Welcoming our guests

We had quite a few helpers who arrived at the reception venue while we were off taking pictures. I'm so glad that they agreed to help us out as there were quite a few people who arrived rather early and they made sure that all of our table numbers and place cards were in place.





As guests entered the reception venue our friends explained the 5 "rules":

1. Find your seat
2. Sign the guestbook
3. No smoking on the balcony overlooking the boats
4. No drinking at the entrance of the venue
5. Have fun!

Having my parents' friends there ensured that the majority of our guests signed our Edinburgh guest book. The book now sits on our coffee table and I still enjoy leafing through it and reading all of the funny comments.





The seating cards were strung on twine that we attached to an old door that my Dad varnished.





There are significantly fewer seating cards in the second picture. This is because quite a few guests used theirs as name badges, which I got such a kick out of! All of my Dad's colleagues were wearing them - I guess they thought they were at a business conference. I'm actually quite glad that people did it as there were some wives that I had never met before, but I was able to address them correctly by name!

Here are a few 'name tag' wearers: