This will be a quick one…
Table number holders. You need them, but you don’t need to spend a small fortune buying them. MAKE THEM!
I bought 10 pieces of 1cm dowel, 2 packs of patterned wooden pegs (£3 for a pack of 6 from M&S), 10 small bows – I bought a mixed pack from Ebay in various colours for £2.50 and just used some household All Purpose glue to fix everything together…
It was a wee bit fiddly but there’s no need to rush.
Simple.