The wedding reception is the culmination and celebration of the wedding day - the happiest day of a couple's life. Make it special with personalized wedding reception napkins beside the plate of every guest. Printed paper napkins or monogrammed linen napkins are a great way to commemorate the wedding day.
Wedding Receptions and Customized Napkins
Whether they held during the day or the evening, most wedding receptions feature a printed or monogrammed napkin at each place setting. Personalized napkins are the finishing touch to a set table. Guests being seated will feel that every detail, right down to the napkins, was specially planned for the event.
Couples may choose from decorative paper napkins or monogrammed linen napkins. The final linen vs. paper napkins decision depends on the location and mood of the reception, as well as size of the reception's guest list and the budget of the bride and groom.
How to Order Custom Printed Napkins for Weddings
Most brides and grooms get their party napkins personalized with their first names and wedding date, but they may add extras such as their last name, a Bible verse, a favorite marriage quote, a love song lyric, or a line from a romantic poem. For samples and ideas, please see Wedding Quotes and Verses.
Some couples also add a special graphic or design to their embossed wedding napkins. Professional party ware companies will have a large catalog of stock images to choose from, many of which are very appropriate for wedding receptions.
If they are artistic, couples can ask about the possibility of designing their own graphic and having it printed on the napkins. Brides and grooms who do this usually feature the graphic on the wedding invitations and program as well.
Benefits of Printed Wedding Napkins
Sitting down to a reception table with personalized luncheon napkins or getting drinks at the bar with custom cocktail napkins gives an extra touch to the wedding reception that can't be had any other way.
Printed wedding napkins are a great conversation starter at the tables and make good keepsakes for reception guests to take home. Couples may even want to consider ordering high-quality embroidered linen napkins and giving them away as wedding reception favors at the end of the night.
How to Fold Personalized Wedding Reception Napkins
Many couples like to have folded napkins at their wedding receptions, but keep it simple with printed napkins. Avoid elaborate folds that will detract from the print or embroidery, and make sure that the printing is centered no matter what fold is chosen.
The beauty of imprinted wedding napkins, however, is that they don't need to be folded at all. Many receptions use simple square printed paper napkins with their words and graphic of choice, and they look fine all by themselves.
Printed, embossed, monogrammed, or embroidered wedding reception napkins are a relatively inexpensive way to spruce up the wedding reception tables. Guests like them because they are easy to keep as a memento of the special occasion. Brides and grooms like using printed napkins to express their personalities with the words, fonts, and images they choose.
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