Personalize Your Wedding Escort Cards
The classic escort card is a small rectangular tent card in heavy white or cream stock, with or without a border. The name of the guest or guests is written on the front of the card in black calligraphy with the appropriate table number. Married couples are done on one card.
This is the traditional form of escort card, and there is certainly nothing wrong with it if you are having a very traditional wedding. These days, though, many couples want to add their own unique flair to every detail of their weddings, and the escort cards are no exception.
Embellishments are also a very popular way to create unique escort cards. At one wedding I attended, the bride had painstakingly crafted her invitations, and across the top of each one was a handbeaded row of tiny crystals and pearls to match the bridal jewelry sets worn by the bride and her attendants.
In keeping with the idea of being inspired by their beautiful sets of bridal jewelry, the bride also stitched a few crystals and tiny pearls on the top of each escort card. It is that impeccable attention to detail that really makes a wedding stand out.
Brides are not only getting creative with the design of their escort cards; the manner in which they are displayed are another area that can be personalized. For a beach wedding, you can tie your escort cards to little shells.
Winter brides can use a snowflake motif to display their cards. You could kill two birds with one stone by tying the cards to silver snowflake ornaments that would also serve as the favors for guests to take home. (In that case, you would do one for each guest, and not combine couples on one card.)
Have fun designing escort cards that will add style to your wedding. If you personalize your escort cards, they can go beyond simply serving a function, and add to the overall design of your wedding. It is the little details that make your wedding feel unique.
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