Escort cards and how they are displayed can play dual roles at your reception: they can serve as an interactive way to direct your guests to their table, and they can also be used as a keepsake or favor. Whether the overall look ties into the theme of your wedding or highlights something special from your life, the possibilities are endless. Even better, many Island wedding planners are prepared to help execute your vision.
Here, we highlight some of our favorite escort card displays that have seated guests in style.
Wanting to highlight their tradition of visiting Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark, Turner Delano and Rowdy Vass tapped a friend to create beach stickers to serve as their escort cards.
Wedding Planner: Timeless Event Planning | Printed Work: Hale Rardin Photographer: Larisa Stinga
Katharine Cammann and Mike Cadman took a DIY approach to their escort card display by painting wooden buoys in colorful patterns before hanging them from thrifted antique shutters.
Wedding Planner: Patrie Grace | Display: DIY | Buoys: Casey’s Wood Products | Printed Work: Calligraphy by Ally | Photographer: Joe Mikos
For Sandy Brooks’s wedding to Robert Kovacs, she made and displayed ceramic vases for each guest, which were then used to anchor hanging escort cards.
Wedding Planner: Timeless Event Planning | Vases + Display: DIY | Printed Work: Samantha Meyer Studio | Flowers: Morrice Florist | Photographer: Elizabeth LaDuca
Courtney Bryan and Nicholas Boekel’s printed escort cards featured wax seals paired with colorful individual flowers and arranged on the “Cape Display Wall” rental from Kadeema.
Wedding Planner: KG Events & Design | Display: Kadeema | Printed Work: Minted | Sign: Etsy | Flowers: Aubrey Maria Designs/Donaroma’s | Photographer: Joe Mikos
For Anna Gallegos and Alexander Uman’s garden party–themed wedding, they attached their guests’ escort cards – made by Alexander’s mother – to floral seed packets hung on a rustic shutter.
Day-of Coordinator: Island Dreams Event Design | Display: Monger’s Market | Seed Packets: Amazon | Printed Work: DIY | Photographer: Jessica K. Feiden
Morgan Kohler and Alex Mason displayed their escort cards, which featured a blue wax seal of their wedding-crest design, on the “White Rose Flower Wall” rental from Uniquely Chic Events.
Wedding Planner: KG Events & Design | Display: Uniquely Chic Events Printed Work: Blythe Holliday Designs | Sign: Etsy | Flowers: Aubrey Maria Designs/Donaroma’s | Photographer: Mila Lowe
Lindsay Wilken and Byron Lynn’s love of oysters played out in their escort card display with painted oyster shells hung with ribbon from a custom-built wall.
Wedding Planner: Timeless Event Planning | Display: Kadeema | Oyster Shells: Willett and Co. | Flowers: Morrice Florist | Photographer: Anya Kernes
Wanting their pets to be included in some aspect of their wedding, Colleen Britton and Michael Wilson hired an artist to paint the portraits of their six dogs to serve as the escort cards.
Wedding Planner: KG Events & Design | Display: Big Sky Tent and Party Rentals | Printed Work: Lexi Mayde | Flowers: Wild Dahlia Photographer: Jessica K. Feiden
Meghan Gosselin and Anthony Capobianco’s escort card display not only served as a beautiful backdrop, the design also matched their dinner menus to tie elements of the day together.
Wedding Planner: KG Events & Design | Display: Big Sky Tent and Party Rentals | Printed Work: The Detail Department by House of Clark Flowers: Morrice Florist | Photographer: Christine Sargologos
Sandy Brooks and Robert Kovacs brought their love for Hawaii to their rehearsal dinner display by using tiki mugs – which they had collected themselves over the years – filled with mai tais.
Wedding Planner: Timeless Event Planning | Display: DIY | Printed Work: Tropica Weddings | Sign: Etsy | Flowers: Morrice Florist | Photographer: Jessica K. Feiden
Guests found their seats at Kat Fearey and Brian Bissell’s rehearsal dinner thanks to a Moscow mule bar station. Each copper mug featured a drink stirrer with a name and table number handwritten by Kat.
Wedding Planner + Display: Timeless Event Planning | Flowers: Pond Street Flowers Photographer: Sam Brooks
Mary Wuerthele and Daniel Hecht paid homage to some of their favorite rocky beaches with escort stones. Mary wrote the names and table numbers, and the display was repurposed from her brother’s Island wedding a few years ago.
