9 Clever Escort Card Ideas

Lauren Matthews
February 1, 2012

These design ideas can do more than just direct guests to their tables.

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Photo: Michelle Walker Photography
Alison Events Planning & Design arranged white dahlias in wooden trays as a display for escort cards at a birthday party.
Alison Events Planning & Design arranged white dahlias in wooden trays as a display for escort cards at a birthday party.
Photo: Meg Smith Photography
For a wedding at Union Station in Los Angeles, Sterling Engagements displayed escort cards printed to look like train tickets inside vintage suitcases.
For a wedding at Union Station in Los Angeles, Sterling Engagements displayed escort cards printed to look like train tickets inside vintage suitcases.
Photo: Callaway Gable Photography
A Great Gatsby-themed wedding planned by Swank Productions Inc. featured escort cards arranged inside of a vintage card catalogue.
A Great Gatsby-themed wedding planned by Swank Productions Inc. featured escort cards arranged inside of a vintage card catalogue.
Photo: Sean T. Smith
Fête printed seating assignments on vinyl and elevated it above a square birch bar.
Fête printed seating assignments on vinyl and elevated it above a square birch bar.
Photo: Jimmie Fishbein
Lindsay Landman Events placed a display of candles in white shelves behind a clear table holding escort cards.
Lindsay Landman Events placed a display of candles in white shelves behind a clear table holding escort cards.
Photo: Gustavo Campos Photography
A cirque performer helped guests reach escort cards suspended from the ceiling at a wedding designed by Gloria Wong Design and Jubilee Lau Events.
A cirque performer helped guests reach escort cards suspended from the ceiling at a wedding designed by Gloria Wong Design and Jubilee Lau Events.
Photo: Michelle Walker Photography
Table 6 Productions avoided the problem of making guests wait for drinks at their table by attaching escort cards to cocktails.
Table 6 Productions avoided the problem of making guests wait for drinks at their table by attaching escort cards to cocktails.
Photo: Travis Broxton for Broxton Photography
Poppies & Posies set up a display of cookbooks wrapped with patterned fabrics that corresponded to the table number displays. Wedding guests found their names on the bookmarks and sat at the table that matched the fabric.
Poppies & Posies set up a display of cookbooks wrapped with patterned fabrics that corresponded to the table number displays. Wedding guests found their names on the bookmarks and sat at the table that matched the fabric.
Photo: Robert Sukrachand
Jes Gordon/Proper Fun applied a vinyl appliqué printed with guests’ names and table assignments to an illuminated structure from Taylor Creative Inc.
Jes Gordon/Proper Fun applied a vinyl appliqué printed with guests’ names and table assignments to an illuminated structure from Taylor Creative Inc.
Photo: Andre Maier Photography
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