Your wedding reception tables can be made truly memorable with small frames that can be used for place cards and then taken home by guests as wedding favors. By combining the function of a place card with the form of a lovely picture frame, you are fusing two wedding elements into one. And when it comes to wedding planning, we are all about multi-tasking!

It is traditional at formal affairsto have seating charts and to mark each place setting with a place card written with a guest’s name. Pre-planning the seating arrangements helps to cut down on the confusion at the dinner seating and to create special “mixes” of personalities that you think will blend well at the event. Also, at weddings, it has become a tradition for the bride and groom to leave a small token of appreciation for the guests to take home. These wedding favors may be as simple or elaborate as the budget allows, but are often edible items (like chocolates) or small keepsakes (like the picture frames).

Miniature picture frames come in many styles to suit the theme of your wedding day tablescapes. Among the traditional silver and gold frames you will also find rustic wooden frames, sea shell frames and painted frames that will all blend with your wedding theme. Many of these frames may be engraved with the event name and date, such as “Smith Wedding - July 2009,” so that they will create an instant keepsake of the day. A fun idea is to have a Polaroid camera or digital camera and printer on hand at the party to take pictures that can instantly be added to the frames.

A beautiful take on wedding favors and place cards is to make your own beautiful items to display from inexpensive, dollar store frames and silk flowers that match your centerpieces. Simply pluck the silk flowers off their stems and use a hot glue gun to adhere them around the frame. In the center of each frame you can add the guest’s name in calligraphy, or a beautiful poem, a special bible verse, or the word for “love” from languages around the world.