First impressions are the most important, and typically those details are the last things your guests see as they leave. The escort card table and arrangement set the immediate tone of the celebration and starts to tell your story.
For instance… we created a life-size tree (12’ tall by 15’ wide) from which the escort cards were hung (alphabetically, of course). An attendant assisted guests in finding their seating assignment and snipped each ribbon with a pair of golden, bird-shaped scissors. Instantly, the guests had another thing to talk about.
BARF!
Ahhh, nothing like a useful tip from a down-to-earth wedding expert like David Beahm. Especially about something as important as an escort card table, which apparently, the success of the whole wedding rests on.
For those who may not be familiar, escort cards are little pieces of paper that have each guest’s name and the table number he or she is sitting at written on them. Wedding blogs are always ooohing and ahhhing over cool new ways to display these little cards. Now, I have been to a few weddings and I’m sure you guys have also. Is the table with the cards on it really that big of a deal? Is your good time and memory of that couple’s big day really that influenced on the originality of some card table thing? Can a table really “set a mood” or “tell a story”? I’m pretty sure people do those things a lot better than inanimate objects.
But thanks again Mr. Beahm, for the totally useful wedding tip. Now I’m off to go find some golden bird shaped scissors…
