Customized Name Cards Templates: A Comparison of Top DIY Place Card Maker Websites in 2024
In this post, I'll review some of the DIY place card options I found online, hoping it will be helpful for everyone planning their weddings on a budget.
Some requirements I had:
- I needed to create printable place cards in less than 5 minutes. Although Etsy is known for such items, I've had some bad experiences there, so I wanted to explore other options.
- I preferred not to type each name individually; ideally, I could upload names from my wedding guest list spreadsheet.
- I wanted to create table tent cards as flat ones would require holders that I didn't have space for in my budget.
- I wanted the flexibility to keep editing them after paying, as my guest list kept changing with RSVPs.
Here's a brief review of three sites I found for creating printable place card templates:
- Placecard.me
- placecard.us (Printable Place Card Templates Download)
- Gatsby’s Party ([Templates])
| Site | Placecard.me | placecard.us | Gatsby’s Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | Easy, but it required my email to download my preview, which was a bit annoying | Easiest to use – got my previews made in 3 minutes with no email | The workflow was exactly the same as Placecard.us – easy enough but required an email |
| Designs | The existing designs were not to my taste, but it does support uploading custom designs | I quite liked the range of floral designs, and it also had a good range for other events like parties | Fun and colorful designs, but perhaps not really suitable for weddings |
| Font/Color Edit | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Place Card Types | The best choice and sizing, supports tent, flat, and Avery cards | The best choice and sizing, supports tent, flat, and Avery cards | Supports tent, flat, and Avery cards |
| Inputs Supported | Manual typing and Excel upload | Manual typing, Excel upload, and copying from Google Sheets | Manual typing and Excel upload |
| Price | $8.00 - Fixed price | $4.99 - Fixed price. | $3.00 - Fixed price |
| Max. Number of Names | At least 100 | At least 100 | At least 100 |
| Editing after Payment | Yes - 14 days | Yes – 1 months | Yes - 14 days |
Overall
All of these sites were super user-friendly, but I ultimately chose placecard.us.
Since the price is fixed regardless of the number of place cards you make on all the sites above, I didn’t see the small differences in price across the sites as too much of an issue.
For me, it came down to which design suited our theme the best. I loved the simplicity of placecard.us’s “weddings” design. Below are some of the place cards I made. They’ve come out beautifully on my simple at-home printer (I did have to set the print quality to High).
It’s my first time posting here, so I would love to know if this post was helpful for you. If so, maybe I will do a breakdown on the costs or perhaps a step-by-step write-up on how I actually created my place cards.
Happy wedding planning, and I hope this was useful!
