When I first started planning our wedding décor I fell in love with an acrylic wedding sign, and I knew I had to create a similar wedding DIY. I figured it would be easy to incorporate this type of signage into other places, like our welcome sign, names and gift table to give the venue a cohesive look. Having the acrylic signs around the wedding space really brought the décor together.
When I posted the table numbers for sale on a wedding site, I did not expect the overwhelming response from other brides wanting to purchase them. I sold them in a matter of minutes. After this experience I figured it might be a good idea to share how I made them so other brides could create the same look.
MATERIALS:
The Wood Base – these were created using 2×2’s and then stained. My dad created these and I unfortunately do not have photos of this part of the DIY! I have seen some wooden bases on Etsy.
CUT THE NUMBERS:
First step is to prep your numbers. Cut on the guide line to create to halves.
Numbers
For the numbers I created two grids in a Word document and kept the centre line as a guide for cutting. In terms of the font, I used the same font on our wedding invitations and carried it through to the rest of our décor. This gave everything a cohesive look, and was really one less decision! If you are looking for fonts Creative Market is great, I’ve also used DaFont (they’re free), and a good place to search is Pinterest as people gather together favorite fonts.
CUT THE PLASTIC:
Next you want to use your plastic cutting knife. I marked the centre of the plastic so I had a line to follow. You simply score the plastic and once you’ve done that, bend the plastic in half and it will snap. I may have used some Mark strength to complete this step. You will then have two pieces that are 4 by 5 inches. In case you want to skip this step, you can, and simply have an 8 by 10 inch piece.
TRACE THE LETTERS:
After you have your numbers and plexiglass pieces cut, all you have to do is trace. If you don’t want to hold the piece, you can tape the number onto the back. The key with the chalk pen is to shake it a lot and when you’re tracing take the occasional break to press the tip so there’s more liquid on the tip, this will help the pen glide.
Now all you have to do is complete the entire pile! I enjoyed these moments when I was tracing letters and words, with a cheesy movie in the background. Wedding planning can be pretty time consuming, you have to pick a few DIY’s you thoroughly like spending time creating or you will simply be adding stress.
PRICE:
Let’s breakdown how much this wedding DIY cost. I found similar table numbers on Etsy and they were selling for around $7 per number. If I had bought them through Etsy for 16 tables, plus shipping would have been around $130.
Plexiglass – 8 pieces @ $3.79 = $30.32
Plastic Cutter – $9.49
Chalk Pens: $6
Wood Base – Free (that was lucky)
TOTAL: $45.81
This works out to a third of the cost had I bought the table numbers online. Although it take about an hour to make, it was totally worth it! I loved how they looked on our tables. What do you think? Would you pay the $130 or DIY the table numbers yourself?
If you don’t have time to DIY Wedding Signs then you can easily purchase them online! I really like the font on these Plexiglass Table Numbers from Etsy. If you only want a few signs, they would be really easy to make and use an easel like we did for the Welcome sign.
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These are beautiful!! Thank you 🙂 which font did to use? I love it
Hi Terra, I used a font called Fitri.
These are beautiful! Where did you buy the plexiglass?
Hey how deep did your dad make the line in the middle of the wood? Also, what size was your outside welcome side and indoor sign? Would love to see pics of those again.
Thanks!
Hi! Where did you buy the plexiglassfrom?Hardware stores have so many different thickness options…
I spent a great deal of time to find something similar to this
Thanks for the great post
Hi there! I can’t wait to try this. Where did you buy your plexiglass?
Hi Catherine, I bought my plexiglass from Home Depot. They have a lot of different sizes and the cutter is easy to use. Best of luck! Tijana
Hi Shanice, glad you found it helpful! They’re really easy to make. Tijana
Hi Gabrielle, I bought the small plexiglass from Home Depot. I believe it was .8 thickness. Makes it easier to cut. Good luck! Tijana
Hi Danielle, I think we cut about halfway through the wood so the plexiglass was secure in there. The welcome sign was 24 x 48 and the indoor sign was 18 x 24. Good luck with the DIY! It was a lot of fun to make. Tijana
Hi Kaleigh, I bought my plexiglass from Home Depot. They had the best price and the most options. You can search online first to make sure the store close to you has enough in stock. Have fun making the DIY. Tijana
Hi!! Do you know which type of saw your dad used to cut the wood base? Thanks so much!
Hi Tijana,
Could you share where you bought the easel from?
Thanks 🙂
Hi Tijana!
Could you share where you bought your easel from and how much it was?
Thanks 🙂
Thank you so so much for this! Been looking around for a tutorial and this looks like my next weekend project! 🙂
Hi Vanna, thanks for the note! I actually bought the easel off of Craigslist. It was a super steal! If you are in the Vancouver area I worked with the Little Wedding Shoppe for some of our décor and she bought a few items including the easel. All the best, Tijana
Hi Ada! Hope you had fun making them, I know I did. All the best, Tijana
Hi Corrie, sorry I missed this it was in the spam folder! My dad used a large table saw. Honestly I would look to Etsy and purchase the base as they will be really easy to sell. All the best, Tijana
Hey there! Can you explain why you decided to use a chalk paint marker over an acrylic paint marker?
Hi Kyla
I really don’t have a good answer for this! They had affordable chalk markers at the craft store near my house. If the acrylic works better let me know and I will try them out.
All the best,
Tijana
I have been looking for days to find reasonably priced table numbers! I would have paid a $150 for these. YOU ARE AMAZING. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Britt, so happy I could help! Good luck with your table numbers. Tijana
Hi!
What size did you make the font on word to make it the right size?
Thanks so much.
Hi Molly, what I did was rotate the 8.5 x 11 page in Word to horizontal and then split into two columns. Then you will have two numbers on one page. Does that help? For some of the longer numbers I had to slightly reduce the font in order for the letters to fit on one line. All the best, Tijana