So... got this great idea off theknot.com and etsy's website that falls in line with my vintage theme, BUT I have no idea how to do it.
Looks simple enough: I already bought the tags in b...
Hello Ladies.
The Post Below Has
Our Escort Table Inspiration.
Today, I ordered our
Natural Red Manzanita Trees
and the Wood Base
from Blooms & Branches.
{www.bloomsandbr...
...d to DIY a Manzanita Tree
for the Escort Card Table.
It'll have Hanging Crystals,
Hanging Candles & Orchids.
The base will be covered in
White Hydrangea & White Orchids.
The Esc...
... I have approximately 250 clear badges and 250 black string lanyards. I will sell them in lots of 50.
50 lanyards and 50 badges for $20.00 + shipping
These were a hit at our wedding! Th...
... OK ladies, I'll admit that I have never heard of this at a wedding until abt a week ago. I thought it was a brilliant idea considering my brother just took his life May 4, 2010 while I was pr...
...s in wedding planning land!
Are you going to be doing table numbers, escort/place cards? Why or why not?
Im torn because I’ve noticed a lot of brides do this and I just don’t understand w...
Hello ladies, introducing the colors of the classic black and white! These are the Black Feather Glam Placecards-Escorts that I just completed for a bride. These were originally creat...
Hello girls!!! OMG I have 4 days!! I can't even believe it!
I thought I'd just quickly post a few things I've been working on.
These are our escort cards. We found the drift wood by D...
I am swooning over these escort cards, I love them, not sure if I'll end up doing them but I wanted to share anyways! Maybe another bride will be inspired by them
Aren't they gorgeous?...
So yesterday I had the day off because of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day so I decided to work on some projects. And now I have the day off because of a snow day so I decided to post some things....
Here is a trial run with our sea urchin escort card holders. What do you think?
...able Decor:
* table cover (black linen with design. Pintuck?)
* ostrich centerpiece centered at back of table
* red votive candles: in vertical columns between rows of cards OR j...
http://fabgabblog.com/?s=free+downloads
These are all free and downloadable thanks to Martha Stewart!
Hey WBC Brides!!! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. I know I have been....that's why I've been MIA.
So I need your help. What do you think is better to have....a Seating Cha...
...he 2 MOH's bouquets. Other pictures are the trial run of the place/escort cards...I don't know which one I like better yet.
I also ordered the kraft paper for the tables last night. Went on e...
Here are some nice and simple placecards that were made a little while back that were requested for just the last name initial instead of a logo. Her request was just for someth...
...des, honeymoon details, and a wedding day video recap! I miss posting on here and reading other brides' posts, so I'm going to try to get on here more to leave comments for other brides-to-be an...
Here are the matching placecards to the Hollywood Styling Blogs posted below. These match the Table Names and the Trifold Programs. I am so loving this theme! A touch of blac...
... the reception. They were going to finalize thier seating arrangements, based on who showed up first. Table No._____ were added to the back of the cards (pic#2) to be filled in at the reception....
These are for the pink brides. Originally these were created for a bride that already married last month. She wanted to add that pink foo-foo of glam on her tables to match her pink ...
...ttle flower pieces hanging from the isle chairs
7. flowers in glass jars hanging from the big tree or lanterns with candles and flower petals tied on with satin ribbons
8. pictures on the tree...
I really love these babies. Got me walking on sunshine with the colors of that popping Peacock theme. (Please excuse my manicure! Been so busy...lol!) These were created to match the...
These were created for a red and black bride. Her theme was a vintage feel with the chandelier logo. I love the richness of these babies with the scalloped bottom edges. Picture #3 h...
It's taken me FOREVER to get this page right! I HATE THIS POP UP BLOCKER BULLCRAP WBC!!!
Anyways....Let me come back down to reality here?
These are for the classic black and wh...
...your decor :)
These particular cookie cutters are listed as being from Cox & Cox....
...your wedding reception. All placecards are created to match your color theme. Shown here with a logo of Damask, with a simple touch of a rhinestone. The edges come in other designs.
I ca...
...nbsp;DIY'd this one and happy with the result.
Bought the pre-made placecard sheet from Michaels, printed at home using same monogram we are using for menus and all done. This paper was perfo...
...rds (photo 1) that I just had to do for our wedding. I searched everywhere on how to do this. I asked friends that were art teachers, I even tried calling the brides wedding coordinator and phot...
... the reception venue covered in moss and these rocks will be placed on it. Guest names will be written on the front and table number on the back.
While I was at my parents' house last week, I ...
I know it's been 1 1/2 months since my wedding but I wanted to post some of the non-pro pictures that we have gotten. I'm hoping soon I'll be able to post the professional ones! Everything wa...
What do you think?
... the flower to the corner. I purchased the table numbers from Things Festive online They were cheap and I think they will go well with my tall centerpieces.
I got the programs printed on ca...
We just received our matching menus and escort cards! : ) We love the simplicity of the design. Now we just need to get Ponte Winery corks to place/display our escort cards.
