06/09/2009
Green Picture Fun with Moo! Trivia Cards for our Guests
   

Picture Fun with Moo!
Trivia Cards for our Guests

Had a little Aha! moment today and wanted to get it down ASAP, before it leaves my mind. And while I was looking for images to put on here, I saw another bride did this and it was a huge success at her wedding. Yee to the Haw!

I REALLY want to put fun, retro date-type pictures of us on the tables at our reception, (channeling Mrs. Lovebug's table numbers on weddingbee). The original plan was to incorporate them into picture frame vases for our centerpieces. Now that we're doing balloons and skipping the flowers (see previous posts), I needed to come up with Plan B.

And laying in bed this morning, it hit me...bum da bah! Trivia Cards from the wonderfulness that is Moo.com!

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Every place setting will have it's own card, something like this:
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We'll set it up so each person at the table gets a different trivia question. Help get conversation flowing. (I know at least a few tables will turn this into a competition!)

Here's the first question that came to mind:
What holiday did N & J become a couple?
a) Valentine's Day
b) St. Patrick's Day
c) April Fools' Day
d) Easter Sunday

I am SO excited about this idea! Can't wait to see how this comes together. :)

Anyone looking for more info on doing this, can find tutorials here and here.
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sabrinav's Blue wedding
sabrinav
 |  Brampton, ON, Canada  |  06/12/2009  | 
'B' ST PATRICKS DAY!!!! Booya! one point for Sabrina!!!!  lol

I Love this idea!  If I have enough time I will take this idea and  do little trivia cards for the cocktail hour!!
bananapants's Green wedding
bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  06/13/2009  | 
Ah ha ha ha ha!  See, the competition's starting already!  :)

If you have time to fit this in, AWESOME!  But if not, no big deal either.  Your guests won't know that it's "missing," so don't stress over it!

I have a question for you that you can use though:
What song was playing when Dave proposed?
(I know the answer, I know the answer Ms. Green Eyes! Hee hee!)
scotchminx's Yellow wedding
scotchminx
 |  Nepean, ON, Canada  |  06/14/2009  | 
Wicked~!

I like this idea... I mean, we were gonna do trivia, but having it on the table will DEFINITELY get the convo going. Very cool.

Thanks for the links to the tutorials!!

as always, your humble servant....-minx
sabrinav's Blue wedding
sabrinav
 |  Brampton, ON, Canada  |  06/15/2009  | 
Oooo! If I have time I will definietly be putting the question in! and oh yes POINT FOR YOU! :)
sarahdarling's Black wedding
sarahdarling
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  06/15/2009  | 
that is such a great idea and moo.com looks like an awesome site! i may have to steal this idea, but if I do I will give you full credit!
bananapants's Green wedding
bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  06/15/2009  | 
SarahDarling - steal away!  :)

Glad you guys like it!
cutsie1979's White wedding
cutsie1979
 |  Sudbury, ON, Canada  |  06/18/2009  | 
WOAH!  Great idea!!!!  I need to absorb some of the creative juices that are a flowing here....I like these trivia cards a lot....hmmmmm.....I'm also thinking of making ome sort of an "answer it correctly for a kiss" type of trivia card.
bananapants's Green wedding
bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  06/18/2009  | 
Cutsie - I LOVE your idea about turing this into a game for a kiss!  :)  Brilliant.
mikeandmel's Pink wedding
mikeandmel
 |  Vancouver, BC, Canada  |  06/18/2009  | 
wow what a GREAT idea!!!!!  DO IT!  :)
sohappytogether's Pink wedding
sohappytogether
 |  Gatineau, QC, Canada  |  06/18/2009  | 
SUCH a good idea!! I would love to do something like this... not sure if I'll have the time though. Sigh, so many good ideas, and only 44 days left!!!
renorx's Yellow wedding
renorx
 |  USA  |  06/21/2009  | 
Nice idea!! I'm excited to see how it turns out as well.

AND OMG!!
You said, "Yee to the haw!"
Awesome!!
bananapants's Green wedding
bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  03/07/2010  | 
Here's what I've come up with so far for questions/answers.  Thought I'd share them with you guys here.

