DIY Place Cards for Your Wedding

Place cards for your wedding are an essential detail at the wedding reception table: Choosing the right place card holders helps create a cohesive wedding theme and, thanks to beautiful name cards, helps guests find their seats in the large banquet hall.

Personalized Place Cards for the Wedding Reception 

The seating arrangement at your wedding makes a big difference—so it’s best to start thinking about it early on in the wedding planning process: Who sits where? And what should the place card holders look like? Do we want to make them ourselves, or should we bring in an expert in calligraphy, stationery, and illustration? Whatever you decide—here are a few exciting ideas for place cards.

Wooden place card holders 

Rustic place cards made with twigs and pieces of wood are perfect for boho-style weddings or those with a rustic theme. Using a white marker designed for drawing on wood and natural materials, you can write names beautifully on driftwood or twigs. Note: To get a really good result, you’ll need a steady hand and a little experience with calligraphy!

Baking Place Cards

For all future wedding couples who love to bake and want to treat their guests to something delicious, place cards in the form of cookies are a great option. Heart-shaped cookies or cupcakes offer plenty of space to write the wedding guests’ names in icing. If you’re not a fan of baking but would still like a table full of sweet place cards, just reach out to our pastry chefs. They know exactly how to do it!

Natural Name Cards 

A sensual beige-and-white wedding dress, lots of green floral arrangements, and very natural wedding decorations to go with it. This wedding style is very popular because it feels unpretentious and authentic. The place cards should also have a natural feel: You can write the names of your wedding guests on fruit—for example, apples or pears. Or you could tie a delicate bow around the fruit and write on the fabric. It doesn’t take much effort, but it makes a big impact. If you’re not particularly skilled at writing on objects yourself, reach out to the experts at the stationery shop.

Floral Decorations & Place Cards

You probably already have an idea of what you want your floral arrangements and decorations to look like for your wedding. You can incorporate the place card holders into these designs—for example, by labeling small flower pots or attaching name stickers to cute flower bowls. When you have the chance, ask your florist if she has any ideas that would complement the rest of the floral arrangements—she’ll surely be happy to help you create the floral place cards!

Guest Names on Glasses & Bottles 

Grab your markers and let’s get started: Decorate glasses with waterproof markers or adhesive letters, and you’ll have place cards for your wedding tables in no time! The effect of labeled bottles, glasses, or decorative stones is simply wonderful because the lettering blends beautifully into the table arrangement. However, calligraphy on these materials isn’t that easy—feel free to seek professional help!

Professional place card design stands out

Of course, every couple wants to be involved in planning and organizing their wedding, and creating place cards seems like a great place to start. But making place cards for a wedding often takes more effort than you might think at first. 

You’ll need a cohesive color and typography scheme that matches the rest of the wedding celebration, a steady hand, high-quality materials, and a printer that can print flawlessly on thicker paper. 

As you can see, making place cards for your own wedding is definitely possible, but if you rely on experts in calligraphy, illustration, and stationery, you’ll not only have less work to do but also end up with a perfect result that’s guaranteed to bring you great joy at your wedding table.

You’ll see exactly these kinds of results when you click through our inspiration for table decorations and place cards. Have fun browsing!