Escort Card Meal Symbols

I am doing stickers I got from Etsy specifically for this purpose. I’m on my phone so I can’t post a picture for some reason (???), but my 3 plated meals are chicken, vegan, and steak. So I order the cow, chicken, and carrot stickers in black (I felt they were more sophisticated/ less intrusive as a “silhouette” rather than a color). I ordered extras of each as though 100% of people would get steak, 60% would get chicken, and 40% would get vegan since at the time I ordered I only had around 20 RSVPs. They were not very expensive.


https://www.etsy.com/listing/555590877/meal-choice-stickers-menu-selection?ref=ss_listing

I was told the symbols could be anything including different colored tags so I’m thinking about writing the names in different colors maybe?

I got stickers from Etsy, didn't cost much, fits well on the escort cards and easy to read.
Chicken for chicken, cow for beef, fish for scallops and just the letter V for vegetarian

There are dozens of ideas on Pinterest to indicate choice of entree.

https://www.pinterest.ca/search/pins/?q=choice%20of%20entree%20on%20place%20cards&rs=typed&term_meta[]=choice%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=of%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=entree%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=on%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=place%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=cards%7Ctyped

You can use different color cards, ribbons, stamps, stickers, stick on jewels etc.

On Etsy they have printed cards with meal icons

I got stamps off of etsy. There are a ton of options if you search meal choice stamps.

I got those little shiny star stickers, like we used to get back in school. Each dinner will have a different color, red meat, blue fish. Etc... I will put the stickers on the escort cards and also provide caterer with a list of who gets what per table.

I never even thought of this! I had planned to just write out steak or fish on the escort card! Very interesting to know! I’ll have to look at some of those Pinterest searches now. Is there a reason not to just write it out? Or is this just preference? I’m learning as I go with wedding planning!

My cards are trimmed in different colors to match my color scheme. Each color (3) represents the meal selection.

I am ordering these from Etsy - i like them because they match my escort cards and you can order exactly the number of each that you want.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/385755194/meal-stickers-menu-stickers-wedding

I used a legend with trees where 3 trees = beef, 2 trees = fish, and 1 tree = chicken.

Each guest will have a specific seat, so we will be giving a chart to the caterer. Their name cards will be at their table, to indicate which seat is theirs, and there will be a mirror with their name and table number up front.

View Quoted Comment I think it’s probably okay to write it out. I think some people might just prefer symbols because you can make them cute if you want to. I guess it also might be slightly easier for the waiters to just glance at a symbol rather than read words written on the escort cards.

Thanks to everyone for your replies!

We got foil star stickers and used a different color for each choice. They were like $2 for 500 at Walmart.

Omg, I was thinking how we were going to dictate meals. These stickers are the cutest!!

I'd look on Etsy, they have tons of personalized stamps.

I made our place cards myself. I went to Office Depot and bought tented cards in Ivory. The specific card makers (if that makes sense) have templates online that have borders. I found one that looked elegant and wedding-y. I typed everyone’s name in a cursive font and then I found clip art silhouettes of a cow, a chicken, a fish, and a carrot and pasted them underneath the name. It cost me less than $20 total!