Place cards

I really like place cards and always offer to do them for any parties I'm lucky enough to be invited to attend.  Imagine my surprise (when I dragged my co-worker over to 57th St., near Carnegie Hall yesterday in the heat) to see Kate's Paperie is closed!  Luckily this is a smaller dinner party (8 ppl) & I have a desk full of place cards ranging from adorable to plain (as well as prices ranging from $$$ to 99 cent bargins!)

While I was looking for inspiration on the web I ran across these two really cool ideas:

Topiary Place Card Holders which you can order here.

and

These gorgeous placecards from Timeless Paper

I'll try to post the steps I took to make my home-made last minute place cards later today or tomorrow (or Saturday.)

Do you have any suggestions for place cards that you'd like to share?  I'd love to hear about them!