We’re Off! And Other Last Minute Details

We’re Off! And Other Last Minute Details

September 1st, 2009 @ 4:19 pm by Mrs. Mascara

Well, one of us is off. The car is packed and I’ll be making my way back to the UP tonight after work! My fiance (that’s one of the last times I’ll get to say that word) will be staying for one more night and coming up on Wednesday after work. The rest of the week will be filled with the projects I couldn’t do from afar, mainly packaging the favors and putting together the OOT bags, final meetings with a few vendors, etc. The decorating at the reception site begins tomorrow as well, so I’ll be checking in now and then to see the progress. Maybe I’ll even post the progress if I have time (keyword: IF)!

Until then, I’ll leave you with a picture of the last project I finished yesterday: the escort card display! Sorry for the terrible picture, but the cameras are already packed so I had to resort to using my phone. The escort cards are finished as well, and they will hang from the ribbons going across the board. Thank you to the lovely Mrs. Quiche for the last minute inspiration and escort card cutting assistance!

If you are thinking, ‘that is one huge escort card board,’ you are right…

It’s 4’x6’. Remember, it has to fit about 325 cards on it! I just hope people can reach the top and bottom rows!

I’m curious, if you had a large wedding, how did you display all the cards? I’m thinking a table would be much more practical for so many escort cards!

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20 Responses to “We’re Off! And Other Last Minute Details”

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MissCamera (message) 671 posts, Busy bee

325?!?! WOWZA. The display looks great though. Best Wishes for your wedding week!!

9/1/09 @ 4:27 pm (reply)

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Jessie516 (message) 4,008 posts, Honey bee

Wow, that’s a lot of escort cards! That looks great and I’m sure it will work well. Drive safely and have a WONDERFUL wedding.

9/1/09 @ 4:31 pm (reply)

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Miss Cloud (message) 587 posts, Busy bee

We are doing a table display only bc everything else I liked got the big NO from my fiance when he realized he would be the one having to haul it around! Love yours though and good luck in the home stretch!!!

9/1/09 @ 4:37 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 2,616 posts, Sugar bee

325! whoa nelly that’s a lot of people! well that just means there will be a lot of people to share in your joy and love! drive safe [to the both of yous] and have a fantastic wedding! enjoy every second of it!

9/1/09 @ 4:41 pm (reply)

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jen (message) 128 posts, Blushing bee

325 is a lot of guests! I would’ve done it 4′ high and 6′ across to make sure people can reach the top…

9/1/09 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Quiche (message) 2,175 posts, Buzzing bee

It looks great! Glad it worked out Did Mr. M end up taking over the paper cutting duties??

Hope everything goes smoothly this week and that your weekend is FABULOUS!!

9/1/09 @ 5:14 pm (reply)

Hostess

LatteLove (message) 4,094 posts, Honey bee

yay MISS Mascara! What an exciting week for you! Almost there

9/1/09 @ 5:38 pm (reply)

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shelliduke (message) 222 posts, Helper bee

We had to make ours big too, but only for about 200 guests. Hope I can describe this - I used two ribbons, one wide and one narrow, on top of the wide. I used vertical stitches the height of the narrow ribbon about 3″ apart, and will stick each card between the two ribbons. I madespace for 20 cards per row, but it is really wide! I left a couple feet of loose ribbon at each end, I’m planning to tie that to posts at either end and hope that the extra ribbon will blow in the breeze. Phew! I am thinking about posting it in the DIY section, but we’ll see when it all comes together. I was wondering how people get so many cards displayed!

9/1/09 @ 5:41 pm (reply)

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llc2011 (message) 458 posts, Helper bee

Have a great rest of the week leading up to the big day!

9/1/09 @ 6:28 pm (reply)

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Newport Nuptials (message) 1,133 posts, Bumble bee

I love your escort card display! I’m not sure what I want to do for ours yet, but this idea is a front runner for us!

9/1/09 @ 6:34 pm (reply)

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Bee

Mrs. Penguin (message) 2,148 posts, Buzzing bee

Yayyy! Can’t wait to hear from you again! Have a safe trip!

9/1/09 @ 7:29 pm (reply)

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Irishker03 (message) 516 posts, Busy bee

Holy Escort Board, Batman! Thank goodness you’re heading up tonight so that you can take care of all the details! Good luck and Safe Drive

9/1/09 @ 8:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Moonbeam (message) 1,328 posts, Bumble bee

That’s one big wedding, but it’s a great display.

9/1/09 @ 8:59 pm (reply)

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fiftyfootbride (message) 3,683 posts, Sugar bee

Holy cow! That’s a lot of cards in one space. The board looks great.

9/1/09 @ 9:04 pm (reply)

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WorstTwinEver15 (message) 758 posts, Busy bee

Love this idea (as I mentioned in your original post)!!

9/2/09 @ 1:36 am (reply)

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Miss Mouse (message) 3,301 posts, Sugar bee

Yay! Good luck on all of your projects, Miss Mascara! I hope you have time to update us again.

9/2/09 @ 3:48 am (reply)

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slicey19 (message) 802 posts, Busy bee

I’m planning to do the ribbon board for my escort cards too! We won’t have nearly as many so I bought some frames to put them in. I’m also planning to do one escort card per couple, are you doing one per person or do you have 600 guests?

9/2/09 @ 6:23 am (reply)

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