Showing posts with label escort cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label escort cards. Show all posts

An Airy Welcome

As I flipped through the pages of my Martha Stewart Wedding magazine this morning,
I came across this super-duper stinkin cute idea table numbers and favors. I had to post it!!!  Walking in to a wedding with this escort card display just screams "this is gonna be fun"!





Help your reception take flight with floating escort cards that double as centerpieces once guests find their tables. On your wedding day, have a few friends fill 5-inch white balloons with helium (you can rent a tank from a party store). Once they're inflated, add guests' names and table numbers with a paint pen, tie on matching embroidery thread, and secure them to favor boxes filled with candy. Write on both sides of the balloons so loved ones can locate their names from every angle.



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Favors your guests will LOVE!

I am often asked on whether wedding favors are necessary.  In short...yes.  After all, many of your guests have attended at least one of your showers, many have traveled to see you on your special day and most have forked over the cash to buy you a gift.  In my opinion, you should find some little way to thank them.

Favors can come in many sizes and dollar signs. You can go simple with a little piece of chocolate..maybe the sweetest thank you:)  Or, you can go all out.  No matter what, your guest will appreciate the jester!

I love coming across favors that are useful.  Your guests will hang on to these favors for many years to come and always think back to your special day. Here are my fav picks!


Olive Oil..great idea especially for an Italian or rustic themed wedding.  Other ideas are wine, honey and vinaigrette's! Ciao!




Love these colorful luggage tags.  These can also double as escort cards!  Perfect for a destination wedding or travel themed wedding!







Bottle openers from the vineyard worked both as weights to keep the cork escort-card holders from blowing away and as gifts for guests to take home. 





I love these monogram mugs! How pretty these would look sitting on everyone's plate!






These address books are perfect for any wedding.  The bride and groom can add there address, and then guest can pass them around throughout the evening to collect all those long lost cousins information! 







You can't go wrong here! Inexpensive and necessary!  Perfect for any outdoor wedding and of course your beach theme wedding!




These little favor boxes make the perfect and unexpected pot for plants.  Guest can go home and put right into the garden!







I'm a sucker for tote bags.  A little pricey, but great for a small wedding.  You can also save money by embroidering the family name in the bag instead.  It could be more like a family favor. 



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I think this is the cutest idea!  Who would love this?  Make it extra special by wrapping them in a box with the stamp imprint on the top of the box....love love love!




Everyone needs a calender!!


 I love that these chalkboard coasters can double for escort cards.  The kids would love these also!


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Best Wedding Style Details for 2010

Check out brides.com Top Ten Best Wedding Style Details of 2010.  I have to say, I couldn't agree more!!!



Brides have been pinning vintage brooches to their bouquet handles for a few years now—it was only a matter of time before brooches became the main affair.

Photo: Courtesy of Fantasy Floral Designs
 


Here's an idea involving cupcakes that feels fresh and new: A cupcake topping bar, designed by Southern California-based Enjoy Cupcakes that allows guests the opportunity to doll up their cupcakes with a variety of sweet accompaniments. Vintage syrup dispensers are filled with house made sauces and syrups; toppings including sprinkles, fresh fruit, nuts, and candy are served up in hollowed-out pumpkins.

Photos: Jennifer Young Photography




Colorful paper lanterns don't have to be hung from the ceiling. For Maryland couple Alex and Laurice, a sprawling lawn outside their historic wedding venue was an opportunity to scatter paper lanterns in their wedding colors at random—a modern, playful touch that photographed beautifully.

Photo: Vantage Pictures




"Handmade and crafty" is a look that many brides still love, exemplified here in our favorite ring pillow of the year—the charming wool-felt flowers were a huge hit with our editors. $48, heymiemie.etsy.com

Photo: Steven Torres



We've decided that black and white stripes are the new damask, making practically anything from bouquets to invites to bowties look instantly more jaunty and cosmopolitan—the pattern pairs extremely well with bright colors.


Photos (clockwise from top left): Erin Hearts Court; Robert Mitra; Erin Hearts Court; Allison Gootee; Beth Beljon Photography



If your wedding has a theme, a unique escort card display is the best place to go all out without descending into cheesiness. Our favorite escort card ideas this year: a couple who loves to travel wrote their guests' names and table numbers on paper planes which were pinned to a World Map; for a wedding at the Boston public library, one couple used books with personalized "Ex Libris" tags as escort cards/favors; and inspired by Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, we had the idea to attach hand-calligraphed cards featuring guests' names to antique pocket watch faces (position the watch hands to correspond to each table number).

