alternatives to escort cards

bidge24

to make a long story short....my mom wants me to make "a big sign that shows everyone where they are sitting" instead of making escort cards.  i cant handle anymore disagreements with her at this point (i am still making the cards) but i'll ask anyway....has anyone seen or done anything besides the cards to show people will they will be sitting?

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I've seen it done like a big framed poster that had each person's name in alphabetical order and their table number (or like) next to it. It can be done really pretty. I just wouldn't make a diagram of the room.

nhelene

I've seen a chart like that, and it worked out fine.  The sign was displayed prominently next to the dance floor so everyone could see it.

twilight.rose

You can do a seating chart. I've seen it at several weddings.

http://weddingelegante.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/seating-chart-setup.jpg

http://www.bridalbuds.com/tag/seating-chart/ (This site has numerous articles with seating chart ideas)

Beachy730

I've never seen it peronally, but I've seen many pictures in magazines and on here.  I've seen the framed poster as a PP said, or a chalk board with all the names on it.  But every chart I saw had the names in alphabetical order with the table number next to it.  Does your mom expect you to draw out a floor plan for them with exactly where their table is?  Because honestly that seems ridiculous to me, and belittling of your guests that you don't think they can find the right table.

Are your guests selecting a meal where you will have to designate their choice somehow?  If so, I don't know any ways to do this other than escort cards.

vallyhoo

I think Squirrly did something different for her escort cards - it is a pretty detailed project though
 http://squirrlyplanning.weebly.com/escort-cards.html

squirrly

A big board with names & table numbers is what you do if you have place cards at each seat.  If you just want to direct them to the correct table, then you do escort cards. 

I did escort cards, but I used a photo collage of the Boston harbor at night.  It was a PITA, but I'd do it again in a heart beat.  I might change what adhesive I used, though. 

mkrupar

I see this done a lot here, whether they have place cards at the table or not. It can be done very nicely with a framed poster or even done on foam core. It's nice because it's a big sign, and people can look at it during the cocktail hour. Then you won't have the back-up at the door of people trying to find their escort cards as they walk into the room.

bidge24

thanks ladies!

mica178

I've seen the big framed poster, but if you have more than 100 guests, either the poster becomes REALLY big, or it's hard for guests to read.  Also, it's unforgiving.  If you have to make last minute changes, you have to have another poster printed, whereas with escort cards, you can just add or change a card or two.

I was playing with the ideas of putting the escort cards in labelled envelopes into a recipe box to reduce the amount of space the escort cards take up, something like this (but not used as a guest book):
http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.169046216.jpg

breezerb

Most of the weddings where I am from have the big poster board with alphabetical names.  But I have also seen it separated into tables (so you just look at the tables until you find your name) and this could make it a little easier for corrections as you could just add or fix certain tables.