Show me your placecards & holders please!

I need ideas!

TIA!

I did votives too!

I got alot of FMs asking where I got my votive placecards so I thought I'd post --

I actually did them myself and used these instructions. It was pretty easy and did not take me that long (once my seating chart was done!)...I finished them in one night.



Votive Placecard Instructions

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.


*** I got these directions from one of Soon2BMsZ's posts***

Some of my tips:

--use cardstock to make the template so tracing is easier later on

--a paper trimmer will save you tons of time

--I used regular votives, not tealights because when I tested one with the tealight, the glass got hotter than with the regular votives. But I've heard of many girls using tealights successfully.

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Posted by JimmysBride

I got alot of FMs asking where I got my votive placecards so I thought I'd post --

I actually did them myself and used these instructions. It was pretty easy and did not take me that long (once my seating chart was done!)...I finished them in one night.



Votive Placecard Instructions

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.


*** I got these directions from one of Soon2BMsZ's posts***

Some of my tips:

--use cardstock to make the template so tracing is easier later on

--a paper trimmer will save you tons of time

--I used regular votives, not tealights because when I tested one with the tealight, the glass got hotter than with the regular votives. But I've heard of many girls using tealights successfully.

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I got some requests too and was digging up my tutorial :)

my tips:

*I used cardboard for a template. It was sturdy and easy to cut around.

*I used tealights in my votive holders, and they didn't get too hot. I had 'larger' votive holders, than the standard 2' diamater ones. I wanted something with a bit more substance, so I found 'votive/large shot glasses' on ebay that were 3 1/2' diameter and this 'could' be why they didn't get hot.

*Instead of double sided tape, I used regular scotch tape right over the back seam.

laser printers are your friend!