Escort Card Ideas

My site has demanded that I assign specific seats at each table because it is a plated dinner. So I'll have cards escort outside and place cards at each setting. I wonder if it is on the escort cards I put the name of the couple together or individual guests each receive a card? All couples would obviously be sitting at the table is correct for a card to Mr. and Mrs. Smith in Table 1. Then at the table for each card separately?

Also if anyone has any ideas for something elegant to beautify a simple ivory card Tented?

Escort cards can bring people together, for example, "Mr and Mrs Smith" or "Jane Smith and Guest." There are a number of great ideas online (www.theknot.com, for example, has a ton of great pictures). Place the cards must be written individually (of course).

Place cards and escort cards are relatively easy to beautify you. Adding a line of ribbon, a button, a leaf, a flower, or even a sticker with taste can dress them up. See this site for ideas: (http://www.beau-coup.com/themed-wedding-place-cards.htm). They are pre-printed cards, but you can make yourself easily.

Personally, I would find a simple patch to the craft store that was appropriate to our theme, then use a metal-inked stamp pad to create a stylish design.

If it's an official reception, it should be Mr. and Mrs. John Doe and if it is an informal reception, it should be John and Mary Doe. If someone brings a guest at the reception, you can either put both names on the map, but you must put the name of the woman or the first to separate cards. They both are good. For your tent cards, he must make a subtle statement, perhaps a pressed flower with ribbons. Hope this helps.

Since I have never heard of escort cards, then they should not be necessary, all that I have even seen the place cards is individual, one for each guest. This is the correct way, and the place will probably like this, because Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith may decide to each have something different, and how do you hold a card between two people? servers would be totally confused, and if there are more than two people in the party?
And for large weddings, a seating chart is used to help people find their seats.
I would not embellish the cards, but if you want a simple ribbon, or a little flower is pretty. Use a paper cutter for holes.

If you have a plated dinner for everyone, you'll want to have a separate place for each card - even married couples. I do not know if you have more than one option for your wedding party (most of the time it is offered), but he who serves it would need to know who to give it. For example, if Ms. Smith wants to fish, but Mr. Smith chose chicken, the server would need to know is why you need a card for each separate location. It makes things easier for everyone. One thing my mother suggested making it easier ('cause I need to do the same thing) is to get paper plates and rounds of writing that you want to sit where - if you have 100 guests and each table is 10, 10 paper plates with 10 names on each. It simply allows you to view where everyone is seated, and it will all work.

Also, I have no great creative ideas to embellish the card table itself, but an idea is cute rather than calling them "Table 1, Table 2" to label them with your favorite songs, or flowers, or terms of marriage. For example "Tulip Table" or "Table Diamond". You could do precious stones, or even street names that are meaningful to live (the street where you grew up, where you and your fianced to live now, etc.).

Hope this helps everyone! Congratulations to all! :)