Post # 1
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Blushing bee
I need help deciding what to do for our escort cards and table numbers. Originally I wanted to do wood rounds for escort cards and larger wood rounds for the table numbers. I was going to wood burn each of them. That project didn’t work out as well as I had hoped so I am back to the drawing board. Can anyone suggest any other ideas for our aqua blue and bright orange, rustic, outdoor ceremony/tented reception at a golf course? My mom suggested bookmarks and a Bridesmaid or Best Man suggested golf balls as escort cards but I don’t know what to do for table numbers to tie it in. We are having lanterns as our centerpieces. I’m at a loss. I like the bookmark idea but I don’t know how to tie it in to other things. Suggestions and pictures are greatly appreciated!
Post # 3
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Bee Keeper
- Wedding: August 2013 - The Liberty House
I’m doing local honey sticks with flags on them in little jars to separate them by alphabet. Maybe that would work with your theme?
Post # 4
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Busy bee
@smrlovingrl: We’re having an outdoor ceremony/reception. We’re wrapping ours around a tree trunk. I bought striped twine & spray painted mini clothespins in gold.
OR to go with the golf theme:
Post # 5
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Sugar bee
@Dareebs: That’s a nice take on the golf theme, when I first read it I just couldn’t picture it – but that’s very pretty!
@smrlovingrl: I just finished burning our escort cards.
I found that it was tricky in the beginning, but then I started to understand the wood burner a little better and it became easier. Sure, it’s not as neat as it would have been if I had done it with paint – but I think it adds to the rustic touch that it’s not perfect! If you don’t like the way yours came out, try using a simpler font. I did end up cursing the fact that I didn’t pick a sans-serif one. 🙂
Post # 6
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Blushing bee
@eocenia: Font??? I was just using my own handwriting and having a hard time. How did you do yours?
@Dareebs: I love the tree trunk idea but there arean’t any trees around to do that. I’ve thought about the golf ball idea but I just don’t know how to tie it in to other things. I know the wedding is at a golf club but other than the location we haven’t incorporated golf anywhere else. I appreciate the ideas though! Keep ’em coming!
Post # 7
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Sugar bee
@smrlovingrl: 🙂 I picked a font I liked in Word, then typed down all the names and printed them. After that I cut them out from the paper, placed a bit of carbon paper between the paper and the wood and traced the text with a pen. Then I just filled it in with the wood-burner. Very simple, but a little time consuming – been at it since 8 am this morning, just finished and my wrist is sore!
Post # 8
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Blushing bee
@eocenia: Is the picture you posted your actual escort “cards”? If so, where did you put the table number? On the back? What did you do in the event two guests had the same first name?
Post # 9
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Sugar bee
@smrlovingrl: So strictly speaking they’re not escort cards, but place cards that we’ll place next to each plate, we’re only about 30-40 people so I figured I didn’t really need a full fledged seating plan. However, had we done that I would have placed the number on the back.
As for the same name issue, we only had one case of that. See the one close to the front saying Siv U? Well, we had two Siv’s, so I just added the first letter of their last names – Siv S and Siv U.
Post # 10
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Honey Beekeeper
@smrlovingrl: Do you have any theme to your wedding?
If you like the idea of the bookmarks use that for your escort cards.
You don’t necessarily have to have a link between the escort cards and the table numbers.
If you want a link to the table numbers you could raise the number up on a stack of books, miniature books would be cute as you already have lanterns for your centerpieces. Or, you could raise the lanterns up on a stack of books.
You could also use book titles with numbers in them as the pic in the holder.
e.g The Three Musketeers. The Five People You Meet in heaven etc.
Post # 11
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Bumble bee
@eocenia: The names on yoru cards are so unique. Are you from Canada? I think I recognize “Christov” as a man I met on vacation once.
Post # 12
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Sugar bee
@OnceUponATime: And to me they’re normal! 🙂 I’m Swedish, so most of the names are Swedish ones, but there’s also some Canadian, a few Finnish and one from Uruguay. And you were close, it’s “Crister” – a lot of the r’s got a little bulky.
Post # 13
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Buzzing bee
I am doing the wood burned place cards! So far I’ve done about 30 for the people I KNOW will be there. It definitely took a while to get used to the burning pen, but I’m also burning our invitations too so I had extra practice! I copied a font (Arial Bold I think) in pencil first, then in a brown marker, then went over it with the burning pen. I did each guest’s first name large then, smaller, beneath it, the guest’s last name. On the backs I think I will burn the table number. Here’s mine. On the front I put Bride and on the back my new name.
Post # 14
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Bumble bee
@eocenia: So interesting. I’m always fascinated by how names are similar but vary from one culture to the next. In my classroom this semester I had Christina, Christopher, and Christian. All nicknamed Chris.
Of course, in other places you have Christov, Chister, and plenty more, I’m sure!