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Patterned Flags

Drape a garland of festive flags made from scrapbooking paper -- each bearing a guest's name and table number -- near the entrance of your reception, or simply make the banners as decorations you can hang throughout your reception. Creating the banner will be a breeze; get started by downloading our template.

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Just Married Sign

Perfect for your getaway car or carriage, this banner will make guests smile.

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Lace Backdrop

Create your own photo booth with an oversize canvas backdrop. Download this design and take it to a copy center that can print the large file (we went to FedEx Office).

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Striped Vellum Candle Centerpieces

This modern nod to luminarias -- paper bags with votives inside -- updates the look with chic stripes printed onto vellum and wrapped around straight-sided square glass vases.

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Paper Magnolias

To create these stunning centerpieces, we placed several stems of crafted blossoms in tall white cylindrical vases, making sure to vary the height of each for visual interest. Download our petal template to make the perfect crepe-paper magnolias.

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Luminaria Centerpieces

To make these adorable luminarias inspired by a cake-decorating stencil, download the template and print onto 11-by-17 paper. Fold the paper like an accordion or wrap around a glass cylinder.

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Lace Luminarias

When printed on translucent vellum in soothing colors, lace appears even dreamier and more ethereal than it already is. To make square luminarias beautiful enough to be centerpieces, we simply magnified the lace pattern. Placed in a row, with no extra flourishes, the presentation positively glows with sophistication.

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Cupcake Towers

This project is not only a piece of cake to construct but also incredibly budget-friendly. Print our clip-art borders (we used text-weight paper) and cut them to fit an assortment of round boxes and lids.

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Flower Swizzle Sticks

Swizzle sticks topped with crepe-paper flowers -- here, a spider chrysanthemum and a sleek calla lily -- add zest to lime spritzers.

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Flower Girl Parasol

Flower girls are pretty adorable as they are, but we've found a way to pile on even more cuteness: Instead of having them scatter blossoms as they amble down the aisle, have them be the blossoms by carrying these petal-topped rice-paper umbrellas! Added bonus? After the ceremony, they can tote the pretty parasols home as favors.

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Floral Paper Fans

Outdoor weddings are especially beautiful, but they can also be uncomfortably steamy. To keep your guests from overheating, pass out handmade fans -- trust us, they'll be grateful. Ours features a floral motif on one side and a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet on the other: "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep."

Download the template (have a calligrapher add a monogram), then print onto medium-weight paper and cut out. Sandwich a wooden ice cream spoon between the two sides, and secure with glue.

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Message Flags

Update guests about happenings (the couple's arrival at the reception, cake-cutting, first dance) by asking young guests to raise descriptive paper flags at the right time. Download the clip-art; print onto medium-weight 11-by-17-inch paper, and cut out. Roll the end of the flag around a 1/2-inch dowel and affix with double-sided tape. Tie a ribbon below the flag.

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I Knew You When ...

This bold time line serves as a three-dimensional reminder of when you first met your guests. Play it during cocktail hour.

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I Knew You When ...

Play It
During cocktail hour, each guest sticks a flag into the year she met either the bride or groom.

Make It
Save our clip art on a disk. Have it printed on oversize paper and mounted to foam board at a print shop. Cut flags from origami or scrapbooking paper; punch two holes and thread a corsage pin through. Stick into a fabric-wrapped foam board on a tray. Pins, by Lomey, from michaelsfloralsupply.com.

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Double the Fun

Hoping your college roommate chats up your future husband's childhood friend? Find-your-match cards are a sweet way to ensure they'll meet.

Play It
Announce the rules early in the evening (consider asking a member of your wedding party to explain them). Each guest will receive a card with the name of one half of a famous couple -- and will have until the end of the night to find its mate.

Make It
Download and print our heart cards onto card stock. Write a famous pair on each card, with one name on either side of the heart (a longer list of famous couples is on our website). Cut out cards along their outer edges, then cut each down the middle with decorative scissors. Place one card at each table setting.

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I Spy ... Kids Having Fun!

Keep your littlest guests occupied with this photographic scavenger hunt. Who knows? One of them might even snap your favorite shot of the night.

Play It
Place a card, a disposable camera, and a pencil at each child's setting, and see which kid can photograph all the items on the list first. You won't need an incentive to get the kids playing, but a small prize for the winner is a good idea.

Make It
Download cards, print onto card stock, and round corners with a craft punch. Snow-white camera, WeddingFavorsToGo.com. Carpenter's pencil,by Marc Vidal, from Motel Deluxe.

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What's In a Name?

Some guests are too shy to share their life stories. Help them bypass the small talk and go straight for the good stuff with introductory cards that reveal shared interests or personal triumphs.

Play It
When a guest slides out her place card (calligraph her name under our design), she'll see an arrow pointing to the left with the name of the person seated there, plus an interesting tidbit (e.g., "Joel was a Connecticut tap-dancing finalist!"). A second arrow shares info on the person seated to her right.

Make It
Download our editable clip art, then customize a card for each guest. Print onto card stock and cut out, using a craft punch to round the corners.

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Telephone Toast

A twist on a childhood fave: Your tribute to the happy couple becomes something else entirely when it gets whispered (and garbled) around the table.

Play It
An instruction card placed on a guest's plate prompts him to initiate a toast, which will travel from ear to ear until it makes it back to him. He then announces his original toast as well as the table's mangled version of it.

Make It
Print our clip art onto card stock and cut out one card for each table of guests.

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