Day-of event paper
The pieces that are actually on the table when your guests sit down, and the reason a party looks finished instead of nearly finished.
An invitation gets people to the door. Day-of paper is what they see once they are inside, and it is the difference between a nicely decorated room and an event that feels like it was designed. A menu at each setting, a welcome sign at the entrance, place cards in the right handwriting, table numbers that match everything else.
This is the work that most people skip because it feels like a nice-to-have, and it is the work that photographs best. It is also cheap relative to everything else at the event, because it is paper and the design already exists once your invitation is done.
I price these individually so you can take exactly what you need. Most people take a menu and a welcome sign. Weddings and christenings tend to take the full set. If you booked a custom suite, each additional piece is less because the palette and type carry straight over.
Everything arrives print-ready at the correct trim size, with bleed, so any print shop can run it without asking you questions you do not know the answer to.
In your inbox
- Menus, sized for the table setting you are using
- Place cards, flat or tented, with names set individually
- Table numbers or table names
- Welcome signs and directional signage, sized for standard easels and frames
- Programs and orders of service
- Print-ready PDFs at the correct trim size with bleed
What this isn't
- Printing, mounting, foam board or easels.
- Physical calligraphy. Names are set in type, beautifully, but not hand-lettered in ink.
- On-site setup or styling.
- Seating chart logistics. I will design the chart; you decide who sits where.
Questions people actually ask
How much cheaper is it if you designed my invitation?
Each additional day-of piece is $65 instead of $95 when it follows a suite I designed, because the palette, type and any artwork already exist. Most of the cost in a standalone piece is establishing the look, not laying out the words.
What size should a welcome sign be?
Eighteen by twenty-four inches is the size most standard easels and frames take, and it is what I default to unless you tell me otherwise. If you have already bought a frame, send me the measurement and I will build to it exactly.
Can you set every guest name on place cards?
Yes. Send me the list as a spreadsheet or a plain list and I will set each name individually and deliver them ready to print and cut. There is a small per-name cost above sixty guests.
Do you design funeral or memorial programs?
Yes, and I treat them differently. Those get moved to the front of the queue, the turnaround is two days, and I will work from whatever you can give me without needing you to make design decisions while you are grieving.
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Monthly US searches across the terms this page is built for. Every page on this site is built against a measured number rather than a guess.
- wedding menu design — 390/mo
- place card design — 110/mo
- table number design — 90/mo
- custom seating chart wedding — 210/mo
Collections that use this
Rehearsal dinner invitations
Smaller, warmer and more personal than the wedding invitation.
Dinner party invitations
Small, considered, and the design can be very quiet.
Anniversary party invitations
Usually thrown by the children, which changes the whole tone.
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, in three days. If you love it, it comes off whatever you book. If you don't, you keep the file and owe nothing further.