More Meaningful Moments - Celebrating Generations - Place Card DressTM

 

I am delighted to share my proudest project yet! 

We have been working with a Spring 2015 bride who was looking for something special - a more meaningful option for her wedding centerpieces. 

 She had fallen in love with and ordered a custom Place Card Dress for her wedding and wanted to know how we could continue these meaningful accents throughout her reception.

Her custom Place Card Dress: 

Hand-cut rounded edge flowers in satin finish ivory tissue paper, rhinestone mesh embellishments and luxurious ivory satin ribbon.  Finished with personalized metallic silver printed chiffon ribbon and mini place card tags.

Hand-cut rounded edge tissue paper flowers

Satin ribbon details 

 

During our many personal planning sessions for her Place Card Dress I was touched by all of the special moments she had planned throughout the ceremony and reception with her family.

I suggested that instead of the traditional floral centerpieces, the least economical and echo friendly which die in a few days, I could create a miniature dress for each table representing the generations of wedding dresses in the family and bridal party - remembering the past while celebrating their future!

I received pictures of the 17 wedding dresses of the bride and groom's best friends, siblings, cousins, aunts, parents and grandparents.  

As each photo arrived, I'd squeal in delight immediately running to see what ribbon, fabric, embellishment I had in my huge stash of materials that might work to recreate that special dress and jotted down a million notes and sketches for the next shopping trip!

I will be making 2ft versions of each dress creating the loops of each flower a little larger than the Place Card Dress' flowers so that once the dresses have finished their role as table centerpieces, they will then be gifted to each special friend and family member as a gift from the happy couple and then be used as a special jewelry stand!

Each patented center loop on each flower can be used to hold earrings, bracelets, and necklaces!

A truly "more meaningful gift" made with love in the hopes of creating a "more meaningful moment" at that spring wedding!

Please contact me to find out how we can create a more meaningful moment and gifts for your next event!

Introducing: The PLACE CARD DressTM

The PLACE CARD Dress

** The Place Card DressTM and Place Card & Guest Book WallTM Patent-Pending

Handmade Events by Dorana © 2013 - 2014

Premium fabrics, ribbons, accents and flowers recreate YOUR WEDDING DRESS or perfect event piece!  We transform the skirt of the dress into hundreds of handmade tissue paper flowers that each have a patent-pending core that are transformed into Place Card Holders, a more meaningful moment!

• Choose your colors & accents
• Custom Cards or Tags
• Personalized Satin or Chiffon Ribbons
• Favor Wands OR Jewelry Stand

In the ever-growing extravagance that weddings, birthdays, and rights of passage have become, the ONE element that often goes without much flair, personality or "wow" factor:

The Place Card Table.

The traditional Place Card Table, with classic tent cards (usually dressed up business cards!) self standing with generic names and table numbers, do little to set the tone of your event or reception.  

We recently attended a wedding where it was the FIRST thing that guests saw upon arrival at the venue!

Imagine having another opportunity to create an unforgettable event that will have EVERYONE TALKING!

Personalize YOUR Place Card Table and leave a memorable impression on your guests with your very own:

PLACE CARD DRESS!

Your Wedding Dress is the Most Important Dress You'll Ever Own! 

• REPLICATE YOUR WEDDING DRESS with premium fabric, tissue paper, luxurious accents and custom cards, tags and ribbons

•  OR have us replicate your mother or grandmother's wedding dress to bring a piece of the past to celebrate your future!

• CHOOSE HANDCRAFTED CARDS or luxurious tags  & PERSONALIZED RIBBONS - choose from hand-embossed monogram or patterns on delicious paper such as handcrafted, seeded papers or superfine Mohawk tags with a color core and customizable photo on one side and your guests names and table numbers on the other 

•  SEND US YOUR GUEST LIST - choose to have your guest list preprinted on your choice of cards or tags or handscripted in metallic gold, silver or bronze inks or classic black along with their table number.  
• PLACE CARD MAP - optional map board of your dress can be created to guide your guests to their alphabetically organized card or opt to appoint a guest of honor to be on hand to help guests locate their special Place Card

Your custom Place Card Dress can be created in two ways:

1. PLACE CARD HOLDER & JEWELRY STAND:  
   Want to KEEP your dress and use it as a JEWELRY STAND after your wedding?  
   
   Guests will grab their cards and attached ribbons leaving the dress intact to use as a jewelry holder after your wedding!  Each Place Card is attached with a patented center core that allows earrings, necklaces and bracelets to be attached for safe-keeping! 
   
   
2.  PLACE CARD FAVOR DRESS!  Choose to transform each individual flower and Place Card holder into a magical flower wand that duals as a Place Card AND FAVOR! 

Guests will be delighted as they each pull a beautiful handmade paper flower from your breathtaking Place Card Dress allowing them to forever remember the "more meaningful moment" as they take a piece of your wedding gown in your choice of colors and accents.

We add extra long 22" personalized ribbons to each wand both at the center and the base of the tissue paper flower, a reusable colorful and eco-friendly acrylic or handmade stainless steel straw as the wand, and a premium jingle bell at the center.

Imagine 200 guests waving their wands with the sweet chime of the bells in the air each time the bride and groom kiss!! 

A BEAUTIFUL photo opp and "more meaningful gift!"

• CHOOSE:
• Card or Tags
• Chiffon or Satin Ribbons - personalize with name, date, favorite quote, wedding song 
• Acrylic OR Handmade Stainless Steel Smoothie Straws
• Silver or white jingle bells 

CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM PLACE CARD FORM OR WALL - let us create the perfect Place Card Table by creating a PLACE CARD FORM perfect for your event!

• Bridesmaid Dresses/Groom 
• Gift Boxes 
• Wreaths
• Animals
• The possibilities are endless!  ... "more meaningful moments..."