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29 Apr |
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9:20 pm Posted by Kristy |
Making guests feel welcome is standard practice for the gracious host of any event. Your wedding reception is no exception. Whether you’re going buffet style or sitting down for formal dinner service, use wedding place cards to name every guest at the party and give them a seat at the table.
'Lux Reverse' by LookLoveSend.com
The ABCs of Wedding Place Cards
There are several types of wedding place cards to be used for different reasons, depending on the style of your wedding reception.
- Escort cards direct guests to a specific table.
- Place setting cards assign guests to a specific seat at the table.
- Table cards label tables so guests can find where they’re sitting.
Unless you’re going with an open seating reception altogether, you’ll need to decide how to best use place cards to make your guests feel most welcome. Determining which kinds of cards you’ll need depends how formal your wedding reception is. But also consider how to make it easiest for your guests to find their place.
Place Card Placement
Here are a few basic questions to ask that will help you decide what kind of place cards to use and where to place them:
Are you assigning guests to tables only or also assigning seats?
Display place cards at the entrance way to your reception. This works if you are just seating guests at specific tables, and allowing them to arrange themselves once there. If you’re assigning guests to specific seats at your tables, then you’ll need a second set of place setting cards to indicate where each guest (or couple) should sit at all your tables.
Will you need flexibility with seating charts or be making possible changes?
If you expect to make ongoing changes to your seating chart, or anticipate some possible guest additions, order extra blank cards. It’s also advisable to print blank place cards or cards with only the table number indicated. That way you can write in new or changed guest names.
How would you like guests to find their place cards?
Folded, tent-style place cards are easiest, as they can be arranged anywhere: self-standing on a table strategically placed at the reception entrance or cleverly tucked into the slats of vintage, shabby-chic shutters. Flat cards are another way to go if you prefer to enclose them in envelopes for a little more formality. Flat place cards also work well in creative displays too, such as DIY card holders or when hanging gracefully by clips.
You can find beautiful wedding place cards in all kinds of styles online at www.looklovesend.com. Coordinate your place cards with the rest of your wedding invitations, or look for a design that complements your wedding style or color. Cards are printed on premium quality card stock flat or folded, personalized with the information you want.
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21 Apr |
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5:23 am Posted by Kristy |
Rumor has it Superstorm Sandy spawned a baby boom, and it’s just around the corner this summer. If you’re on the lookout for baby shower invitations for any reason, we’ve got some good book suggestions that make the perfect off-registry baby shower gifts. While it’s always safe to shop the baby registry, sometimes it’s those non-registry gift items new parents are most thankful for!
Books as Gifts for Your Next Baby Shower Invitation
Great With Child by Beth Ann Fennelly from Amazon.com
Great with Child by Beth Ann Fennelly.
This book is the ultimate baby shower gift because it brings so much relief from the barrage of anxiety-based books out about pregnancy, motherhood, and parenting in general. Buy this for the pregnant first-time mom. It’s a beautifully refreshing reminder of motherhood’s powerful moments that make it all worthwhile. Rave reviews confirm this book’s freshness and worthiness as a baby shower gift. Here’s a sampling of just some reader comments from Amazon:
- … a friend in the middle of the night, when pregnancy makes one feel lonely.
- …tackles some tough subjects that you rarely see in other books.
- …brought me to tears many times…it was so meaningful to have my feelings articulated in such a beautiful way.
- ….the antidote to all of the crazy out there.
Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newnan
This is the perfect book to respond with for your next “mature mom” baby shower invitation or even in response to baby birth announcements if you want send a gift. It focuses on the feelings that come with the babies following the first. Many readers already know the author from her popular column on Babycenter.com (“Ben and Birdy”) and found this book a wonderful expansion of those posts. Citing a high entertainment value and a feel-good, everyday humility that the average parent relates to give solid ground for why this author is so widely read.
Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
This more controversial book choice is the perfect gift for the Francophile, but any parent interested in non-American influences in parenting would appreciate these research-based and anecdotal observations how the French do it (aren’t we always interested in the French?) Tapping some of the same wisdom readers found from French Women Don’t Get Fat a few years back, this book explores the simple premise underlying French parenting: be involved but not obsessive. You’ll find many interesting if not always agreeable examples of how the French parent with a little less attachment and a lot more simplicity.
If it’s the actual baby shower invitations you need, take a look at the beautiful designs on www.looklovesend.com. You’ll also find coordinating baby thank you notes done in the same designs that also make a beautiful gift to accompany any of these books. All invitations and stationery is easily personalized by you online, and printed on premium heavy-weight card stock.
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3 Apr |
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8:47 pm Posted by Kristy |
Sunshine. Gold. Lemon. What comes to mind when you think in yellow?
We at LookLoveSend think about wedding invitations of course. Yellow wedding invitations to be precise. Yellow continues to be an on-trend color for this summer wedding season. There’s lots of ways to go yellow…
- Pair it with steely gray
- Let it pop against black for a preppy contrast
- Soften the intensity with a vintage hue
- Use it as an accent color
Here are some yellow wedding invitation designs that come to mind:
 'Simply Monogram' by Linda Facci |
 'Ikat' by Suzanne Cahill |
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| Vintage elegance with a peppy, lemony yellow | A sophisticated pattern frames a classical script style |
 'Peonies' by Yana Beylinson |
 'Tying the Knot' by Samantha Schroeder |
| Romance is golden with these vintage, watercolor peonies | Yellow as an accent color brightens up any thematic wedding day style |
To see how beautiful these designs are as part of complete wedding invitation suites, visit www.looklovesend.com or click on any of the images above.
Be sure to look at each component in a collection, also known as the wedding invitation suite. Designers are precise and deliberate in how they apply a design to every component in the suite, from the save the date cards to reception and response cards, through to thank you notes. View all the components together too, since you may love one piece but not necessarily another one. Some designs downplay yellow while others let it dominate. Whatever your yearning for yellow, you can find the perfect design for your wedding day style this summer wedding season.
