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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Importance of Place Card Holders in a Wedding

By Andrea M.

The details involved in planning a wedding can be overwhelming at times. There are so many things that have to happen. Flowers and decorations must be ordered, catering arranged for the reception, a seating chart made up and place cards printed, and something must be ordered to hold the place cards. Placecard holders are a seemingly small detail that can have a serious repercussions if they are absent because that would create a flaw in what should be the most perfect day of a bride's life.

Seating charts are a necessary item for the wedding reception because there are usually a fairly large number of people present. These people are all friends of family of the bride and/or groom, yet there is no guarantee that all of these people will be able to tolerate one another's company for an extended period. Another good reason for having a seating chart in mind is that most catering services will offer a choice of two different entrees for guests to choose from and the seating arrangement will make it easier to determine where each dish is going to be served.

The importance of place cards to the seating arrangement is making sure that everyone knows where they are to be seated during the meal. A lot of people would consider it tacky to just place the place cards on people's plates to mark their place. Doing that would not be sanitary either due to the number of different people whose fingers have been on the cards.

Place card holders are generally a multipurpose item at the wedding reception. Often, they are also to be given to the guests as wedding favors, "thank you" gifts for attending. This makes it important to choose placecard holders that are an item that makes a good keepsake that people would be happy to receive, yet not overly expensive because several will be needed.

One item that is a good example of placecard holders that double as wedding favors is photo frames. These are small frames that hold the place cards at the reception and can have a wedding photo placed inside after those are developed. There are several different styles of this size frame from standard desktop frames to class coasters slotted to hold the place cards and wedding photos.

If the couple chooses to go with something smaller that will only be used as a placecard holder, there are many small items that are slotted to hold the edge of the place cards and will fit into the overall dcor without being obvious or in the way. Even these items do not take up a great deal of space or stand out, their absence would be a major problem in the eyes of the bride because her day is somehow less than perfect.

In the grand scheme of things, placecard holders may not seem very important. They are an easily overlooked item in the planning stages, yet they are a very important item.

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