Whether you're hosting a dinner party with friends or celebrating an engagement party, bridal shower, or rehearsal dinner in the coming months, it's important that your guests feel special at any event you'll be hosting.
Whether you're hosting a dinner party with friends or celebrating an engagement party, bridal shower, or rehearsal dinner in the coming months, it's important that your guests feel special at any event you'll be hosting. One way to ensure this is to elevate your celebration with place cards in order to add a level of formality and attention-to-detail to the event.
While "tent" place cards can stand on their own, many hosts and hostesses choose to provide place card holders. While simple styles exist and are perfectly acceptable to use, we suggest selecting a look that will make a statement or fit with the theme of your gathering to add some personality to the tablescape. For example, consider using flamingo-shaped place card holders for a tropical-themed bridal shower or animal-shaped designs if your wedding is taking place at a zoo or you just love animals. The materials should also be considered and complement the rest of your décor. Will centerpieces featuring flowers in blue-and-white chinoiserie vases be placed next to copper flatware on a marble table? Go with a ginger jar-style place card holder or a style in either marble or a rose-gold or copper hue.
While your wedding planner will likely recommend place card holders provided by the rental companies who will be supplying your dinnerware and glassware, we've compiled some options that you can purchase and use for parties for the rest of your lives together. Take a look at 15 place card holders perfect for your next get-together, below. Click on each image to shop your favorites!
“Lexington” place card holders, $24.99 (set of 4) by Oleg Cassini; bedbathandbeyond.com
“Silver” place card holders, $11.95 (set of 6) by Crate and Barrel; crateandbarrel.com
“XOXO” place card holders, $25.99 (set of 12) by Kate Aspen®; bedbathandbeyond.com
“White Marble” place card holder, $19.50 (set of 4) by Pottery Barn; potterybarn.com
“Gold Pave Sphere” place card holder, $340 (set of 6) by L’Objet; bloomingdales.com
Photo by Jana Williams Photography (See real wedding.) “Pick Your Party Animal” place card holders, $2.10 by Tiny Taxidermy; etsy.com
“Rustic Wood” place card holders, $8.59 (set of 10) from Amazon; amazon.com
“Little Mouse” card holder, $8 by Anthropologie; anthropologie.com
“Copper Ring” place card holders, $29.95 (set of 4) by Williams-Sonoma; williams-sonoma.com
“Flamingo” place card holders, $27.99 (set of 12) by Kate Aspen®; bedbathandbeyond.com
Monique Lhuillier “Papillon” place card holder, $19.50 (set of 4) by Pottery Barn; potterybarn.com
“Geo” place card holders, $29 (set of 4) by West Elm; westelm.com
“Ginger Jar” place card holders, $24.95 (set of 4) by Williams-Sonoma; williams-sonoma.com
“Mixed Shells” silver place card holders, $14.50 (set of 4) by Pottery Barn; potterybarn.com
“Seven Seas Coral” place card holder, $9.99 (set of 6) by Kate Aspen®; bedbathandbeyond.com
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