Tuesday, February 17, 2009

What Makes Place Card Holders Important?

By Aaron H.

As couples plan their wedding, they consider many different things that are important. Among these serious considerations is creating a seating chart so that family members and friends can be seated in proper order at the reception. Part of the reason behind such a chart is keeping bickering family members and friends apart. Having printed place cards and placecard holders marking each spot is the easiest method of assuring that guests will adhere to the seating chart.

Place card holders can serve multiple functions during the reception. These are normally small, inexpensive items, yet several can also serve as wedding favors to be given as thank you gifts to the guests. Many different styles of place card holders are available from which couples can choose. It may be difficult for couples to decide which they want to use at their reception.

One element of placecard holders that is incredibly useful is the fact that different varieties are available that can fit in with whatever theme is chosen when designing the dcor of the reception. They can be chosen so that they can fade into the background while serving their vital purpose. Place cards not only keep potential problem guests apart, they help to establish a sort of hierarchy at each table and ensure couples will be given seats together without having to worry about singles taking the wrong seats and forcing them to separate.

It is a necessity to have place card holders to keep the place cards in their proper locations. Putting them on the plates would not be acceptable because the place cards have been handled by an unknown number of individuals as they travel from the paper mill through the printing process and are delivered for the wedding. Placing them on the plates could be considered unsanitary.

Placecard holders can be found in a variety of different stores that serve those looking to have a formal dinner or a banquet. The best places to locate them for use at a wedding reception is at online stores dealing in wedding supplies. The reason is that online stores offer a much wider selection from which couples can choose at lower prices than can be found at local stores due to the differences in overhead and competition levels.

In the grand scheme of things when planning a wedding and reception, Place card holders are very important items to remember. The place cards help to keep friends and family members who might forget why they are in the same location and start a fight apart and assure that couples who are together will be seated together at the tables. Place card holders also make good wedding favors to give the guests as thank you gifts. - 15437

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