Photos (clockwise from top left): Christine Farah, Courtesy of Steampunk Supply, Studio Atticus/David Wittig Photography




The award for "best bargain" goes to these colorful paper lantern votive holders, which are ideal for an outdoor wedding or cocktail hour, and are only $14 for seven. Jurianne Matter NL, Linda Ferrol Studio

Photo: Courtesy of Jurianne Matter NL






Way more rich and festive than black, navy became the "new neutral" this year, showing up on everything from bridesmaid dresses to invitations.


Photos (clockwise from top left): Condé Nast Digital Studio, Steven Torres, Charlotte Jenks Lewis Photography, Jamee Photography



Next The idea of a seating chart has yet to reach critical mass, but they're extremely helpful for guests—and when they're as beautiful as this one, drawn on a vintage mirror, they can become an integral part of your wedding décor.

 

Photo: Garrett Nudd Photography
 
 
 
 
AND JUST ONE MORE...
We couldn't resist including this ingenious guest "book" idea—guests are invited to press their thumbprints on the branches of a tree to create "leaves." (Plus, it helps avoid that "What do I write?" anxiety). Small Wedding Tree (includes printed 11"x 14" poster, 4" x 6" instruction card, and two ink pads), $40, lovliday.etsy.com

Photo: Courtesy of Lovliday
 

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Say My Name....love for the escort card!

I love escort cards!  And although many brides may view them as an expendable detail...rest assure they are not.  This is your one opportunity to acknowledge you guests.  Your bridal party gets plenty of props through the program, rehearsal dinner, showers etc.  and because the escort card is often lost in the tangle of last minute wedding "to dos", it often does not get the attention that can bring the escort card to it's show stopping possibilities! Not to mention, this may be the one thing your guests hang on to.  After all, it does have their name on it and it's sorta difficult to toss your identity in the trash.  My cards from weddings often end up on fridge for awhile to admire and then get put in my card keepsake box along with other thoughtful mementos from loved ones.  If one of my kiddos was lucky enough to hang at the wedding...theirs always ends up in the baby book or the scrapbook (or the pile of papers that will soon turn into the scrapbook...that's for you honey!)

So, don't skimp on the escort card...go all out!!  I found this link from brides.com and posted my favorites.  There are more, just click on the link below to view. 

Happy Planning!

For her wedding to Joey Wallace, bride Sarah Shotwell stitched swatches of different fabrics onto white shipping tags. Each pattern corresponded to a matching table runner—brilliant. Large Snow White tags (Size No. 5), about $2.34 for 12, Paper Valise; vintage reproduction fabrics, Repro Depot; wood frame corkboard, from $18, School Outfitters

Photo: Aruna B. Photography




Christina Renfer and Brandon Vogel attached guests' escort cards to a clothesline. The brown twine and miniature wooden clothespins complemented their rustic venue, a renovated yellow barn. Number set medium rubber stamps, $29.95 for 10, Color Box inkpad in Goldrush, $7.95, and scallop oval cards, $6.25 for 20, all Paper Source; mini wood spring clothespins (1"), $1.99 for 50, Factory Direct Craft


Photo: Amanda Kraft Photography

Since both Deborah Lew and Sean Farrell are avid readers, the couple collected hardcover classics from secondhand bookstores to use as both escort cards and favors. Each book was wrapped in brown kraft paper and personalized with a label indicating name and table number on the spine. 30-pound medium-lightweight brown kraft paper (18" wide), $23.36 for 1,625 feet, Paper Mart; standard white matte library labels (1" x 2"), $18.95 for 100 sheets (40 labels per sheet), Online Labels


Photo: Karen Wise

For the wedding of Elena Hale and Charles Monn Jr., two friends designed these playful escort cards—each table number corresponded to a photo of either Elena or Charles at that age. Epson ultra premium photo paper (8.5" x 11"), $19.80 for 25 sheets, Epson


Photo: Marla Christina Aufmuth

Matt Kurumada and Katie Simon, both fans of live music, designed guests' escort cards to resemble concert tickets. Each table was named for a different concert venue in Atlanta, where their wedding was held. Event Ticket stock photograph (File No. 5553721), $18, iStock Photo



Photo: 6 of Four Creations

For their vineyard wedding in Southern California, Alyssa Price and Jesse Singer created this display by nestling escort cards between wine corks pierced by corkscrews (which also served as favors). Black plastic pocket corkscrew, $.95 each, Ace Mart Restaurant Supply

Photo: Sweet Monday Photography
 
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