Make sure your guests know where to sit with these pretty autumn pumpkin place names!
I know it’s feeling a lot like winter and everyone is starting to think of Christmas, but having been away from blogging for a while and the UK for a couple of weeks, I’m still firmly in autumn. Our wedding was also pretty autumnal which means many of the projects I have ready to blog about are a bit out of season. I’ll do my best to catch up and get into the Christmas spirit and in keeping with that, start on the Christmas crafts. However in the meantime, here is a quick tutorial on how I made my autumn themed place names for our wedding. I really enjoyed lettering the name tags, and have decided to start selling personalised tags on my Etsy shop. You can order some of you own with 20% off with the discount code at the end of the post! Let me know what you think of these place names and holders below, and if you fancy having a go at making some holders like these yourself, keep reading for the materials and steps…
These hand-lettered tags make the perfect addition to your wedding, event or to personalise gifts, and as they are individually written, each will be unique to your guest or recipient!
The tags have a scalloped edge and a hole punched in them however I will leave this in so that you can decide how you would like to use them. 8cm of jute string will be supplied per label.
Each tag measures 8x4cm and is made from high quality 350gsm kraft card.
If you are looking for a different colour ink, please message me and we can find the perfect alternative for you.
Please allow at least a couple of weeks from ordering to your big event, especially with large orders, to ensure that they will arrive in plenty of time. Unfortunately I do not ship outside of the UK at this time.
First of all, buy enough small pumpkins and tags for the number of guests that you have coming to your event. I found these pumpkins on Amazon. The quality did vary significantly and so some of them I couldn’t use.
Next, create your guest list and write out a guest name onto each of the tags. I used a white gel pen however you could use whatever colour suits the colour scheme of your event best.
Leave your tags to dry completely before stacking them.
Next, grab your faux pumpkins and carefully remove the stalk from the body of the pumpkin. I prised them apart initially with a knife and then managed to wiggle it out.
Make sure you keep your stalk next to the pumpkin body, and mix up your paints to be your chosen colour. I wanted the stalks rose gold and so I mixed copper with gold. Some of the white pumpkins were different colours, and so I also mixed up an off-white colour and painted them all so they matched.
Once your pumpkins and the stalks are dry, push the stalk back in. If it doesn’t pop back in, use some hot glue to secure it but be sure to leave the edge of the stalk glue free.
Then once everything is dry and set, just slip the tag under the edge of the stalk. If you want there to be no gap between the stalk and rest of the pumpkin, you can always glue the stalk down fully once the tag is in place.
