How to Make the Perfect Place Cards {in less than 5 minutes!}

Learn how to brand perfect identify cards inward less than 5 minutes amongst the Cricut! Create the perfect tablescape amongst this uncomplicated tutorial!

Thanksgiving is a cherished vacation inward our domicile as well as I dearest to indulge inward our work solid unit of measurement dinners. To me, Thanksgiving is a cozy, comforting vacation as well as a nifty argue to hold upwardly amongst loved ones. It’s a particular fourth dimension for where everyone tin halt as well as appreciate all the things inward life that nosotros frequently lead maintain for granted on daily basis. There’s nifty nutrient as well as although the dinners tin hold upwardly extravagant as well as delicious, they ever seem to come upwardly together to a greater extent than seamlessly as well as thence they exercise at Christmas time. Thanksgiving dinners at our work solid frequently include warm appetizers, a turkey amongst all the fixings, hot side dishes, salads as well as delicious desserts, topped off amongst some vino as well as beautiful décor.

The crisp autumn colours only about this fourth dimension of twelvemonth are some of my favorite to piece of work amongst for DIY décor projects. This year, I decided to larn how to brand identify cards amongst a Cricut identify menu template to add together to my Thanksgiving autumn copper tablescape.

What is a identify menu as well as why should you lot brand one?

A identify menu is a slice of newspaper or cardstock that indicates where someone is supposed to sit down at a table. The person’s holler is written or printed on an private card. The menu tin sit down delicately only inward a higher identify the dinner plate, on peak of or tucked into a crease on the napkin, inward a decorative identify menu holder, or on the plate. People frequently recall identify cards are alone used at large, formal events, such equally weddings, but inward fact they tin hold upwardly a prissy added comport upon to whatever celebration, minor or large. I recall identify cards tin hold upwardly a beautiful, inviting, prissy improver to whatever tabular array setting.

I’ve ever admired people who knew how to brand identify cards, because I’d never learned how to brand them before! One of the reasons why I’ve never learned how to brand identify cards earlier is because they await thence complicated! You know when you lot come across other people’s skills as well as you lot acquire jealous, thinking, why can’t I exercise that?! Or a uncomplicated trouble only seems daunting as well as overwhelming because you lot don’t fifty-fifty know where to start? It’s non only me, is it? Well, I lead maintain the worst handwriting. Ever. It’s embarrassing. So I ever idea DIY identify cards were off the tabular array for me (pun intended).

That’s why when the Cricut Explore came out amongst a means to WRITE, I was ecstatic. I fifty-fifty wrote a spider web log virtually this writing feature: How to Use the Cricut Writing Feature [when you lot lead maintain awful handwriting!] So needless to enjoin I couldn’t hold off to honor as well as run a uncomplicated Cricut identify menu template.

If this is your kickoff fourth dimension hearing virtually a Cricut Explore, you lot powerfulness hold upwardly thinking, what is that? Who needs one? Or if you’re familiar amongst Cricut you lot powerfulness hold upwardly wondering if a Cricut Explore is dissimilar than a Cricut Maker?

What is a Cricut?

Cricut (pronounced ‘Cricket,’ similar the game or the insect) makes versatile, compact, affordable machines that allow you lot to tap into your creative side as well as brand things that you’d never recall you lot could! They tin impress digital images on almost whatever type of material. You tin pick out from hundreds of images inward the Cricut Design Space, you lot tin pattern your ain images inward pattern space, or you lot upload your ain images to impress as well as the machine prints them out for you lot on the stuff of your choice. It sounds fun, right? Trust me, it is! My dearest for Cricut goes dorsum years, fifty-fifty long earlier I started blogging. To larn to a greater extent than virtually the Cricut Explore, catch my spider web log post: Cricut Explore Creativity.

With the Cricut Explore, I’ve made canvas art, gallery wall pieces, bridal shower decorations as well as more. And it turns out, the Cricut Explore is the perfect tool to run to larn how to brand identify cards. I’ve position together a uncomplicated yet elegant Cricut identify menu template that anyone tin use.

How to brand identify cards using a Cricut:

A few things to decease along inward heed earlier getting started on learning how to brand identify cards includes: determining your theme, color scheme, size as well as available material. If you lot desire to purchase your own, at that spot are tons that you lot tin purchase online from sites similar these. But there’s something beautiful (& affordable!) virtually making your own!

For this arts and crafts my subject was Thanksgiving, my color system was copper, I knew I wanted something minor plenty to balance on my folded stuff napkin as well as I had some cardstock newspaper on hand.

To acquire started, here’s what you lot request to brand this Cricut identify cards template:

Cricut Explore Air™ 2
Cricut Writing Pen
White Cardstock

Here are the steps I followed to brand these identify cards:

Start past times making 2 rectangles on your Cricut Explore Air™ 2. My kickoff was 3.5″ past times 2″ as well as the other 1 was 3.25″ past times 1.75″.  Change the smaller rectangle to a “writing” 1 past times clicking the image, as well as changing the icon from the “scissors” to the “pen” (see images). If you’re non familiar amongst the Cricut basics – similar making shapes as well as text, you lot tin start learning on the Cricut site here.

Next, add together text (image above). I used the font “Yours Truly” here, as well as I changed the missive of the alphabet spacing to -0.76 thence that the letters would connect without spacing, similar cursive writing. Make certain you lot lead maintain it laid equally a writing font, as well as laid inward the same color equally your written rectangle inward a higher identify [choose the color when you lot click on the photograph inward the edit bar].

Finally, brand certain that your 3 layers are attached. Select all 3 layers at the same fourth dimension (written name, minor rectangle, as well as larger rectangle), as well as click “attach”. That volition laid the writing inward place, thence the exterior rectangle volition hold upwardly cutting afterward the holler as well as rectangle are drawn on.

It took me less than 5 minutes to pattern as well as cutting these! I dearest them as well as recall they await elegant as well as timeless. That’s why I HAD to percentage this DIY amongst you. If you lot lead maintain a Cricut, this is gold! Not to get upwardly you lot tin run this Cricut identify menu template over as well as over 1 time to a greater extent than – only relieve the file as well as edit the names every fourth dimension you lot lead maintain a party. I tin almost guarantee your guests volition hold upwardly impressed. My work solid unit of measurement loved them at our Thanksgiving tabular array as well as at 1 time I lead maintain a quick as well as slow Cricut identify menu template saved to run for our adjacent event! Amazing.

Here are some pictures are from my Thanksgiving tablescape. Our Canadian Thanksgiving was a calendar month ago, but similar I said, I’m really behind on posting. However I withal actually wanted to percentage this projection because it’s perfect for any holiday, political party or tablescape – non only Thanksgiving. Plus, my friends downwardly due south haven’t had Thanksgiving yet. Hopefully afterward reading this, you lot tin brand the perfect identify cards for your adjacent event.

You tin come across how nifty they looked inward my total fall tablescape here.

Have you lot made identify cards before? Do you lot lead maintain a Cricut identify menu template to share? Or did you lot endeavour out this one? Let me know! I’d dearest to listen from you.