I realize that menu cards are not only superfluous, but a serious waste of paper. It's one of those little details, though, that to me was an inexpensive way to add both elegance and formality to our reception dinner.
Instead of using a separate card, on the reverse will be printed: 'Did you get some great photos of our wedding today? We would love for you to share! Upload your favorites to our community photo album at www.Shutterfly.com' (Also included is the screen name and password.) This satisfied my mothers desire for us to put disposable cameras on every table (no thank you!), and it's a great way to get some of those candid shots the photographers might miss.
Hopefully, people will find our note on the back and take them home, making further use of the paper!
At any rate, the cards themselves were a clearance find (yup, another one!) at Michaels - I got 60 cards for less than $5.00. They are a nice weight of ivory cardstock, have a beveled (not sure if that's the correct word) edge, and came with the word 'Menu' pre-printed in an elegant font in black.
All I had to do was decorate! We took the photo crop of the Columbine on our invitations and 'stamped' it next to the word menu, then typed out the menu text using 'aramis', the same font we used on our invitations and will use to create our programs.
The menus will be tucked into a brown napkin at each place setting, and in another DIY project later each guest will have a large river stone with their name on it for their place setting.
Thinking about our yummy dinner choices is making me hungry :)
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