by Shannon Morehouse

Created on: December 05, 2008

Planning a wedding can be an exciting adventure. It's
incredible to see everything piece together: the beautiful gown, the colors and theme, the caterer, the cake design, and the decorations. It's the fine details that can be the toughest. One of these details is the place cards. Fortunately, there are many creative and fabulous options for place cards. Here are several ideas based on various wedding themes.

BEACH THEME:

There are a couple of beach-theme place card holders that add a neat touch to your wedding dcor. If you'd like to take the cute route, use these flip flop place card holders. Beaucoup.com has cute beach chair place card holders too. If you are aiming for a more elegant look, collect an array of seashells and glue the place cards to the shells. Beaucoup.com also has very elegant shell place card holders. Alternatively, you can find small sand dollars at beach shops and you can leave enough space on your place cards to glue the sand dollar to the place cards. You can also do the same with small shells.

AUTUMN THEME:

One very inexpensive place card holder for autumn is to collect a wide array of fallen leaves and attach the names to the leaves. Or you can check out, David's Bridal, which has beautiful fall leaf place card holders.

WINTER THEME:

For a winter-themed wedding, gently attach your place cards to Christmas tree ornaments. Beaucoup.com
also has various gorgeous snowflake place card holders. adorable snowman place card holders, in addition to Christmas tree and candy cane place card holders.

BUTTERFLY or DRAGONFLY THEME:For butterfly or dragonfly themed weddings, there are several creative options to choose from for your place card holders. Beaucoup.com has beasutiful silver butterfly or dragonfly place card holders. Favorfavor.com has stunning pink and crystal butterfly place card holders. Americanbridal.com has very colorful butterfly place card holders. Smartyparty.com, which is actually a kids party supply store, has gorgeous bright dragonfly and butterfly place card holders that woul add a magical touch to your wedding!

WINE AND DINE THEME:

For a wine and dine wedding theme, you can collect corks from wine bottles (ask you r friends to save theirs too) and use a razor blade to make a slit in the cork. Perfect place card holders!

IRISH or CELTIC THEME:

For an Irish theme wedding, you can purchase lucky clover place card holders, or consider personalized Irish pub coasters. Both of these items can be found on weddingfavorsunlimited.com.

SPRING THEME:

For a spring themed wedding, you can attach the place cards to fresh flowers. On favoraffair.com, you can find cute birdie place card holders. On Americanbridal.com, you can find adorable silver daisy place card holders.

If you want to save time and money, you can make your own place cards using card stock paper and stamps that reflect your wedding theme.

Once you have your cards selected, make sure you type or neatly write the names of your guests on the cards. If a relative or bridesmaid has exquisite handwriting, assign them the job they will be honored to help you out!

Last but not least, design seating arrangements. It's great to mix members of different families together at the tables to allow them to mingle and get to know each other. Looking for icebreakers? Create trivia cards related to the bride and groom at each table.

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