This past weekend, my bridesmaids and I spent making our table name place cards. After much thought about a way to incorporate my fiance’s Chinese heritage, we have decided to use Chinese flowers and a brief description of what the flowers symbolise. These would then match our favours which are Chinese themed. A big THANK YOU to my hard working sisters in law who worked so hard to find the characters online and cut such perfect lines. One of my bridesmaids was so funny, she said “I am a Legend” when she finally found one of the characters by tracing its chinese name.

I’ve also tried to match the place cards to the friends seated at the different flowers. For example, I looooved the significance of lilly, it means 100 years of love. I thought it would be best to keep that for the head table. My fiance often says that he will find me in my next life and marry me as well

So here are the place cards we made in case any other bride wants to copy the idea as well.

桃花

Peach

Peach flowers are considered in Chinese to signify lucky in love

杜 鵑

Azalea

Azalea is considered in Chinese to signify elegance and wealth

蓮花

Lotus

Lotus is considered in Chinese to signify scent, purity, softness and loveliness

蘭花

Orchid

Orchid is considered in Chinese to signify love and fertility

水仙

Daffodil

Daffodil is considered in Chinese to signify positive change

樱花

Blossom

Blossom is considered in Chinese to signify life, growth and prosperity

牡丹

Peony

Peony is considered in Chinese to signify
riches and feminine beauty

玫瑰

Rose

Rose is considered in Chinese to signify
ultimate joy

and my favourite….

百合

Lily

Lily is considered in Chinese to signify
100 years of love