Place Cards

rachael7183 · June 2012

Are you guys writing them out or printing them? I was thinking of getting a caligraphy pen and doing it myself...

michelle11988 · June 2012

I am writing them out by hand with a regular pen. We have business cards that we are using so we just need to fill in their name and table number.

penny12986 · June 2012

I wrote them by hand in cursive with a Sharpie pen.

MeaganR12 · June 2012

We're printing them with a calligraphyish font.

LADY324 · June 2012

we hired a calligrapher to do our escort board.

rachael7183 · June 2012

Are you guys putting these in alpha-order or what?

bridetobe71412 · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_place-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:56e715ec-4e8e-46a6-9b15-91c71ac3e9c0Post:03af5711-bbc9-4ce7-8607-37baadca0927">Re: Place Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]we hired a calligrapher to do our escort board.
Posted by LADY324[/QUOTE]

I am having the hardest time trying to find someone who will do this for us. Everyone says they are booked. :(

michelle11988 · June 2012

We are putting them in alphabetical order to give to our venue for setup.

colleenm18 · June 2012

We are printing them. And yes we have to have them in alphabetical order to give to our venue

AllyG303 · June 2012

printing them and putting in alphabetical order

bells24412 · June 2012

We are printing them, and yes we are doing them in alpha order to give to our venue also to set it up.

rachael7183 · June 2012

got it....

BmoreBride311 · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_place-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:56e715ec-4e8e-46a6-9b15-91c71ac3e9c0Post:d3fc00ff-8740-4160-876f-96a9c591238e">Re: Place Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]printing them and putting in alphabetical order
Posted by AllyG303[/QUOTE]

<div>Same here.</div>

k8888 · June 2012

My FMIL offered to write them for us so I'm more than happy to let her take this task from me.

My venue requires them handed in in ABC order, as well.

ceglare4 · June 2012

Printing them and pinning on the board in alphabetical order.

BmoreBride311 · June 2012

Oh wait, I just realized you said escort cards, not place cards. We're not doing place cards.

ceglare4 · June 2012

bmore, I thought the same thing... never mind my comment haha, we aren't doing place cards either.

k8888 · June 2012

Wait, hold the phone... there's a difference between the two?

butterflyjumper1 · June 2012

We are doing actual place cards (one card for each guest sitting in front of their charger/place setting at the table). We did what Meagan did - DIY'd them with a calligraphy=-esque font. I wanted to make it as easy as possible on myself.

Since they are being set out at each table, we have to have them organized by table and placed in a clock-wise order starting with seat 1 and ending with seat 10. This is going to be the biggest PITA ever.

bridetobe71412 · June 2012

Oh, right.

Well, in terms of escort cards, we're supposedly doing a seating chart but I am having issues finding a calligrapher that will write it out for us on such short notice. May end up with regular escort cards, which pisses me off.

As far as "place cards" at the tables, we're doing place settings with each person's name written out on a gold doily with a clear charger plate over it to keep it in place (and I'm writing the names out myself using a Sharpie Calligraphy pen):

BmoreBride311 · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_place-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:56e715ec-4e8e-46a6-9b15-91c71ac3e9c0Post:864962e0-e97e-423e-abd4-e5ede5583fb8">Re: Place Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]Wait, hold the phone... there's a difference between the two?
Posted by k8888[/QUOTE]

<div>Yah, I didn't realize it myself until a few months ago. Place cards go at the individual seats. They are often used if you have a big chalkboard or other kind of sign that tells ppl what table they are at, but doesn't give them a physical card to take with them (i.e. "escort" them) to their table. </div><div>
</div><div>If you only want to assign ppl to tables, but not specific seats, they are not needed.</div>

k8888 · June 2012

Bmore - You have enlightened me. Thank you. I never even realized it hahaha

rachael7183 · June 2012

Oh wait, I meant escort cards? Those are the cards that are when you first walk in?? right?? lol....SORRY

owengirl996 · June 2012

We're doing escort cards (I didn't realize there were separate names for them either, but it all makes sense now! lol) and we're printing them. I'm having trouble with the order they will go in...but honestly, there aren't going to be that many since I am doing it per couple/family. This makes it kind of hard for alphabetical order when you have a couple with two different last names. But, I think since we will end up with around 30-40, it might not be so hard to just find them. We are growing grass and setting them in the box of grass-they have flowers on them, so supposed to be like flowers growing in the grass, I guess lol

BeachLover2885 · June 2012

I wrote mine by hand in script with a purple pen. I just used the venue's cards because they were free and I feel like people will throw them away anyway lol. We have to submit them in alphabetical order.

sunshine9779 · June 2012

My escort cards are actually their mason jar to drink from for the night. I put chalkboard label stickers on the jar and wrote each guest's name on one in silver Sharpie. These will be laid out in alphabetical order. We have paper straws which I made little pennant flags out of shimmery paper that slide onto the straw that says what table they're sitting at. My place settings are black river stones with each guest's name on it and it is set on top of their napkin and menu card on their plate.