For those of you doing votive placecards...

are you doing them yourselves? If you are getting them from somewhere, where and how much are they costing?

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If I do them, Im going to do them by myself!! I have seen a ton of threads about this topic... I think I have noticed that somone might have used SonicStef to do theirs...

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i'm going to try to do them myself, i heard laurie from LA Productions does them too.

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I did them myself.

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My FH and I will be doing it ourselves with the help of my BMs.

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I will be doing them myself. The votives were 3 for a dollar and the vellum paper was 17 for a hundred

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How do you make the votive placecards?

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Here are the directions I saved a while ago....

I'm going to use frosted glass with clear vellum though.....and votives instead of tealights (so they last throughout the reception and don't burn out as quick)


You will need: Plain glass votive holders; light -medium weight transparent vellum; access to a Laser printer, a good scissors; double sided tape; tealights


Step One: Measure your votive holders to determine the approximate height and length around. Using these measurements, make a template of the shape of your label. Note that even the most plain votive holders will have a slight curvature, so expect the template to be in an arch shape.


Step Two: Using the approximate measurements, set up your MS Word (or any other graphic program that is useful for printing text) document to space your guests names and table numbers the right distance. In my case, I got 3 to a page with room to spare.


Step Three: Print out your document. Use the template you made in step one to cut the right shape out of the larger sheets of vellum. Set the labels aside.


Step Four: (get a friend to help if at all possible) Set up a big workstation with all your votives, labels, double sided tape and scissors. Wrap one label around the votive and trim accordingly. When the label is lined up correctly, it will lay relatively flat. Apply the double sided tape and put aside. Having all of the candles in front of you will allow you to keep a consistent appearance of the candles and give you a preview of what they will look like all lined up at the wedding.


Tips: Have candles lit no more than 30 minutes before your guests come to pick them up to ensure they are all still burning when the last guest leaves your reception.


Tip: Using tealights in place of votive candles will result in the candles getting warm but not too hot to touch. However, there is melted wax inside the votive so better to keep away from children.

Re: For those of you doing votive placecards...

Thanks everyone! I think I am going to attempt to do them myself!!! The directions are great-thank you so much!!!

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I'm going to do it too. I'm doing the frosted votives with clear labels.