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There are lots of things about wedding planning that didn't really make sense to me until I started to do it. How are you supposed to word the response cards? Where are the affordable, quality musicians? How long do ceremonies actually take?
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Among the most confounding to me was escort cards. Never mind the sleazy sounding name. I just couldn't wrap my mind around how they worked. I've never been to a wedding that used them, and part of me wishes we could skip them all together. But dinner will be spaced out in three separate rooms at the house, and it seems too tricky to have people wandering around to seat themselves in those tight quarters.
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Now I get it, sort of. I'm going to make a card for every guest, with their name and table number/name included. Placed in alphabetical order, these should be easy to find, right?!
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Anyone have any fun suggestions, or advice about what they've seen work well?
P.S. Happy Monday, ladies. I think it's going to be a beautiful week! Daylight savings makes me so excited.
At our wedding we had cards in multiple colors ranging from blue to periwinkle to purple. They were all laid out very simply on a table, but I think it prettied things up nicely. It can be a fun way to tie in a color scheme or a theme, but I totally sympathize with the burden of having one MORE detail to worry about. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhile I have no personal advice to offer, I really enjoyed the examples you posted. I can imagine that alphabetizing everything would make the "big day" go smoothly.
ReplyDeleteHave you been practicing your calligraphy for all those cards?
AfC, that sounds adorable! I'm hoping that by thinking about it early, it won't be too annoying.
ReplyDeleteAshley, I have been so horrible about practicing! It's like you read my mind though because when I was pulling all these images I thought, "I should really get on that!"