How to Customize Your Place Cards

Place cards don't have to be boring.

You're having a party or reception and don't want boring place cards. Liven up your table by tailoring your place cards, keeping in mind your event and your guests. Make interesting place cards that will be conversation starters for guests and make your event more memorable. Have guests love their place cards so much they may even want to take them home. A cute idea to make your place cards more interesting is to change up the way they are presented.

Things You'll Need

• Plain sugar cookies
• Icing tubes
• Pressed leaves
• Permanent marker
• Scissors
• Card stock
• Scrapbook paper
• Glue
• Wine corks
• Ribbon
• Photographs
• Miniature frames

Instructions

1. Create a customized place card by starting with the base. Instead of using card stock, which is the most common material used to make place cards, change things up. Use a sugar cookie for a base and write the guest's name in icing. Press leaves and write the names on them with permanent marker. Use patterned scrapbook paper to create innovative cards. Write the guest's name on a plain card and glue it to the scrapbook paper.

2. Customize plain place cards and make them interesting by setting them up in a unique way. Cut a slit in the side of a wine cork and slip the place card into it. Or, string a ribbon around each chair and place a folded-over place card over the ribbon on the back of the chair for each guest.

3. Tailor the place cards to each person individually. Instead of writing names on the place cards, use a photo of that person. Place it on the card or use miniature frames for each place setting. Or, write a few lines from a poem, movie or song lyric on the back of each person's card that remind you of that person. Another personal touch is to write a favorite memory you have with that person on their card. It will make her smile and add an intimate touch to the place card.

References

• Better Homes And Gardens: Pressed Leaf Place Card
• Purple Trail: Unique Place Card Ideas
• Good Housekeeping: Do It Yourself Place Cards