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Menu CardsThere are several good reasons to prepare a menu card for your wedding dinner: Menu cards can be a stunning addition to a place setting You can create continuity by using design elements from your invitation By inking the name of each guest at the top, menu cards can also serve as place cards – one less piece of paper If you have a choices for any of the courses, menu cards will greatly speed up service (your guests will know what the options are before the server arrives.) Menu cards can be a memento of your wedding (make sure your photographer knows to take a picture of them) Here are so...
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Menu CardsDear Menu Cards, I don't like you. Don't get me wrong, you are all sorts of pretty tucked into a crisply folded napkin looking innocent enough. You are beautiful, match the decor, you take great detail shots and look good from any angle. But you're a wily one, Miss Menu Card, because you tease and temp guests with the your scrumptious sounding descriptions of your wares and get guests so worked up over your mouth watering courses that that forget all about the fact that they, in fact, checked the "beef" box on their response card yet decide to "order" fish because it looks so danged good. An...
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Are Wedding Menu Cards Necessary?Photo from Project Weddings Menu cards are not only a nice touch and a great way to personalize your wedding, but they are extremely helpful at assisting your guests with food allergies to quickly identify foods that may aggravate their allergies, if not cost them a trip to the emergency room. Even if you are having a buffet-style wedding reception, menu cards are extremely beneficial for this reason—to help guests avoid the foods they are allergic too. Think about it. Traditionally, buffets offer an assortment of food items, including shellfish, creamy pasta dishes, or special sauces, soups...
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Wedding Menu CardsPairing food isn’t just for wine, it can be for Wedding Menu Cards too! Have you seen the new collection from MagnetStreet Weddings? Delightful. Whether your menu is simple or elaborate, have some fun with it. Get into the culinary spirit with a Menu Card that’s personalized in true gourmet style as well as your wedding style. Much thanks to Viviane, curator of the food blog Food and Style ~ who was kind enough to share her scrumptious images with us. These mouth watering photographs remind us that food is art, details matter, and that even pairing the right Menu Card has a stylish appeal ...
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Menu Cards – are they necessary?I’ve been going back and forth on this question. I personally love menu cards. I believe that they are another way of decorating the guest’s tables in addition to the flowers, the linens and the wedding favors. However, are they necessary? The following is an example of a menu card that I got at a meeting with the Association of Bridal Consultants, Washington State branch. The color of the card complements the platter and it looks lovely folded in the napkin. This menu card in particular had information on both sides. One side was the program and the opposite side was the menu. Menu Card ...
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New! Wedding Menu CardsI’m happy to share the scrumptious NEW addition to MagnetStreet Weddings’ stationery product line … Wedding Menu Cards! Not only are these Menu cards perfectly practical for letting guests know the particulars of the meal being served, they also serve as pretty stationery decor for your wedding reception, rehearsal dinner, bridal shower, etc. Menu Cards look so lovely when they’re tucked in, under, and on top of creatively wrapped napkins. Here are four lovelies from the gallery. Soothing Blue Square Menu Card A classic and stylish look to a very popular design. Tea-length Menu Card {...
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Illustrated Menu CardsIf you are a major foodie, these menu cards are for you. Illustrated by Erin Jang, these customized menu cards are the perfect way to whet your guests’ palate. Are you a major foodie who is showcasing your food in a special way? If so, how? [Image via Erin Jang] ...
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Template: Circular Menu CardsThis one’s been in my idea pile for a while now. Yet another one of those details I truly wanted for our wedding. It’s always fun to have a creative spin on things, don’t you think? Check out Mrs. Bellpepper’s post on how to design something similar using Microsoft Word and Adobe Illustrator. Or download the customizable MS Word template here courtesy of jlucknd. { credit }...
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Photoshop Tutorial: Menu CardYet another fab tutorial from BriannaNichole this time to spruce up your menu cards. You can download BriannaNichole’s template for Photoshop and the graphic dingbat here. ...
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DIY: Menu CardsMenu cards were a last-minute project for me. At first, my mom volunteered to do them but when she saw my awesome palm tree stamp, she asked me to take on the job. Here is what I used: A9 flat cards in Eco White from Paper Source My trusty HP Deskjet D4260 Aforementioned palm tree stamp from Paper Source My embossing powder heat tool from Paper Source Clear embossing powder from Paper Source Eurofurence font from Dafont.com The first thing I did was download a template for an A9 invitation card from Paper Source. That way I knew the margins would be right. Less work for me! Then I played ar...
