how many extra sand dollars to buy

[nylalany]

trying to figure out how many extra to buy if I need 75 for placecards - just in case of breakage...

[amyh]

I would purchase 100 even (just in case of breakage and unexpected guests). Are you writing on them too? You may want to purchase extra of you mess up, lol.

 

I bought 200 starfish, way more than needed, but it was my first purchase so I exaggerated a bit.

[MissyR]

I was going to suggest 125 - I guess it just depends how confident you are if you are writing on them!

[nylalany]

I'm going to print separate rectangle placecards and tie them to the sand dollars with a ribbon. My handwriting sucks , and I like the separate but tied look better. Ok 100 it is!

[Bride010101]

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Originally Posted by nylalany I'm going to print separate rectangle placecards and tie them to the sand dollars with a ribbon. My handwriting sucks , and I like the separate but tied look better. Ok 100 it is!

That sounds really cute! I have to agree... I hate my handwriting so anything that can be printed in cute font is a plus. Can't wait to see pics of how they turn out.

[shelleyf]

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Originally Posted by nylalany trying to figure out how many extra to buy if I need 75 for placecards - just in case of breakage...

Mind if I ask where you are getting them from? I can't seem to find a website with uniform, reasonably priced sanddollars...

[nylalany]

Qualityshells.com (seemed to be the cheapest legit site, with cheaper rates for 100+ and 5% off your first order.

[BarefootBride]

WOW you are having 97 adults Lucky you!!! I would go with 125 at least.

[becks]

So, wait. How are you tying the names to them? I love the idea of sand dollars, but I don't want to write on them, and given that they are round(ish), couldn't figure out how to tie something to them. Share your wisdom!!

[nylalany]

Uh oh - I already ordered them. Although I'm having 97 adults, some of them are couples (though so many people are coming w/o sig others!), so I am only needing 70 placecards for the adults, and maybe 9 for the kids? Or maybe I can do kids of the same family together, so 6 for the kids = 76?

 

My plan for tying the card to the sand dollar - the sand dollars have little sliver holes in them and you slide a piece of ribbon through it, then hole punch a small placecard size card and put the ribbon through that and tie it. Hopefully it'll work! I have to figure out what to do though because the sand dollar is white so a white place card would be kinda boring, but you can't really print on dark brown and I haven't found a good turquoise or aqua paper. Maybe I'll print on labels and put them on dark brown paper stock.