Here is another spin-off of the bell jar-ish idea from the Design*Sponge blog! I think this might be my favorite idea yet! I am thinking you could use baby food jars (rinsed out of course, and fancied up however you wish) with each guests names in them for your escort table and then have a glass jar collage centerpiece with you and your fiancé’s favorite pictures on each table! FUN DIY project!!!
What an elegant escort table! You know, it’s photo’s like these that make me just want to plan another wedding! We had a very small intimate wedding so we did not have assigned seating. Since I did not have escort cards or place cards, I found this information from the Pink Galoshes blog to be very useful for those of you who are:
“Your escort table is the reception’s first focal point and a source of guidance for guests, instructing everyone where to go upon entering the main dining room. The cards can be playful and whimsical, elegant and sophisticated, or simple and understated. It is the guests’ first glimpse to what is behind the closed doors or drapes of the tent, their first peek at what surprises may be in store for them”.
“Escort cards are normally displayed on a table adjacent to the entrance of the reception. Their purpose is to guide guests to their correct table number, an effective system of organization if you choose not to have formal seating, but still want people at assigned tables. Take note, a place card is slightly different from an escort card. Place cards are set out at the dinner table itself, showing each guest exactly in which chair to sit during the reception. These may be crucial if your dinner is catered to the exact guest. Escort cards on the other hand indicate a table, but not a seat”.
