Textured floral stickers are an easy way to add elegance to a place card. These, from K&Company, are so beautiful that they look like dried flowers impressed into the paper.
Add calligraphy lettering in a deep violet and viola- a floral masterpiece for the table.
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Festive place cards with colorful washi tape and buttons make a delightful table accoutrement.
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There is something about crowns.
To give the bride and groom top billing at the reception, place jeweled crowns atop their place cards and let them shine in all of their newly-wedded glory.
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North Carolina photographer Amanda Churchill has the most beautiful style and designsgirl was thrilled to be asked to contribute to her recent wedding photo shoot.
Amanda gave me carte blanche to create whatever my mind could conjure with the parameters of a neutral palette and found objects.
Here, I applied dried flowers and stitched golden rye sprigs and leucadendron leaves to ivory cards and added calligraphy. Simply natural.
photos by designsgirl
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For a rustic theme, pick field grasses and slip through different size hole punches. Add bright lettering and you have a simply lovely place card.
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With so many fabulous decorative notions available today, the sky's the limit when creating the perfect place card.
Here, Anthropologie fabric push pins are an easy and colorful way to add stylish personality.
photo by designsgirl
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designsgirl was pleased that client Tomoko Kanamitsu asked her to hand letter the reception place cards as well as Tomoko's wedding invitation envelopes.
This particular paper was a dream on which to write.
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Napkin rings can be the perfect place card stand.
These metal bird napkin rings from Z Gallerie serve as a befitting base for a nature-inspired setting with a fresh Ponderosa pine branch from our yard.
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When I bought my studio table, I knew it would serve as a workhorse.
I use it for everything from a sewing platform, display area, and in this case, for drying calligraphy table cards.
The rough hewn table top, made of reclaimed telephone poles, makes for an interesting backdrop to my blog photos, too.
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There are so many creative ways to decorate place cards. Here, calligraphy with gold charms and springs can make a regal presentation.
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designsgirl was thrilled to provide the calligraphy for Boston bride Jody Rayfield's wedding and reply card envelopes and these table cards which referenced the bride and groom's favorite restaurants around the world.
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I love incorporating vintage threads, beads, yarns and inks into place cards, signs, table cards & guest books. I found a treasure trove of these at one of my favorite paper stores - Two Hands Paperie - in Boulder, Colorado, including a glass jar filled with the most unusual glass beads, odd-shaped sequins, springs, & charms.
a bridal shower place card with colorful gouache in pink, orange and blue to match the Japanese Kimono ribbon.
a few sweet stitches of yarn and glittered hand
Here, a hand drawn flower is filled in with a French ink. The iridescence of this ink is what makes it so special, adding unexpected spangle to the piece.
70 year-old gold vintage thread wraps around a hand drawn and hand-cut place card.
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