If you can’t afford to hire a calligrapher to do your escort cards, don’t worry. You can still have cute escort cards if they’re handwritten. Get a few friends to come over and work on the project together. It looks more attractive with different, fun handwriting styles.
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I love the bright combination of lemon and lime – they could make a rainy wedding day bright. It’s a striking color palette for a summer wedding. If you’re using this color combo, you could have simple, budget-friendly centerpieces by skipping floral centerpieces and filling clear, glass containers or bowls with lemons and limes.
Image from the knot {photography by Michael Saba of Saba Photo in Atlanta}
If you’re on a tight budget and need an easy escort card idea that won’t cost you much, you can simply make these “handbag” escort cards which are so cute. They’re simple and adorable – follow this link to find out how to make them.
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If you’re having a whimsical, romantic wedding and need escort cards to match, how about hanging feathers from a tree near the entrance of your reception for guests to grab on their way in. Make the feathers from cardstock and hang them with ribbon.
Image from Brides {photography by Luca Trovato}
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PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com just keeps getting better and better. They have two new features that make finding a gently owned wedding dress super simple. Before I introduce you to these features let’s get real for a minute – the economy sucks and tons of people are without jobs or at risk of losing their jobs. It’s not the best time to plan a wedding; however, if you’re smart about your purchases and stick with budget-friendly options, you can plan a lovely wedding within your budget.
One of the ways to do this is to buy a dress from a website such as PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com. Some women feel funny about wearing a dress that someone else has worn – I have one thing to say to these women – get over it. You can find a designer dress – your dream dress – for half the price. If you can’t get past your irrational fear of wearing a dress that’s already been worn, there are plenty of dresses on this site that have never been worn. You just have to do some searching.
Okay…enough bragging about the website…let me tell you about the two new incredible features. The first feature allows you to get price reduction alerts. Let’s say that you find your dream dress but it’s still out of your price range. You can sign up to receive an e-mail as soon as the price drops. Many women will reduce the price if their dresses if they don’t sell in a timely manner.
The second feature that I seriously love is the ability to search for dresses within a specific location. Lots of brides want to try on a dress before purchasing it, and I completely understand that. You can deal with this in two ways. Find a seller near your hometown and ask to try on the dress before purchasing it or go to a local bridal shop and try on the dress or a similar silhouette dress to make sure you love how it looks.
I hope this amazing resource helps out and if it does, please write to me so I can hear your success story of finding a designer dress for less!
I got an e-mail from a reader yesterday asking me how to use her favors as escort cards. She’s using wrapping paper that matches her wedding palette to wrap up boxes of chocolates for her favors. She wanted them to do double duty by serving as escort cards. Here’s my suggestion: print out the guests names and table numbers on cardstock, cut them up, and attach them to the favors with craft glue. Get a couple of cute cake stands and stack them on the cake stands near the entrance to your reception.
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Getting married in the fall? Consider this idea. Use cardstock to punch or cut out leaves, write the guests names on the leaves along with their table numbers, and attach them to branches. It fits with a fall theme and is incredibly budget-friendly.
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Use a stamp that matches your wedding reception theme to make DIY escort cards. You can make them out of small envelopes or cardstock.
Image from the knot {photography by Lucida Photography}
Having a destination wedding? Consider using DIY luggage tags made from a map of the location and twine. So cute and inexpensive.
Image from the knot {photography from Jeremy Lawson Photography}