The tutorial can be found on this site: www.oncewed.com
Martha Stewart is about to become one of my closest friends. I love how crafty she is.
... can DIY myself for a reasonable price. The tray needs to be deep enough to hold some sand and to be able to stick the starfish upright, as shown in the picture. If any of you come across anythi...
I'm making our escort cards... they look pretty similar to this. Once again, when I'm done I will post a picture..haha. I guess I will start making them closer to the wedding because as of ...
Is anyone doing different favors for men and women? If so, how are you giving them out so that the men get the guy favors and the women get the girl favors? (I wonder b/c all the favors I lik...
So browsing yet again through blogs...- I am seriously getting overloaded with ideas here.
Check out these place cards, SO CUTE right? Im not having a sit down dinner wedding, but I think yo...
...some DIY fabric flowers that I made. I thought about using them for the table decor, placing them on napkins instead of having napkin rings.
Any other ideas where I could use them? I am toyi...
I posted a picture of my escort cards idea a few days ago. They are cards that will be pinned onto a bulletin board (last picture uploaded).
I've been searching craigslist for a bulletin ...
... the invites & placing them on a few tables when you walk into the reception until i found this.
Pittsburgh has a beautiful skyline so this would look gorgeous & especially incorporat...
... Hi ladies.
The inspired bride comes through again..
For the whole set in the picture...
Download:
Blank Labels
Escort Cards
Favor Tags
Napkin Rings
Program Cover
Table Number...
...next DIY project. I will use an old picture of our resort as the photo.
The first thing guests saw when they arrived at the venue was this. She cut a poster of the 1930s Chicago skyline into...
We had tons and tons of these pics...here is the edited album.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2117068&l=83eb80a74c&id=24500687
I finished stamping the clothes pins that will be used to hang our escort cards. I have to say I really loved this idea and it turned out great. I am looking forward to seeing them all hung...
...t to DIY it. An example:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34619129&ref=cat2_gallery_9
My preferred use is to use it as a less formal guest book (although I'll probably ...
So to help our guests find their seats, this is my plan:
There will be a table with 15 different frames on it... different shapes and sizes. Each frame will hold the table number and the l...
... and reception decoration. They'll line the aisle for the ceremony and will be used as our escort cards and table numbers at the reception. We had just a normal template (square paper, cut at co...
For my escort cards I am going to use a butterfly die cut. On each butterfly I will list the name and table number. I am going to use black ribbon and hang the butterflies using clothes pin...
...hing diy done, except for the centerpieces. that'll come up sometime this week.
the memorial candle is an ivory candle because it'll match the vintage brown / golden frames we got for my dad ...
The wedding theme is going to remain the same[previous post] but with a few tweaks to fit the new colors. The escort cards are going to be champagne with the names written in coral metallic i...
Now, all I have to do is just write the guests names on the envelopes & these babies will be done !
...e to budget for little card holders, any ideas? I'm also a little undecided about this design because I am planning on doing the escort cards myself and don't know how difficult this would be.
...
...p my DIY projects!
Here are a few...
1. Created Do Not Disturb signs for our out-of-town guests that will be staying at hotels. I think they are totally cute!
2. Menu cards - printed/cu...
...reen flowers attached (picture one). I really like how the flowers pop on the branches.
I also like the idea of the flower balls incorporated somehow, either into the ceremony or around the r...
...ylic photo frames from Crate & Barrel, and set them on the tables.
19 more days to go. Wow....
...h my invitation package came with the tent style escort cards, I really wanted to do something more unique. So, off to the web I went. I found this cool idea of using either RSVP or Coin side en...
I found someone on e bay to design my escort cards, menu, table numbers, and favor sticker tags. Some of these drafts are going to be changed, but I thought I would blog about it anyway :)
...
...like flowers. I'm displaying them just like the picture in grass with a decorative little fence surrounding it.
I think it's different and very springy! What do you think?...
My original Idea was to put the word "LOVE" on the escort card table and have it be written out in Croatian "LJUBAV" but my mom said that is somewhat supid, lol, yeah she is always upfront wi...
... Speaking of escort cards... (see a couple posts below). The fiance and I are both teachers. He teaches 4th grade in a public school. I teach Preschool in a private early education center. We ...
...ens, flowers, growing something from a seed... so when I saw these cut little mini flower pots used as escort card holders I was in love. I'm always thinking of how I can do things myself, and t...
I saw this item from a seller on a site and I figured I would give it a try with clear, transparent sticker that have each guests name and table numbers. If anyone has any ideas please send t...
Hey ladies,
I have spent the past two nights finishing the escort cards, and they are finally finished!! I am very happy with how they turned out. One more thing to check off the list!! :)
... our honeymoon.
here are some ideas that I can think of but not really sure how to do them. If you have other ideas, suggestions and instructions, please send them my way. I think I'm crafty...
...g to DIY. I really like the way firthbride did her seating chart. We are doing the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, so I think this would look really nice.
