
See the projectGood Questions
Timing, fonts, and materials
- When do you need my final guest list for a seating chart?
- Earlier than most people expect, and it is the single most common thing that goes wrong. The layout has to be drawn, proofed, cut, and finished — so we want the final list roughly two weeks before the date, not the final week. Send an approximate count as soon as you book and the design work can start; the names can land later, but the closer they land to the event, the fewer changes we can absorb.
- Can you match the font from my invitations?
- Usually yes. Send the invitation file if you have it, or a sharp photo if you do not, and we will either match the typeface or pair something that sits with it. Very fine script can be a problem at cutting scale — hairline strokes snap — so occasionally we will suggest thickening a weight slightly. You will see a proof before anything is cut.
- Plywood or acrylic — which should I pick?
- Plywood if you want warmth, weight, and something that reads as made — it takes paint and stain well and it survives being handled. Acrylic if you want the crisp, floating, see-through look, especially for a seating chart where the wall or greenery behind it is part of the design. We build in both, and the price difference is smaller than people assume.
Before The Guest List Closes
Start the sign early
Send your date, your invitation suite, and a rough guest count. The names can follow — booking the slot is the part that matters.
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