It may seem like an element that brides don’t always think too much about, but your place cards can be a very important detail at your wedding. Think about it for a minute girls, it’s one of the very first things your guests see when they come to your reception. It’s really your first chance to show your guests what you and your groom are all about and what to expect when they walk into the reception. They can truly set the tone for what is yet to come.
Of course you can never go wrong with the normal printed card stock place cards, but what about adding your own little flair to it? You can also save some money by simply going out in your own backyard to find great colorful goodies that will liven up any plain place card. This couple chose sprigs of Leyland Cypress. If you are in love with this idea, but worried they won’t be that green in the winter, don’t worry! The Leyland Cypress is an evergreen so you will find them at this fabulous color all year round.
These delicate place cards might not necessarily be the best thing for a large wedding, but for a shower or intimate reception, they are great. The best part about them is Martha Stewart gives a template on her website for them. (Martha always thinks of everything) All you would need after that is a dear friend with beautiful handwriting and some free time on their hands. Martha gives the template for the butterfly, but you can order different shapes and styles off of Etsy. They go for about $1 a piece. The best ones that I have found are leaves, dragonflies, peacocks, snowflakes, and (my favorite) shrimp. Ok I know what you’re thinking, why shrimp? When you hang them off of water or champagne glass, it looks like a delish shrimp cocktail!
Lastly, for the bride and groom who not only want unique place cards, but want a unique spread for them too, they can go off of this idea. It’s all about the texture that goes underneath the place cards. I couldn’t resist putting up both of these pictures of the surf and turf styles! This will work great if you and your groom have a great engagement story about how you met on a beach when his dog ran up to you as you were sun bathing, or it could be as simple as you both wanting a destination wedding without the travel time. The other mossy arrangement is really simple to make, but gives great texture, color, and style to any wedding.
I do want to add a word of caution to all of these place card options; they all have so much character wrapped up into one aspect of your wedding, so you have to be careful to keep with their theme. You don’t want to have your guests wondering whether they are at a reception or stuck inside a David Bowie music video. (The point of that bad comparison was chaos…) Any event should always have some kind of uniformity to it.
It’s great to be thinking out of the box, but don’t completely forget about it all together. ;)
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