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One sleepless night in Ottawa, I started my menu cards and table names assembly line. *beep, beep, beep, beep*
I had pre-printed all my menus and table names a few months back. I forwarded them to a professional (my mom) to be cut. Then they were returned back to me to sit and collect dust. 
I used the same main design from our invitations to create the menu header. Using Adobe Photoshop, I created the menu layout. I printed the menus onto Blush Luxe Paper from Papersource. I used a dark brown color for the text and a “vintage” pink for the design elements. Then I mounted them onto dark brown cardstock. For the piece de resistance, I placed (2) 16ss crystals in the center.
Ingredients:
Blush Luxe Paper
Bitterchocolate Cardstock
16ss clear Swarovski Crystals
9ss clear Swarovski Crystals
Liquid Glue Pen
Dotto Removable Glue Dots
Fonts: Bickham Script Fancy & Garamond
HP Ink Jet Printer
For the table names, I wanted to incorporate all the places we visited in Paris. Since we were only there for a week and I had so many tables, I Googled the rest! 
But don’t tell anyone.
I pretty much used the same format and materials, but in a horizontal format. I am placing 9ss Crystals on all 4 corners. They look like tiny screws, only prettier.
Hope you all enjoy the fruits of my hard labor!
Menus:
Table Names:
Wow, everything looks beautiful. You did a great job!
Miss Jelly Beans,
Those menus are lovely. I was just thinking about my menu cards. So you made individual ones instead of 1 per table?
those look quite regal and elegant. -) nice job.
What font is that?? Its gorgeous!! ironically, I’m doing the same thing for my table numbers as well! Gotta love Paris! =)
beautiful! which font did you use?
so sparkly! so pretty.
They are really very pretty. As someone else before me stated they look really elegant. Your font choices were great.
love em! so professional looking! thanks for sharing all the details of your handy and gorgeous WORK!
Gorgeous, Miss JB! Quick question - where did you find that ornamental framing thingie for your names at the top? I’ve been looking for a graphic like that!
Miss JB - please share the font name and the ornamental scroll that you used for the menu cards!! Thank you!!
oops! I saw the font name in your post - but where did you find the ornamental scroll! You did a great job, they look lovely!
Ditto on the ornamental source- can’t find anything I like and that one’s purty!
those are beautiful! what kind of printer did you use?
Thanks ladies!!!! 
Although I think if you look close enough you will see all my little
Miss Snow Pea- yes, Im putting a menu card for each place setting in a pocket fold. Very time consuming but well worth it in my book
KP & Mary- I used Bickham Script Fancy for and Beautiful ES. Some of the letters when using BSF are too hard too read or have too much spacing in between, so for those certain letters I used Beautiful ES. Which, I think flows quite well.
Miss Pearl- I found the images on istockphoto.com. It is a great site. You can purchase soooo many images. It took me hours to search through so many pages. I guarantee you will find more than one. Mine was one single image that I split in half using Photoshop. I think mine cost me $3. They give you the files to download in different formats. I found Illustrator very easy to use with these vector images.
Christina- I have been using my trusty HP inkjet printer.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Thank you for the font names!
What keyword did you use when you searched for vector images @ istockphoto?
I love the script! It’s gorgeous. Wish I had handwriting like that.
kp: I use istock also and I use “floral” or “scroll” (or both) to find some really neat images.
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Mrs. Jelly Beans, Ottawa Age and Occupation: 28, Pediatric Registered Nurse and full time bride to be Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Investor and very supportive groom to be Engagement Date: July 7, 2005 Wedding Date: August 25, 2007 Blogging Since: June 20, 2007 Venue: Cathedral Ceremony and Rooftop Tent Reception Honeymoon: Italy About Me: I have been in wedding planning mode since Mr. Jelly Beans popped the question almost two years ago. I am a very dorky and sentimental person. I love laughing and living life alongside my husband-to-be. We have been in a long distance relationship for over 6 years - he is in California and I am presently in Canada, so you can imagine how excited we both are for our upcoming wedding.
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