So, I'm ready to get back to my blog after a year or so of wedding planning and stress....whew! Every girl dreams about having her big day and having this glorious day that's all about you. Well that day does not come easy, you have to set your date, find your vendors, pick the "perfect" dress, pick out specific flowers your want, and so on and so on, I'm getting a headache thinking about it again. Of course once you get all your beautiful pictures back from the photographer, all of those small details, that you stressed out about and didn't even notice during the dang day of the wedding, come into place and are commemorated forever in picture.
This is one of my favorite pictures of the details from the wedding, my husband, family and I made these Place Card Settings from hand within the last week of the wedding, talk about procrastinating. I used a Place Card Template from Michaels and saved the corks from the bar I worked at so all I had to pay for was the Paper Templates which I used a Michaels coupon for, of course. All and all these only cost me about $10.00 to make and I had close to 100 guests at my wedding.
Supplies Needed:
- Synthetic Wine Corks
- Box Cutter or Paring Knife
- Place Card Templates
- Butter Knife
Directions:
1. Begin cutting slits into the middle of the Synthetic Wine Corks using a sharp knife like a paring knife, box cutters or something similar.
*I say to use synthetic wine corks because the regular corks will fall apart as you start to cut into them unless you pre-treat them first, like by boiling them in water for 10 minutes. So by using the synthetic corks you can save time, they'll be easier to cut, no risk of falling apart when you put in the place card.
2. Using Place Card Templates directions print out your guests names with table numbers on the bottom, using the fonts of your choice.
3. Now this is the tricky part, put your Butter Knife into the slit you cut earlier to separate slit, then quickly place the place card inside. This took some trial and error at first, but once you got into the groove they went in easier. It is okay if at the beginning you ruin some of the place cards and are forced to reprint, it happens to the best of us.
This is definitely an easy way to put a little of your personality into your wedding, and doesn't cost much to make and you can recruit your friends, family or maybe favorite bartender to save corks for you to save money. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and check back soon for my Wine Cork Monogram Tutorial, which you can use your regular or synthetic wine corks for.
