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February 27, 2013 By Cyn Gagen 17 Comments

Wedding Wednesday: Place Card Holders

Filed Under: CREATE, paper art, weddings, Weddings Tagged With: flowers, paper crafts, paper flowers, place card holder, ribbon, spool, wedding

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DIY Wedding Week - Spool and Paper Flower Place Card Holders - CreativeCynchronicity.com

So, as I’m sure you know by now, we are in full wedding planning mode over here (or as I like to call it Wedding Madness!!!).  The venue has been booked, the theme (flowers) has been decided, the colors (purple and yellow) have been chosen, the bride has said yes to the dress, and the wedding website has been set up.  Now we’re in the midst of figuring out some of the details, including bouquets, centerpieces, and other decor.  I’m making most of it so you’re likely going to see a lot of options being posted here on the blog over the next year as I try them out.  This is one of the place card holders we’re test driving.

DIY Wedding Week - Spool and Paper Flower Place Card Holders - CreativeCynchronicity.com

To make these you will need:

A spool for the base of each one (luckily I have a big box of vintage ones!)

A dowel or stick of some sort that will fit into the hole of the spool (I’m using skinny coffee stir sticks – sometimes bamboo skewers will work and so will golf tees)

A good white glue like Aleene’s Tacky Glue

Paper for the petals of the flowers – I’m using purple (they look somewhat blue in the pictures) napkins and pale yellow tissue paper as well as some green tissue paper to cover the stick and for the leaves)

A bamboo skewer or toothpick to apply the glue (I find you really need something with a very fine point to get it on precisely without globbing glue everywhere….or is that just me?)

I ended up trying it with a button added to the center of the flower as well.  You might want something similar.

I also used some purple and yellow ribbon to tie around the spool.  I love the look of plain wooden spools but felt the bride and groom would want some more color there.

The names of your guests – I stamped this on plain white paper

DIY Wedding Week - Spool and Paper Flower Place Card Holders - CreativeCynchronicity.com Cut out petal shapes from your papers as shown in the pictures above.  I used the ribbing of the napkin to add a little more texture.  For each petal, put a dab of glue at the base and then scrunch or fold it together. I can’t tell you exactly how many petals you need as it will depend on what size you make them and how big a flower you’re trying to make.  I started with a few and then added more as necessary.  I covered the stick with the green paper and made two more petal shapes out of the green for leaves.

DIY Wedding Week - Spool and Paper Flower Place Card Holders - CreativeCynchronicity.com I glued the yellow petals into a flower shape on the front of the stick and the purple ones on the back.  You can also just start with your biggest petals and add the smaller ones right on top of them.  This is the flower without the button added and I just feel like there’s something missing.

DIY Wedding Week - Spool and Paper Flower Place Card Holders - CreativeCynchronicity.com I printed a name onto a slip of white paper using alphabet rubber stamps and wrapped that around the stick, securing it with glue.  And ta da!  That’s it!

So, what do you think?  Personally, I’m loving the basic idea BUT I feel like it’s a bit too informal for the wedding (it would work perfectly with other weddings but given the other decorations etc that we’re looking at and the venue, this just might not work).  It would be great for the shower or even maybe the engagement party.  I’m not discarding this possibility for the wedding though.  I’m thinking of using the same idea but creating a fabric flower or perhaps a different type of paper flower.  I’m also toying with the idea of printing the name right on one of the flower petals rather than having it as a flag sticking out.

What about you?  Do you have any suggestions about how I could use the basic idea but change it to be a bit more formal? Please leave them in the comments – I’d love to hear them!

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  1. Marina says

    February 28, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Those are so cute.They would be perfect for a Spring luncheon for my daughters little buddies. Pinning this for later ref!

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    • admin says

      February 28, 2013 at 11:25 am

      Thanks so much! They are really adorable for Spring!

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  2. Jody @ Mommy Moment says

    February 28, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Those are so neat. They look pretty easy to make too – bonus!

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    • admin says

      February 28, 2013 at 11:24 am

      They are very easy to make and quick! A bonus when you need to make over 100 of them!

      Reply
  3. Susie B. Homemaker says

    February 28, 2013 at 11:39 am

    Simple but super cute- love the button in the middle of the flower. I think you’re right though that it may be too informal and better for the shower. Not sure how you could dress it up…

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    • admin says

      February 28, 2013 at 11:42 am

      Yes exactly. It’s just too informal for the venue we have booked. I’ll have to keep thinking of ideas 🙂

      Reply
  4. LisaLisa says

    February 28, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    So cute! Great idea also, I will share this with my daughter who is getting Married soon.

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  5. Heather says

    February 28, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    So pretty Cyn!! Thanks for sharing at Project Inspired! I imaging you are quite excited about the wedding 😀

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  6. Cindy Rippe says

    February 28, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    Very cute! I like the detail of using the ribbing from the napkins for detail and the bright spring colors.

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  7. Kristin Tweedale says

    February 28, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Super cute! Love DIY wedding stuff 🙂

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  8. Holly says

    March 1, 2013 at 1:06 am

    OMG what an adorable idea! My girls would love to make these with me.

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  9. Corri Garza says

    March 1, 2013 at 9:35 am

    These are fabulous!

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  10. Erin says

    March 2, 2013 at 4:51 am

    Oh my! I love these!!! Sooo adorable! I love DIY wedding ideas! Thanks for sharing this!

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  11. Theresa Cifali says

    March 2, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    LOVE these place card holders, Cyn. I think my favorite part is the creative use of the spools. Very original idea.

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  12. Niki says

    March 3, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    These look like cute teacher gifts too. 🙂

    Reply
  13. Wedding Websites says

    March 21, 2014 at 1:08 am

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