Chicken Wire Wedding Seating Cards

So many people feature expensive seating cards at their weddings but the cards dont have to be that intricate. If they look pretty, they guide the guests to their seats, and you have a place to display them, thats all you really need. Youll have all of that, as well as a cute, rustic accent for the wedding, when you use chicken wire. Who knew chicken wire could look so beautiful! When you use it as a background for the escort or seating cards you have a lovely arrangement for a country wedding, or an appropriate accent for a wedding with any theme.

Chicken wire is very inexpensive and, although its not usually described as "pretty", it can be. The wire - found at a home improvement or gardening store - is sold by the roll. Since you wont need a whole roll of it for the seating cards you might consider using the remainder of it for another project. For the escort card arrangement youll need to cut a rectangle of wire to be the size you need for the amount of guests youll have. The wire is easy to cut with wire cutters. When youre finished cutting it out, frame it, and the seating card holder will be finished.

You might find it easiest to cut the chicken wire if you first decide on a picture frame for it. Choose a large frame; you can often find an old one - holding a hideous print - at a thrift store. Paint the frame to give it a new look, whitewash it for a faded look, or leave it as it is for a rustic appearance. Remove everything including the glass. Use the cardboard, which comes with the frame, to draw the shape that you need onto the chicken wire. After cutting the wire, its up to you if you want to paint it. Put the chicken wire in the frame and then slide on the backing. Or, just tack the wire to a wall, and trim around the edges with anything from feather boas to flowers. Make the escort cards from ordinary card stock or scrapbook paper. When theyre finished you can simply clip each one onto the chicken wire, using a clothespin. Nowadays, you can find clothespins in miniature versions - perfect for use with the chicken wire - and in assorted colors. Its easy to blend the clothespins in with the color scheme of the wedding. Chicken wire can be painted gold for an elegant wedding, neon for a colorful wedding, or left as-is for a rustic or country affair. Its unusual but perfect, cheap but beautiful. Youll love it for your seating card arrangement and you can use the excess wire as a place to hold flowers on a wall.