{"id":40310,"date":"2018-11-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=40310"},"modified":"2018-11-18T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T23:00:00","slug":"diy-monogrammed-place-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=40310","title":{"rendered":"DIY Monograrmed Place Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We love to use place cards in our family when we are entertaining.\u00a0 They eliminate that last minute awkwardness when people are wondering where they should sit during dinner.\u00a0 It also gives us, as hostesses, the power to control the meal-time conversation by planning who sits beside whom.\u00a0 Mom was looking for some special place cards to use for Thanksgiving and couldn&#8217;t find any that she really liked.\u00a0 She called and asked me if I could make some for her.\u00a0 I said I would see what I could come up with on my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Q1inXx\">Silhouette Cameo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The Process<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40317\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2466-e1542568886753-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2466-e1542568886753-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2466-e1542568886753-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2466-e1542568886753-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have always said I have a love\/ hate relationship with my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Q1inXx\">cameo<\/a>, and those feelings continue. There are some newer models such as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Q1inXx\">this one.<\/a>\u00a0 While I do have that relationship, I am so glad to have one because it has been so helpful for making many things like this <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/11\/30\/diy-advent-calendar\/\">DIY advent calendar<\/a>, these <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/08\/29\/diy-monogrammed-koozie\/\">DIY monogrammed koozies,\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/02\/05\/diy-valentine-tutu-outfit\/\">this DIY Valentine tutu<\/a>, and this <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/05\/06\/my-adorable-laundry-door\/\">laundry room door<\/a>.\u00a0 Those are just a few of the Silhouette Cameo projects we have shared here on the blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-40316\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2465-e1542569292917-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2465-e1542569292917-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2465-e1542569292917-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2465-e1542569292917-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mom&#8217;s place cards were easy.\u00a0 I decided to create an H monogram for the last name for the main part of the place card.\u00a0 I had already used this monogram for my mom awhile ago so it was easy to pull up.\u00a0 I then added each person&#8217;s name in a script font at the bottom.\u00a0 The thing that was cool about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Q1inXx\">the machine<\/a> this time was instead of cutting, I used a silhouette cameo pen that drew the design.\u00a0 Plus, it was super fast.\u00a0 The next step was to go in and cut the place card with the machine.\u00a0 For some reason I was only able to cut half of the place card.\u00a0 So, instead of doing a lot of figuring out to see what was wrong, I pulled out my scissors and cut them out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40314\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2467-e1542569232570-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2467-e1542569232570-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2467-e1542569232570-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2467-e1542569232570-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pen feature is really cool, and there are so many different possibilities.\u00a0 I am now thinking I can use this to address our Christmas cards.<\/p>\n<h2>DIY Monogrammed Place Cards Results<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40312\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Place-cards-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Place-cards-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Place-cards-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Place-cards-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Place-cards.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are four of the eight that I made.\u00a0 I love how they turned out, and it was so easy to make them for the family.\u00a0 I think Mom will be happy with them, and it is one less thing she has to do.\u00a0 We will put a photo of the table setting on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the2seasonsblog\/\"> our Instagram<\/a> on Thursday so if you don&#8217;t yet follow us, be sure to do so.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the2seasonsblog\/\">Here is our link<\/a>. We will be posting other activities, too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p><em>Affiliate links in post<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love to use place cards in our family when we are entertaining.\u00a0 They eliminate that last minute awkwardness when people are wondering where they should sit during dinner.\u00a0 It also gives us, as hostesses, the power to control the meal-time conversation by planning who sits beside whom.\u00a0 Mom was looking for some special place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40310"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40327,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310\/revisions\/40327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}