Make It Monday: DIY Matchbook Favors/Place Cards

Jul 30, 2012  |  Posted by: Megan Stay

Better late than never, eh? Eh?

I slacked last week because I was playing with my super adorable nieces in Olympia, WA. They are serious farm girls. Two cows (cheeseburger and meatball, guess what they plan to do with them?), two goats, three horses, forty chickens, two dogs, two bunnies, and a handfull of barn cats. And they plan on getting pigs! My brother builds fences and goat play grouns and leads cows around. It’s still funny to see him saunter out to do his chores.

Today I decided to show you the easiest craft project ever. Aren’t these matchbooks darling? Seriously. Look at my ingredients list people. Five ingredients. And a printer. Done and done.

What you’ll need:

  • 1 piece of card stop for every 4 names
  • A stack of printer paper
  • Pretty paper for end sheets (optional and not shown)
  • Cute string
  • Paper cuter (optional if you are a glutton for punishment)
Step 1: Print out no more than four names on your card stock. I lined mine up so they’re 2″s apart. I did this in Photoshop but it is totally doable in Word. Just align your paper horizontal and print. If you don’t have terrible handwriting, like I do, then you could take the personalization a step further and hand write all the names. Or do as I do and find a cute handwritten font… cheating is so nice.
Step 2: Cut card-stock names into strips 2″s apart lengthwise. They should be 2″ x 11″. Make sure the short end lines up on the 2 inch line on your paper cutter.

Step 3: Cut your printer paper into strips just shy of 2″ x 11″. This way they won’t poke out the edges of the card stock. Now cut them down to 5″ lengths. (At this point cut your pieces of end paper if you opted for those into pieces that match the size of the printer paper)

Step 4: Line up printer paper pieces (and end sheets on the top and bottom of the stack, if you’ve included them) on top of the card-stock strips, writing, face-up.

Step 5: Staple the edge.

Step 6: Fold the card-stock paper around the edge of the printer paper.

Step 7: Trim any excess card-stock and tuck it into the folded edge.

Step 8: Wrap the cute string around the top edge to hold in place. Wah-la!

These would make great personalized favors or place cards! For favors you could customize with your names, wedding date and a thank you! Adorbs, no? Please don’t look too closely at my hand writing, I beg you!

What do you think of this DIY project? Is it doable? Have an event, wedding, shower, birthday or otherwise? Stuck on something you need for the soiree, i.e. favors, place cards, decor, tablescapes, etc? Let me know your color scheme and theme and I’ll give it a whirl. Who knows your project could be featured next! Love the idea but don’t have time to make it? Email me and I’ll give you a quote (meg at megruth dot com).

Comments

Categories