Things We Love - Custom Napkins for Your Wedding Reception

Every bride knows, it's all in the details when planning a memorable wedding and that means that something as simple as a napkin can make a big impact on the look and feel of your wedding reception. Of course napkins are, first and foremost, useful. Yet, these functional squares of soft paper can serve a bigger purpose when you factor in color and creative custom printing. Here are a few of our favorite ways to use your custom printed napkins to accent your wedding reception decor.

 

Your napkins have the biggest impact as a punch of color on your reception tables, cake table, or dessert display. They can be artfully arranged at each place setting or stacked next to the food stations for blocks of color that speaks to your signature style. Your napkins are best displayed against table linens off a contrasting, but coordinating color. The images above show how the napkins create the punch of color that sets the entire mood of the each place setting as well as the tables as a whole.





Beyond color, the napkins at your wedding reception are the perfect way to send a message to each guest through custom printing. Custom printed napkins allow you to take the blank canvas of a useful paper napkin and turn it into a work of art that helps set the stage for whatever look and feel you are creating at your reception.  An elegant monogram printed on your napkin gives the impression of class and sophistication while a cheeky phrase or graphic sets the mood for a fun, casual evening. You can also use your napkins to help carry out a specific theme by having them printed with a design or phrase that you are using throughout your wedding. Your napkins are the perfect place to showcase your custom monogram or the logo from your wedding invitations. This brings a unity to your wedding decor, making it look and feel professionally planned.

Custom printed napkins also double as a scrap book keepsake as they are often printed with the bride and grooms names and wedding date. Knowing this, a lot of couples get creative with the art they choose to have printed on their napkins by either purchasing or creating their own custom art. Others choose to use their printed wedding napkins as an avenue to communicate with and entertain their guests. One of our favorite napkins trends is the printing of fun facts about the bride and groom on each napkin. Along these same lines, couples can print "icebreakers" on the napkins that draw guests into conversation. Word searches and scavengar hunts printed on your napkins also provide entertainment for your guests as they wait to be served.

Looking for custom printed napkins your own wedding? Find a variety of colors and styles here.

 

Image Credits: Yellow Table Setting from Yellow Weddings, Pink and White Table from Country Living, Blue Table Setting from Unknown Source, Tied the Knot napkins from Style Me Pretty, Did You Know Napkins from My Wedding Reception Ideas. 

Customize Your Special Day in a Truly Unique Way

There are many times in our lives when we are most definitely not the center of attention. That means that when it comes to weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries, and other big life events we get to relish in the fact that it really is our day! What better way to make your day truly reflect your personality, than to personalize bags, napkins, cups, coasters, or favor boxes with not just a name or monogram but your own custom artwork!
Not everyone has access  to a graphic designer, but most people are more creative then they give themselves credit for. One of the cutest custom designs I have seen was just a doodle someone had done. It was drawn on a napkin and saved from the couple's first date. The image was scanned and duplicated on cocktail napkins for the wedding. There are many other easy ways to create a custom look. It is becoming popular for couples to recreate the monogram or design from their invitations to have printed on napkins or coasters for the reception. Also, the couple could sign their own names on paper and scan it to create a fun, modern looking image. Another cute idea for birthdays would be the child's name hand written by the child and scanned. If the party is for an older teen or an over the hill adult, the name could be taken from an old kindergarten paper. This would be such an adorable way to mark the passage of time! Of course, if you do have some artistic ability or know your way around graphic design software, the possibilities are pretty much endless. If that isn't an option for you, you may have luck searching the internet for royalty free line art. True, it won't be your own personal art, but it will most likely be different from what anyone in your social circle has seen or done at their wedding or party.
Custom party supplies are also great for family reunions, company picnics, or promotional events for businesses. Custom logos on cupcake boxes, cake boxes, and caramel apple boxes are a great way for a small bakery to create a more professional look for their packaging. A doodle of a family tree printed on cups or napkins would be an adorable addition to any family gathering.
Whatever the event or reason, we know you will love seeing your creation professionally printed and distributed in a useful, practical way. Most likely your guests will not only use the items you have had printed, but they will also want to take them home as a keepsake!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

~Jenna