Ultimate Style Level ♡ A Feature on [International DIY Place Cards] You’ll Want to Reference *

2018.12.19 published

Cute Ideas from Overseas Place Cards ♡

Among paper items, many brides prefer to make their own place cards. These cards serve as accents for guest table coordination and are something each guest receives, so it’s nice to prepare a somewhat unique design for the place cards.

One great source of inspiration is overseas wedding place cards! You can find many ideas that you won't see in Japan.

In this article, we introduce wonderful place card ideas by country. Use them as references for your DIY projects ♡

【India】 Overseas Place Card Design ①

First, let’s look at the glamorous place cards from Indian weddings! This is a gift place card with a card standing in a sparkling little container ♡

【India】 Overseas Place Card Design ②

A colorful coaster-like place card. Coaster-style place cards are quite unusual in Japan, so they might surprise people!

【India】 Overseas Place Card Design ③

A place card using a cute elephant card stand. You can DIY it by purchasing an elephant figure, painting it with gold spray, and then making the stand part with wire!

【France】 Overseas Place Card Design ④

Next, stylish place card ideas from the fashionable city of France. This idea involves writing guest names on fabric or ribbons in a strip shape and placing them on the plates. It looks chic like the table arrangements of a high-end restaurant ♡

【France】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑤

This is a gift place card tied with jute around olive soap. Olives are also a symbol of marital harmony, making them perfect for weddings.

【France】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑥

A stylish place card with guests' names written in pink gold oil paint on canvas fabric. The artistic design elevates the elegance of the guest table.

【Denmark】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑦

Next are place card ideas from Nordic Denmark. These cute place cards feature small ornaments with olive leaves tied with red ribbons. The guest names are handwritten on the sides.

【Denmark】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑧

A stylish place card cut in the shape of a maple leaf with the guests' names engraved. Tile place cards and marble place cards are becoming popular in Japan, but mirror place cards are quite rare ♡

Finally, let’s introduce a “Japanese-style” place card from overseas weddings. Designs that overseas brides find “very Japanese and cute!” are often unique things that Japanese brides haven’t done yet. (It's a reverse import…!)

Since these designs are incorporated into overseas weddings, they fit well even if it's not a traditional Japanese wedding ♡

【Japanese-style】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑨

A place card idea with an origami crane holding a card. The golden crane gives a celebratory atmosphere ♡ Although cranes are unique to Japan, they also fit well with natural table coordination.

【Japanese-style】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑩

An idea for using a packuncho (pacpac) that you might have made in elementary school as a place card! Made from kraft paper and writing the guest's name in the alphabet, it can turn out this stylish…!

【Japanese-style】 Overseas Place Card Design ⑪

A place card with a small umbrella (called an umbrella toothpick) attached to the card, like those that come with Japanese cuisine. The gold umbrella is glamorous ♡ Umbrella toothpicks can be purchased online, so you can easily recreate this!

Let’s Prepare Stylish and Unique Place Cards ♡

We’ve introduced stylish overseas place card ideas that you may want to prepare for your wedding. If you feel that ordinary card-type place cards are not enough, why not challenge yourself with DIY!