Is anyone else forgoing place cards...
Here is what I am thinking for my escort cards. The design is based off of a Martha design, that can be found here: http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/hoverson-escort-cards?autonom...
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... I have been to many wedding where seating was not arranged and let me tell you its like playing musical chairs with people fighting over "better" tables and people angry that they didn't get ...
I'm almost half way done writing out the escort cards...my hand already hurts, lol. I'm finding it hard to print neatly with this silver paint pen...sometimes too much comes out, sometimes no...
I found this picture and I thought it would be perfect for the entrance of the hall. I want to put pictures of our family under it and maybe the guestbook as well...maybe the escort cards If ...
I'm a finalist for a DIY Wedding Contest: My Lace Escort Cards are in the running in a DIY Challenge
...heir DIY Challenge.
I entered my place cards couple of weeks ago.
This is one of my favorites projects for the wedding.
Check out my DIY instructions and other finalists and well if yo...
Rather than do escort cards we are going to use a Seating Chart Easel to cut down on the number of tables we need and to conserve space...my florist is doing it...All I do is fill in this for...
I love these escort card displays with wheatgrass. LOVE THEM! I hear that wheatgrass is so cheap, and pretty, and its exactly the right colour...
Where the heck would one get large enoug...
...t to DIY them....I am just waiting on the damask stamp that I ordered and I think I am going to try and hand-write them....eek...wish me luck! lol
I also posted a few other ideas that I thoug...
We ordered .pdf and .png monograms from pinkdesignevents.com for $6 and used them, or an element of them on our programs, menus, escort cards, and table numbers. I used cardstock from Office ...
... Here are some pictures from our escort card table . The escort cards were made with a folded piece of card stock. The back of the folded card was all damask print, and then a very small porti...
...aper flower escort cards. So CUTE (squeal)! I seriously can't decide what to do. The green of the grass will pop against the raspberry pink linens... but I thought I was in love with the tree ...
...etty photo of colored birds all lined up in a row. How pretty!...
I will probably do something like the last pic because the table my venue uses is similar to that size, but if I use a bigger table than I'd like to have an arrangement of some sort on it.
...be a photo of our dorky dogs with a sign that has the number of the table.
I know that this is stupid that I am so excited about this, but it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out how ...
would i cause major chaos if i assign tables but not seats at the tables? if i did this i think i would clarify on the escort cards that while the table was preassigned, guests are welcome to...
...dle, flower or other arrangement instead of spending the $$ on the escort card holders but here are some ideas anyway....
...amp; decor. I also love the lace look of these candles.
- Vase inspiration from Pottery Barn (they retail for $12-$16)
- The flowers I'd like to use from factorydirectcraft.com
- DIY mossy ...
...your videographer involved and go for a live guest book reel by having each of your guests express all of their sentiments on camera.
5. The Lighting
Why: The right lighting can help flatte...
... two DIY in one project. I made Escort Menu Cards using the same shades of green and ivory cardstock that I have used for my other DIY projects.
I think they look great!...
i need advice!! based on the posting below.. which stamp would look best.. i was thinking of doing yellow ink with maybe a gold embossing powder or even a soft white (almost see through)..
...
... the flower on the cards.. i would do a yellow color ink instead of the orange.. i think these look really nice!!...
this area i seem to be struggling with the most. i want to be creative and do it myself, but i do not want to spend a lot of money! i saw this idea on someone else's blog. i LOVED the idea! y...
... Is it possible to print gold ink on a chocolate brown piece of cardstock?
I am making my own place cards and am trying to figure out how I am going to do GOLD lettering on CHOCOLATE BROWN...
... the invitations Chris had picked out don't really go with any other aspect of our wedding. So I started trying to talk him into looking at a few other designs. Nothing he saw he liked. Then fin...
I'm totally in love with these Place cards from Ceci New York!
I noticed that a bunch of fellow WBC brides used vistaprint so I decided to try them out when they were having a sale - 500 free business cards. All I had to pay for was to upload my design a...
...l my invitation folders, programs, and escort cards. This is what the escort cards will all look like. I went out and bought a proper paper cutter this morning (yeah 50% off coupon at Michaels!)...
... the cake, feathers in the decor, centerpieces, & bouquets and of course on the stationery. I'm so excited- I absolutely *love* our STDs which I designed. *grin*
I haven't slept yet &...
I am having a sit down dinner at which each guest has already chosen the meal that they will be served. However, I have to choose a way for the waiters to know which guest has what meal.
S...
Ok so from being on WBC I've noticed alot of brides doing escort cards but I dont get what the difference is between an escort card and a place card? Can someone help me out here!!
UPDATE...
We're having 125 guests at our reception, and I'm wondering if it would be better to create a large seating chart poster, or make escort cards for each couple/singles?
DIY List to keep me organized
Invites
Place Cards - Simple; ribbon
Donation Cards - See above; decide on wording
RSVP Cards?
...llow DIY brides out there!...
