13 Unique Escort Card Ideas

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Today's Bride

Escort cards have grown in popularity in recent years and have expanded beyond guests’ names being printed on a simple, white folded card. Today, couples are using escort cards as favors, edible treats, and sentimental treasures.

Escort cards are also a great way to incorporate color, patterns or symbols that are meaningful to you and your fiance. If you are looking for a fun way to spice up your wedding, check out some of the more unique and popular trends couples are using to make their weddings memorable and choose one that fits your wedding style.

 Edible treats

A popular trend when selecting the design of escort cards is to choose an option that doubles as wedding favors for your wedding guests. You could send your guests home with an edible treat, something practical or a sentimental treasure. Depending on your style, you might choose a sweet, delectable treat, a bottle of bubbly to enjoy later at the hotel or a funky glass to use during the wedding. Either way, you’ve given your guests a little something extra to remember. A few examples of edible treats include:

• Use local, seasonal fruit to direct your guests to their tables with paper leaves.

 

• Mismatched coffee cups accompanied with containers of coffee or hot cider where guests can get a “cup of joe” before entering the reception. Guests will love you if your wedding is on a brisk, fall day.

 

• Small bottles of champagne or pop will keep your guests refreshed later back at their hotels.

 

Rustic

While the theme of a rustic wedding is one of the hottest trends in weddings, one of the biggest ways you can incorporate this theme into your wedding is through your escort card display.

• Forget the card and paint all of your guests’ names on a glass window or mirror.

• Post escort cards into boxes of moss or grass

• Hang escort cards on an old antique boat

Destination Weddings

Even though you might be having a smaller, intimate celebration far from home, doesn’t mean you can’t still partake in the fun traditions of wedding planning. Escort cards are a great way to include your wedding destination into your special day. These can also be accompanied by a vintage suitcase as added décor to collect cards from your guests.

• Tie a ribbon printed with guests’ names onto items from your destination area. These could include seashells, starfish, cowboy hats or statues of the Eiffel Tower.

 

• Luggage tags with guests’ names can be displayed hanging from an antique stand or simply organized on the escort table.

• Miniature suitcases open up where guests can locate their table name or number

Themes

Whether your wedding theme is 1940s vintage, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” or a “Snow White” wedding, there is always a way to make your vision come to life. Your escort card display is a great way to be creative and incorporate fun ideas your guests will never forget.

• For you book connoisseurs, you can use bookmarks as escort cards, and decorate your table with old, antique books and photographs of you and your husband-to-be.

• Share your hobbies or interests with your guests. If one of you is a teacher, use pencils. If you love animals, choose an animal-themed design. Even if you are having a formal wedding, it’s still OK to have a little fun!

• If you both share a love for a certain holiday or season, why not fuse it into your wedding day? You could choose between a fall display of pumpkins and gourds, red, white & blue pinwheels or a winter wonderland display of snowmen and ornaments to guide your guests to their seats.

One final option for selecting that perfect design for an escort card is not to choose at all. Simply provide blank folding cards, a collection of pens and an elegantly designed sign. Then allow your guests to choose their seats and place their escort cards at their place setting to hold their spot.

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You have to do what is right for you and your wedding. Feel inspired by these options, but not intimidated. For further escort card inspiration check out the Pinterest board! Also, while you are thinking about the seating arrangement, take a look at our favorite arrangements!