1
Which holiday did Nate & Janna become a couple?
a) Valentine's Day
b) St. Patrick's Day
c) April Fools' Day
d) Flag Day

2
Nate was so taken with Janna on their first date, he really wanted to impress her on their second.  Where did he take her?
a) To a play at the Guthrie (the epitome of culture and sophistication)
b) Ice skating at The Depot (to show her his romantic, playful side)
c) To Key's Cafe in the Foshay Tower (can't beat home cooking in the heart of the city)
d) To "Paint Your Plate" (a great way to display his mad art skills)

3
What common, mindless debate continues to pop up in Janna and Nate's conversations?
a) Peanut Butter - Keep it in the cupboard or the fridge?
b) Toilet Paper - Roll over, or under?
c) Coke or Pepsi?
d) George W. Bush - Great President or the Greatest President?


4
What is Nate's favorite movie genre?
a) Action
b) Comedy
c) Documentary
d) Drama

5
True or False?
Nate had Janna convinced that he felt an earthquake during their trip to L.A. last summer.

6
What song are Nate & Janna using for their first dance?
a) "I Like the Way You Move" by The Bodyrockers
b) "This Year's Love" by David Gray
c) "At Last" by Etta James
d) "Ever the Same" by Rob Thomas

7
How did Janna's Grandpa Bob & Grandma Alice meet?
a) High-School sweethearts
b) Roller-skating at the roller-rink
c) In the strawberry fields, of course!
d) At the Fireman's Dance

8
How did Nate propose to Janna?
a) He didn't.  He just changed his facebook status.
b) He decided he just had to get it over with, on got down on his knee while they took the dog out to pee.
c) He made a movie trailer and copied it on to a DVD.  She thought they were watching "The Proposal", not THE PROPOSAL!
d) He bought a box of chocolates for her, and put the ring in one of the slots for chocolate.  It didn't take long for her to fill in the blanks.

9
What "National" holiday is it today?
a) Kool-Aid Day
b) Left Hander's Day
c) Ice Cream Soda Day
d) National Sea Monkey Day

10
Which holiday did Nate propose on?
a) Halloween
b) Thanksgiving
c) Christmas
d) New Year's Eve
foureyes's Blue wedding
foureyes
 |  Dallas, TX, USA  |  03/08/2010  | 
I may be completey slow to understand this but Im trying to figure out how to do it and Im just hearing the voice of the Peanuts teacher in my head while Im reading it.
So, you are making it through a template from moo.com then they are printing them off and sending them to you?
Can you not just do it on your own using business cards?
Im really confused at the moment. I read the tutorials that you posted but I guess Im not getting the full effect of it.
I'm a dingbat!!
bananapants's Green wedding
bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  03/08/2010  | 
FourEyes - "Like the Peanuts teacher..." aw, that made me smile.  :)

With Moo, yep, you can basically send them your (completed) designs for them to print, and they ship them to you.  The advantage of using them, versus printing your own basically comes down to quality - the paper, the ink, the finish.  They use a really heavy cardstock, so the ink used on the front of each card doesn't show through in the back.  And they have fun, non-traditional sizes.  The biggest selling point though (in my opinion) is, let's say you print 100 cards.  Each of the 100 would need to be the same on one side, but the other side can all be different, if you wanted to do that many designs.  (So, like these trivia cards, each of the 100 cards has a different question, but the back is the same picture/design.)  You can't do that with other printers; each group of 50/100/whatever quantity bundle they do, would have to be the same, both sides.  Make sense?  

But you certainly wouldn't need to print through them.  :)

Hope that helps?
bananapants's Green wedding
bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  03/08/2010  | 
Edit: *(So, like these trivia cards, each of the 100 cards has a different question ON THE FRONT, but the back is the same picture/design.)*
foureyes's Blue wedding
foureyes
 |  Dallas, TX, USA  |  03/09/2010  | 
Got ya!! Thank you! That clears it up alot for me. I will say I played and played with my programs last night and found a way to make each one different on my computer. I am willing to bet the final outcome will still be better using moo.com but this broke bride will have to resort to the ghettoness of her own computer.  Thank you for explaining it all to me though. That makes much more sense then what my little pea-brain was thinking. haha
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