Make everyone feel extra welcome with these personalized place card ideas.
Many things are on your to-do list if you’re hosting aThanksgivingcelebration at your house this year.
Enter these simple and stylish place card ideas.
Credit: Robbie Caponetto; Design: Mariée Ami; Styling: Kathleen Varner
Greet your guests with these sweet, seasonal place cards, and they’ll be utterly charmed.
Fresh Pick
Anchor each setting with a pear.
For those who prefer more traditional autumn hues, consider other seasonal produce.
Credit: Robbie Caponetto; Design: Mariée Ami; Styling: Kathleen Varner
Plus, guests can take home their fruits or vegetables as favors.
To make these place cards, cut small leaf-shaped tags from card stock.
it’s possible for you to complete this look with clear stemmed glassware and tablecloth.
Credit: Robbie Caponetto; Design: Mariée Ami; Styling: Kathleen Varner
Photo Finish
Skip the names, and place pictures of guests at their seats instead.
We love the nostalgia of a black-and-white photo, but full-color family snapshots are equally memorable.
Set up small frames.
Credit: Robbie Caponetto; Design: Mariée Ami; Styling: Kathleen Varner
A two-by-three-inch frame is best.
This frame size won’t take away valuable table space from the food.
Feel free to substitute whichever herbs or flowers are growing in your backyard for the rosemary.
Credit: Robbie Caponetto; Design: Mariée Ami; Styling: Kathleen Varner
Then tuck the card in a sprig of rosemary.
Complete this look with candles, thematic table runners, and napkins.
Melamine or paper plates and bamboo utensils help guarantee a worry-free time for everyone.
Credit: Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Rachael Burrow
Add black beads for eyes, along with a paper beak and wattle.
(Tryfresh-ink.comfor personalized seals.)
Next, place a piece of ribbon at the top center of the card.
Credit: Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Rachael Burrow
Squeeze a quarter-size amount of wax on the bottom of the ribbon, and stamp with the seal.
Let the wax dry.
Write the name under the seal and snip a triangle from the bottom of the card to finish.
Credit: Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Rachael Burrow
She layered the pieces to create a warm, textured look.
To make the place card, begin with an ordinary gift tag and two pieces of solid ribbon.
Finish by tying a loop of ribbon through the top of the label.
Yellow plates brighten the holiday’s usual color scheme.
“Dark shades would have taken away from the playfulness,” she adds.
To make the place card, mark the place mat’s lines using a ruler and a pencil.
Then trace over the outline with a paint marker.
