Escort Card Question

MereFM99

I'm sorry, I know that this question has come up before, but I'm wondering how to do my escort cards. I used titles and addressed invitations formally as Mr. and Mrs _____, and we're having an evening wedding/reception, but I would really prefer to use first names on the escort cards. My question is, should I use full formal first names, or the nicknames that guests go by? Elizabeth vs Beth, Daniel vs Dan, etc... thanks for your opinions!

mmattoon

We are doing Mr. and Mrs. ____ but I would go way one or the other, formal (Mr. and Mrs. - on the same card) or nicknames (Beth, Dan, etc. but just the nicknames that are shortened versions of their name, nothing crazy ). Are you hand writing yours? I was thinking of sending them to an etsy seller to write them for me because I can't do calligraphy.

Rvnsgrl81

I am not sure what I am going to do for mine yet. I am thinking of doing the formal route, but it is not set in stone. MMattoon if you want an awesome caligrapher let me know. She does escort cards and is very reasonably priced. I used her for my invitations and they were gorgeous!

MereFM99

I'm just doing them on the computer, I did calligraphy for the invitations but I can't afford it for the escort cards! Do you think that female guests would take offense to Mr. and Mrs. John Doe? As a guest, I think that I might be if my first name weren't included. That's why I'd like to use first names, and "Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Jane Doe" seems to me like too much text for such a small card? This is such a stupid thing to be causing me stress, lol.

SarahKate31

I left off the "Mr." and "Mrs." on mine. I did do full names though: "Elizabeth Jones" and "Robert Jones"

highdee

We gave each guest their own escort card and used formal names (Steven instead of Steve etc etc).  We did have a few guests who go by their middle name so we used that.  Like DH has one friend who I have ALWAYS known as Jason but apparently his first name is Robert.  Who knew?  We used Jason on the escort card.

mmattoon

You could put Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Doe on the same card or make them separate cards. I don't think it matters too much IMO.

mmattoon

"I don't think it matters too much IMO."Sorry, I didn't mean your question wasn't a good one to ask. I just meant that it doesn't matter if you put Mr. and Mrs. on the same card if you have room or if you use two cards.

unionbay7

I did a separate card for each guest. (IE: Instead of Mr. and Mrs. John Doe - Mr. John Doe got a card, and Mrs. Jane Doe got a card).  If you are printing them on the computer it shouldn't take too much longer.  But if you don't have time or supplies to do that, I would say you could do John and Jane Doe and leave off the Mr. and Mrs.... OR just do Mr. and Mrs. Doe. I dunno, I'm not being helpful!

smange10.10

We're going the formal route and keeping it similar to the invitation.  Mr and Mrs Steven Jones...etc.  And if it's a couple that's not married but engaged or seriously dating, they're still getting one card - Ms. Jane Smith and Mr. Joe Mathews.