Add a little extra touch to this year’s Thanksgiving dinner table by decorating it with your hand-stamped art! Etiquette dictates that when there are seven or more guests at the dinner table, place cards set the scene for a more enjoyable meal. Place cards help guests avoid uncertainty as to where to sit, as well as allowing the hostess to match up guests with common interests . . . or to avoid potential social disasters.
For starters, let’s think outside of the traditional top-folded or flat ivory card -- Why not use a tag as a place card? It’s more visually interesting than a standard place card, and is less expensive. Dress it up with brads, micro beads and fibers!
This is a quickie place card that doesn’t take long to do, so it’s a great last-minute project, or a task to keep the youngsters busy while the adults prepare dinner.
Take the wineglass charm trend one step further: Add a Style Stone tag with your guest’s name, and your place card does double duty. For extra fun, fill an aperitif glass with after-dinner mints and use the charm with that glass as your place card.
This place card masquerades as a festive napkin ring with an unexpected twist: When’s the last time you saw a ball chain at the dinner table?
Personalize the place cards by either hand-writing or stamping your guest’s name. Perhaps you could color photocopy some family photos and use those in place of names altogether.
