Plantable Seed Placecards
Seed-embedded invitations have been around for a while, as a green bride’s choice of invitation with a little something extra for guests to enjoy after they receive their invitations. They just plant them and watch flowers grow. But now, in the ‘why didn’t anyone do this sooner?’ category, you can make a whole new part of your wedding print items plantable!
With their “Please Be Seeded Plantable Seeded Place Cards,” WeddingFavors.org offers 6 adorable, themed styles of place cards printed on recycled paper and embedded with flower seeds. Guests take them home as their wedding favors – making these double-duty items for budget-savings as well! – and plant them to get pretty flowers that will always remind them of your big day.
Here’s just one of my favorites:
“Please Be Seeded” Starfish Plantable Seed Place Cards
If you’re having a beach or beach themed wedding, these starfish placecards will work perfectly with your décor, and when they’re set in front of guests’ place settings, they make your tabletop design even ‘beachier’ (which adds up to triple-duty for these super-inexpensive little gems!)
Here are some details on the starfish ‘Please Be Seeded’ placecards:
- Each place card is printed with a beach scene
- A brown seed paper starfish is attached at the top
- Instructions for planting and a list of flowers are printed on the back
- Each card is printed with “Please be Seeded”
- Place cards are made from recycled paper
- Each package contains 12 place cards
- Favor measures 2.5″ x 4″
Adorable, right? And since they’re printed on recycled papers, plantable, décor-enhancing, and a favor, you can’t get a much better option for a green wedding place card.
Their six designs of “Please Be Seeded” placecards include, in addition to the starfish, the following motifs:
· Butterfly
· Snowflake
· Leaf
· Cherry Blossom
· Hearts
And think beyond the wedding, too. These seeded, plantable placecards would be fantastic at a bridal shower, the rehearsal dinner, the morning-of-the-wedding bridesmaids’ breakfast, the morning-after breakfast, and other pre- or post-wedding celebrations where placecards are needed.
Packs of these seeded placecards can be given out as bridal shower favors, too, so that shower guests can each take their own 12 cards home to use for their own parties!
Wait, I’ve got another inspiration for your use of seeded placecards. You don’t have to write names on them. Since guests want to know what your cocktail party food is, and if they include nuts, soy, dairy, or other items not on their dietary list, use these placecards as food ID cards on your buffet table. Each card will tell guests what that delicious-looking appetizer is, which salad dressings or sauces those are, what those desserts are, and so on.
I’ve lost count of how many uses you can get out of these seeded, plantable placecards, so let’s just call them a total win for the green wedding!
See the entire WeddingFavors.org collection of “Please Be Seeded” placecards here: http://www.weddingfavors.org/search/please+be+seeded.
Sharon Naylor is the author of over 35 wedding books, including The Bride’s Guide to Freebies and The Ultimate Bridal Shower Idea Book, www.sharonnaylor.net