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Mrs. Flamingo Mrs. Flamingo, Montreal, Canada Age and Occupation: 25, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Nursing Student Engagement Date: December 2004 Wedding Date: June 21, 2008 Venue: Imperia Hotel (modern chic hotel) About Me: I am a passionate designer who loves anything pretty. I heart all paper products (eco-friendly of course). My passion revolves around anything considered glamour; vintage and modern. In my free time, I love reading Martha mags, designing jewelry and making a pit-stop at Starbucks for a chai latte. I'm also a chocoholic at heart and my family drools over my homemade truffles.
 
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Mrs. Flamingo, Montreal, Canada Age and Occupation: 25, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Nursing Student Engagement Date: December 2004 Wedding Date: June 21, 2008 Venue: Imperia Hotel (modern chic hotel) About Me: I am a passionate designer who loves anything pretty. I heart all paper products (eco-friendly of course). My passion revolves around anything considered glamour; vintage and modern. In my free time, I love reading Martha mags, designing jewelry and making a pit-stop at Starbucks for a chai latte. I'm also a chocoholic at heart and my family drools over my homemade truffles.
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A Piece of Chandelier For You

July 14th, 2008 @ 3:52 pm by Mrs. Flamingo

A while back I was debating what style of escort card we should have. I went with the majority of your suggestions and went the glamour option. Since chandeliers seemed to be a very big part of our theme, I decided to go with something like the left picture below.

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I didn’t take any pictures of my escort cards in progress since I had to finish them rather quickly, But this is one of the only pictures I have of the finished product. I think it’s rather good. :)


Here is my friend Julie showing off her escort card.

Making them was simple. I cut squares out of ivory card stock. I purchased a corner die-cut with lace embellishments and punched holes in all 4 corners. I went on ebay and found 100 acrylic chandelier prisms for only 19.95$ plus shipping. I purchased brown organza ribbon and tied both the chandelier prism and ribbon on the place card. Voila! an escort card.

When it came to displaying them, there were many possibilities. Hung on trees like the famous picture below that Miss Pineapple blogged about, hung on ribbons like the picture above, hung on a string making a glamorous clothes line… well this decision La Bosse des Noces (the wedding tv show filming our wedding) took into her own hands.

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Since I didn’t have a clue what La Bosse des Noces would do to display our escort cards, I decided to make a poster with all the table numbers and names. That way, the guests could find their table number and then search for the card.

For the board, I used elements from our invitations. I found leftover embellishments in my scrapbooking box and used sticker rhinestones to add some extra glamour to the board. It came out beautifully. Don’t you think?

Here is a sneak peek of the escort display:

How did you display your escort cards?

14 Responses to “A Piece of Chandelier For You”

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Miss Coconut says:

I love your poster. We are doing seating cards, so we’ll need to make a poster. Any tips?!?! Did you make yours in Illustrator?

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Laura says:

I made the placecards for my best friends wedding– I used the picture of those crystal trees as an inspiration. Here is a pic:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33411984@N00/2446275388/

after most of the cards have been taken off.

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Miss Pineapple says:

very pretty Mrs. Flamingo!

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beanchar says:

Tres jolie!

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Miss Cupcake says:

The picture at the top right is from Brother & SIL Cupcake’s wedding! :-)

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Mrs. Flamingo says:

Thanks everyone!!!

Coconut - yes illustrator. I heart illustrator and using any other program would be like cheating ;)

Cupcake: I had nooooo idea. I love that picture. A reader actually sent it to me. I dont remember who though.

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Hurricane says:

Where did you get the crstals from? I love them! What is the quality on them in your opinion?

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meelahj says:

can you post your instructions on how you made the poster? :) we’re going to do a seating chart instead of placecards

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bugaboo says:

I love the font you used on your poster! It turned out beautifully! Tres chic!

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Mrs. Flamingo says:

@bugaboo: Thanks its Bircham Script and Glyphs.

@meelahj: Well i made it in illustrator and printed it out in color. Pasted it on a cardboard and cut it to size. I stuck some rhinestones for the glam.
Hope it helps

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Mrs. Flamingo says:

@Hurricane:
I got it from this ebay seller. http://stores.ebay.com/1ST-IN-SWAROVSKI-CRYSTAL-BEADS
I was happy with them, they are plastic though, but still good price for what I got.

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MsB says:

I love this idea! I want to do it myself, but the ebay seller you used says that they do not ship to Canada :( How did you get them to ship to you?

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Mrs. Flamingo says:

MsB, I had a friend in the States. She was lucky enough to ship them to me. I know being in canada sometimes sucks for these things. Best of luck.

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