Escort cards are a wonderful idea for gently reminding your guests their table numbers and seating arrangements. However, if you are worried these additional wedding stationery items might eat into your wedding budget, don’t fret because there are many great ways you can create DIY cards with a minimal budget. Read on below to find out how.
Hand-Made Wedding Escort Cards
If you have lots of family members and bridesmaids eager to offer their help for your wedding preparation, now’s the best time to engage them! Get their help to fold pretty escort cards out of origami or coloured paper which can be bought cheaply at any craft store. Try your hand at making elegant cranes, a symbol of peace, happiness and long life or a little origami heart with your guest’s names written on it with their table number.
It makes for memorable and wonderful keepsakes of your wedding!
DIY Wedding Escort Cards
Escort cards can be as quirky or creative as you wish. Playing cards make great escort cards and cost hardly anything! Simply paste a piece of paper across the back of the card to write your guests’ names and table number. If you have some quirky old playing cards such as “Snap” or “Happy Family” consider using them as fun and innovative escort cards!
Organic Wedding Escort Cards
If you are planning a garden or a beach wedding, here are two great ideas for organic escort cards that will fit perfectly with your wedding theme.
Small and smooth pebbles make inexpensive and cute escort cards and are easily found at any nursery. Clean and dry them then use a gold or silver felt tip pen to write your guests’ names on one side and the table number on the other. Your guests will be pleased to take them home for their garden or aquarium!
Leaves also make pretty escort cards. Just dry them out or use them fresh for a bright splash of green for spring weddings. Use a marker or coloured pen to carefully write your guest names and seating arrangements and display them at your reception to be picked up by your guests.
Unique Wedding Escort Cards
If you have pretty envelopes or even old angpow packets, don’t throw them away for they make unique wedding escort cards with hardly any cost! Cut the envelopes into pretty shapes or use old angpow packets as they are for bright and cheery escort cards which are sure to put a smile on your guests’ faces. For something special, why not place your guests’ seating arrangements inside the angpow packet to symbolise your gift of luck to them? They will love the thrill of opening the angpow packets!
With a little bit of creativity and innovation, you can make your own homemade escort cards inexpensively. DIY cards provide a personal and unique touch to your wedding and your special attention to details will definitely be appreciated by your guests. In coming posts, learn eye-catching ways to display your escort cards!
Photo credits: The Knot
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This is absolutely a great way to add a personal, elegant, and inexpensive touch to your wedding. I would recommend handmade escort cards to anyone that wants to put add unique and fun touch to their wedding reception.
I’m wondering where the black river rocks are from? I would love to use this idea but need to get a better idea of what size rocks those are. I’ve found a lot of 2lb packages at Dollar Tree and JoAnn’s, the sizes range from 1-2.5 inches. Is that big enough??
Thanks
Hi Erica – It should work if you have a fine pen to write on them!