Where did you get/How did you make your placecards?

[minniebride]

I was going to make my own placecards, but I just cannot figure out how to print them or what kind of paper to use.

Anyone know how to make them?

Or if you purchased them, where did your order them from?

Thanks!

 

[girli565]

I got mine from Disney floral. They were pretty cheap, like $2.50 per card. We did them per couple/family so they ended up being very inexpsensive. They were just plain white with aquamarine writing. Very simple but elegant.

 

[DVC Bride 2011]

I got mine at a craft store for less than $10 total. It's a template, so you have to create the template in Word and then type up whatever you want the cards to say. I'm adding 3 pink crystals in the shape of Mickey in one corner to jazz them up a little bit. They were made of card stock.

I'm sure if you wanted to go really inexpensive, you could just buy card stock and search for a template online somewhere, use a paper cutter and completely make them yourself.

 

[Sccrmnky2005]

If you look in ym PJ the last post I made in it, I started my place cards (just a few of them) to get an idea what I wanted. I also make place cards and have tons of ideas if you need any help PM and I will be happy to help you in any I can!!

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

I just ordered mine yesterday from Etsy! They were pretty expensive for place cards, but I love them! Here is what they look like:

 

[Nichole33]

I'm making mine out of votive candles, vellum paper and thin ribbon. I got the candles in bulk from Amazon for a pretty good price. They will look like this when I'm done.

 

[Sccrmnky2005]

I'm making mine out of votive candles, vellum paper and thin ribbon. I got the candles in bulk from Amazon for a pretty good price. They will look like this when I'm done.

SO CUTE!! love that idea!

 

[karentots]

We went a bit crazy but it was about our place card holders more so than the cards... the cards were just printed on Joann's (coupons/onsale... cardstock; tinkerbell & some giltter/pixie dust).

 

[super_k0116]

We went a bit crazy but it was about our place card holders more so than the cards... the cards were just printed on Joann's (coupons/onsale... cardstock; tinkerbell & some giltter/pixie dust).

Where did you get those awesome tiny topiaries?

 

[karentots]

Where did you get those awesome tiny topiaries?

Hey Mark & Kristen... We actually made them... here's the excerpt from one of my PJ's....

"Joe promptly started me on the next wedding project to distract me and keep me excited about it (gosh he's so good!). Yet another ambitious idea.... place card holders. Sounds simple enough right? Well Joe's idea... "You know how Disney has all those Mickey Topiaries all over? Lets make little topiaries to hold our place cards". He seriously wanted me to grow 150 or more Mickey topiaries by June? Yeah that was not going to happen. I can't even keep the dandelions alive on the lawn so forget all that Disney topiary bonsai magic. It was a really cute idea and I knew we could figure out a way. However, now more than ever we needed to be more cost conscious and dumping money into place card holders when I wasn't sure if could pay for things we NEEDED for the wedding, could not be done.

I was challenged to come up with a way and a much needed distraction so we started brainstorming... I thought of sculpting all of them out of earth-clay and doing a chia pet kind of thing... but then again I never got my chia pet to grow so wasting my time sculpting 150+ Mickeys would take me FOREVER and when they didn't grow I knew I'd get mad and throw them out...

NEXT... Joe said I had the right idea, to make a mold and cast 150+ and make them look like topiaries... Then AHA, I got it... I remembered my neighbors old model train sets and how his dad would make all these landscapes with trees and grass that looked so real... That's what we would cover them with but making a mold and casting 150+ was not cost effective or time efficient. After looking into a number of molding & casting materials there was just not anything cheap enough that would have made it worth all the time it would have taken. I needed pre-made 2-3 inch characters, cheap!

Disney Store had playset that were exactly what I was looking for... set of 6 characters per set, on sale 2 sets for $20... that's $1.66 a piece too much... I wanted it for a dollar or less. I tried dollar stores, nothing... I searched online, nothing... I found a lot of 200+ pvc figures that were "mostly disney" on ebay but from the picture it didn't look like there would be enough. Finally, I hit the jackpot at the Dollar Tree Store (I was just there, they seem to change stock daily). Filled up my cart with 150 and checked out.

[just a little aside... DOLLAR TREE LADIES! They always have tons of Disney stuff... great Disney stuff for $1... especially for the kids]

Ok, to finish off the project... Spray them all green, spray glue them, drop them in a bag of green train model turf, stick them in a tiny terracotta pot, and finish it off with with a little wire loop to hold the place card. (we figured our guests can take them home and use them as memo holders or to hold our wedding pic."

Feel free to contact me if you need anything else
Karen

 

[CityGirlLost]

I just ordered mine yesterday from Etsy! They were pretty expensive for place cards, but I love them! Here is what they look like:

OMG, I could totally do those with my Gypsy! Actually, I could do those with Cinderella's coach.

I always feel like I see these things too late because I would do them for fellow Dis-brides for the cost of supplies and postage.

 

[mickin]

We love the vinylmation dolls and were thinking of getting the create your own ones and writing the place card names/table numbers on them. We are also gonna get the 9 inch ones to put on the tables so that our guests can write us messages just like a guestbook or photo display

 

[ckpoodge]

We found some castle picture frames online, and I'm just printing a card to insert instead of a photo. That will direct people to their table. At their table, we're going to have votive candles with everyone's name on it.

 

[Desnik]

We used blank room cards and used clear address labels to print the name and table number and stuck it on the cards. The holders I got on EBay for really cheap. We had a fall theme and our VR was in Nov so we used all fall colors and we were lucky enough that the Poly had yellow room cards. They were so nice and gave me 50 blank cards with no problems at all. My guests all loved them, here is a picture: