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Place Cards with a classic look

I adore place cards with a classic look for casual to black tie weddings. These in particular are a favorite for the classic black ink on white cotton paper. The look is a bit fresh with the use of my Sofia script which has a modern sentiment.

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Place card with the guests first name only are ideal for a smaller event and show an intimacy of a thoughtful event. When you have a larger celebration, we always suggest place cards with first and last names to help communicate the traffic flow a bit more efficiently.

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And for those of you asking: what is the difference between a place card and an escort card? A place card is the card with your guests name placed at the specific seat you want your guest to sit at. Only one guest can be listed on this card. An escort card is a card or envelope/card combo that contains your guests name and the table number you want them to sit at. This can contain a couple or individual names.

It is possible to have escort cards without place cards, but we do recommend to not have place cards in a classic look without escort cards unless the guest count is under 30.

Escort card wall – Dallas Wedding

I just had to show off another fantastic escort card wall for a Dallas wedding display by Emily Clarke Events & The Detail Department.

Escort Card Wall

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escort card modern calligraphy

They had this great room key shapes cut out of white acrylic, hung a lovely fringe tassel & I wrote teeny tiny in all caps in a matching color for the escort cards. Everything turned out super cute for this Dallas wedding!

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acrylic escort cards with clean calligraphy

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modern calligraphy seating cards

Dallas Wedding – Dapper Dapper Diplomat

Dallas Wedding

It was such a delight to work with planner- Julian Leaver – The Dapper Diplomat. The designer was Emily Clarke Events with stationer – The Detail Department on this fun Dallas wedding.

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watercolor and calligraphy wedding invitation

The wedding invitations were so lovely in a palette of light blue, green, white and gold.

I addressed the wedding envelopes in grass green. The classic Olivia script was used. Isn’t the watercolor on the invitation gorgeous?! The green is a nice touch.

equestrian derby calligraphy seating cards

dallas wedding – dapper diplomat and calligraphy derby ribbon escort wall

The day of items were super special because the bride is an equestrian. The winners ribbons idea created the seating display.

I used the Olivia script and white ink to write the guest names. They went directly on the ribbons and the number went in the center circle. It all turned out so lovely!

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luxury derby ribbon seating cards with calligraphy

And just a little behind the scenes for you – ink and ribbon isn’t always a good mix so we have to “prepare the surface” in calligraphy speak. So a little insiders secret is to lightly coat with hairspray to make it a bit less slick & accept the ink without bleeding!

dallas wedding calligrapher behind the scenes

behind the scenes – calligraphy

Since I am a Texas wedding Calligrapher- extreme hold is always a necessity 😉

Calligraphy Seating Cards – New York and Dallas Calligrapher

Leaves have been a trend this year for calligraphy seating cards and they can be done so many different ways!  I think that white looks best on the green to provide the most contrast and easiest to read when the mass of people enter the reception space.  This first one we did tall capital letters to keep a modern and clean look for this fun mitzvah celebration.  These were pinned onto golden apples to show people to their seats.  Lovely!

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modern mitzvah stationery

 

white and green escort card calligraphy on leaves

traditional seating card calligraphy

 

This second set were handing from a floral tree (how marvelous) for a wedding reception.  They were folded to provide dimension but it was important that we keep everything on one side for this project.  So we used my zanner calligraphy hand in white ink and put the name and table number on the same side.  Let me tell you – this was tiny writing when we started getting 2 full names on these.  Since this was a large wedding, the tree was really full with all the beautiful leaves!