Yana Shellman Photography | Alexa e Carmen’s Wedding at The Mansion on Main Street
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Martha Stewart
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Replace escort cards with a seating assignment display that shows off your personality.
While escort cards suit some wedding aesthetics, a single, seamless chart can often be a better fit for your vision (or venue). If you use a single diagram, map, or list to direct guests to their tables, then custom menus or personalized favors placed at each setting can indicate specific seats (you can also allow guests to choose their own spots as they get to know their seatmates).
A seating chart can also add a memorable statement detail to your wedding décor. Your shared hobbies and interests—sports, sailing, and favorite cities—can all provide inspiration, and so can a color palette, mixed materials, or unique textures. See how real couples incorporated glass, copper, wood, fabric, and a variety of other elements into creative wedding seating chart ideas.
Copper Pipe Wedding Seating Chart
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A couple who were introduced by a mutual friend beside a school water fountainincluded a cheeky nod to the location with a seating chart made from copper piping (prettier than any piping we’ve ever seen inside a wall).
Nautical Wedding Seating Chart
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The couple’s favorite song and waterfront venue inspired their seating chart, which included guests’ names calligraphed onto the sails of small, vintage model sailboats.
Rainbow Wedding Seating Chart
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At a “retro beach rainbow”-themed wedding, guests found their seating assignment according to color, not number, on an installation designed by the bride and built by the groomsmen.
Mountain Wedding Seating Chart
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After reaching this couple’s mountaintop ceremony site by chairlift, the seating chart—which read “The mountains are calling”—was an appropriate touch.
Etched Glass Wedding Seating Chart
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This double-layered seating chart, which included a frosted panel in front of the etched panel for depth, was decorated with trailing greenery.
Textile-Inspired Wedding Seating Chart
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Small blue leather triangles, each etched with a guests’ name and table number, were arranged to mimic the layout of a classic Pendleton blanket at this Nebraska wedding.
Black Wedding Seating Chart
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This couple used three different tents for their cocktail hour, reception, and after-party, purposefully incorporating every color of the rainbow into the layout. A sleek black seating chart let the florals and lighting shine.
Full-Length Mirror Wedding Seating Chart
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Ornate full-length mirrors surrounded by lush florals—and calligraphed with the guests’ table assignments—were an opulent accent to the rustic exposed brick and gravel pathways at this venue.
Potted Plant Wedding Seating Chart
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A backyard wedding may not offer space for an expansive escort card display, but a shelf of potted plants—with each pot displaying the guests assigned to a different table—looks right at home.
Glass Jug Wedding Seating Chart
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Rich wood tones, seaglass-inspired jugs, bright fruit, and casual handwriting lent a vacation vibe to this beachfront wedding.
Blue Floral Wedding Seating Chart
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These brides kept their seating chart simple and chic with a bold blue shade, which they repeated throughout the decor, a line-drawn floral element, and contrasting white text.
Golden Gate Bridge Wedding Seating Chart
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The Ganeys
At a venue surrounded by views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the iconic structure inspired many of the day’s illustrations—including the seating chart, where acrylic panels with guests’ names sat atop a custom image.
Handmade Wedding Seating Chart
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The bride’s father crafted this handmade seating chart from wood salvaged from his North Carolina farm.
National Park Wedding Seating Chart
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Tables at this wedding were named for the couple’s favorite national parks, and guests’ names were calligraphed in copper on dark leather by Jessica Lee Calligraphy.
Greenery Wedding Seating Chart
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This simple seating chart gets an extra dose of elegance thanks to the surrounding boxwood greenery.
Rustic Arrangements Wedding Seating Chart
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This wood and lettering seating chart at this couple’s rustic, outdoor wedding reception was decorated with lanterns and floral accents.
Mirror Display Wedding Seating Chart
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This display—which was inspired by Snow White—featured gold-rimmed mirrors stuck in a wall of greenery and blooms.
Scroll Wedding Seating Chart
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Inspired by a classic, regal scroll (with paper swapped for fabric), this seating chart was comprised of a rich velvet base and held gold assignments calligraphed by Perfect Fête Designs.
Lucite Wedding Seating Chart
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Four elegant Lucite slabs lit by votive candles displayed the seating arrangements at this reception.
Illustrated Wedding Seating Chart
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Hand-watercolored artwork by Emily Baker Studio topped seating-assignment cards with illustrations related to the wedding’s venue and the groom’s heritage.
Record Wedding Seating Chart
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LB Events owner Hallie Slate fulfilled a bride’s request for a music-inspired seating chart by using spray-painted, vintage records. The bride’s sister (Kenzie of Details, Darling) then calligraphed each with the guests’ names.
Transparent Wedding Seating Chart
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Martha’s niece used this floating display for her wedding. The chart itself was made from Plexiglas and was held from barn rafters using barely-there fishing wire.
Window Wedding Seating Chart
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A father of a bridesmaid made this seating chart by placing a piece of glass in a window frame, while the bridesmaid added the details using a white paint marker.
Sporty Wedding Seating Chart
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This tennis-loving couple turned their seating chart into sports brackets. The fun display was printed on navy vinyl.
Album Wedding Seating Chart
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Album sleeves from some of the couple’s favorite bands made this casual seating chart pop. Guests could hear the albums, too, since they were played throughout cocktail hour and dinner.
Milled Wood Wedding Seating Chart
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This calligraphed cut of locally-milled wood served as an eye-catching seating chart (and decoration, too).
Citrus Wedding Seating Chart
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This white structure—complete with greenery and lemons—made a statement in this outdoor space.
Easel Wedding Seating Chart
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Grit & Grace made this formal blue-and-white seating chart, which was supported by a clear easel. “Having the seating chart was a last-minute decision,” said the celebration’s bride, but “it turned out to be a really cool addition to the wedding.”
Simple Wedding Seating Chart
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This wooden seating chart features tables named after Hawaiian islands (perfect for the couple’s island celebration) and a welcoming pineapple illustration.
Chic Wedding Seating Chart
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The bride designed this seating chart by borrowing elements from her invitation suite.
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