How to Add Handmade Touches to Your Wedding Place Cards

Wed­ding place cards with a hand­made touch

Any­thing hand­made takes time. That’s part of the charm. When it comes time to do the place cards for your recep­tion, using plain place cards is an easy way to set the table but if you’re after some­thing spe­cial with a hand­made touch get your girl­friends together for an evening of craft­ing. You’ll need scis­sors, glue and some pretty papers to match your theme or even just pages from old books. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

But­ter­fly wed­ding place cards for a hint of elegance

To make these ele­gant but­ter­flies sim­ply draw a sim­ple but­ter­fly shape onto a scrap piece of paper to use as your tem­plate and then trace it onto the paper of your choice.

Have a lot of place cards to do? Double-up your paper and cut two or three at the same time. They can be cut out of any type of paper to suit your theme if you have one. Why not cut them out of sheets of music stained with tea or any pretty pat­terned paper?

Fold the but­ter­fly along the mid­dle and snip a V-shape out of the cen­tre so it can rest, wings open, on the top of the card. Add a dab of glue to hold it in place.

Paper rose­buds for romance

Paper roses can be made out of just about any type of paper. Here I’ve used a page from an old book. Sim­ply cut a cir­cle and then snip into it like a spiral.

Gen­tly roll the coil around the mid­dle and glue the end into place. Glue a vin­tage but­ton in the cen­tre if you like. Attach it as is or with a small green paper.

Antique blooms that make a statement

To make the large flower, start by cut­ting out a num­ber of tea-stained petals in vary­ing sizes and sim­ply glue them around the inner bud.

To start the inner bud, roll the petals around a pen­cil to give them shape and then attach more and more petals in vary­ing shapes.

Cut out a leaf from green paper and write your guests’ names on them.

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Guest blog­ger Katie Far­rell is from Art­yard Hand­made.  Art­yard Hand­made has been formed to cre­ate a fusion of art and craft blend­ing tra­di­tional tech­niques of art with the lat­est ideas in con­tem­po­rary craft and design. The Art­yard stu­dio is a happy, buzzing place where every­one is wel­come to come and try new things, learn new skills, and leave inspired to go on cre­at­ing at home. Our exten­sive range of work­shops on offer means that there really is some­thing for every­one; from pho­tog­ra­phy to scrap­book­ing, our work­shops com­bine ele­ments of inspired design with a social ele­ment. www.artyard.co.uk