Oven baked clay place settings

Sorry, but the ones in the pic look shabby & drab. It might be the twine or the colours. I'm sure they could look better with say a clear gloss on the top, nicer colours & ribbon instead of scratchy looking twine.

My only worry about making such a thing, is you will need to make them at least a week or so before the wedding. Are you likely to have any late additions to the wedding? If so, you will need something different to use as a place name for them.

I only just watched Kirstie's Homemade Christmas last night and thought these looked fun and easy to make! I agree that the pic looks poor though - the red one on the right definitely looks best. I think a heart-shape would look great tied around napkins! Not at all tacky!

Do you think white clay with black paint might look a bit brighter?

Not sure how much the little packs of clay are but you could just have a play around one weekend, not necessarily with the exact design, and see what you think (and flash us a pic!!)

My advice - have a go at making one and see how it turns out IMO I think they will look great x

I love this idea! Agree the pic doesn't look that great but I'm sure it's due to the colours and lighting as much as anything else, the red one looks best so I think if you stay away from dull colours it will be fine. If your doing black just make sure its a really slick black not dull looking and have nice bright white for the writing

I can't see the link here at work but you can make the hearts in advance, they won't dry out too much, then press names into them just before the wedding then bake. Just keep them dust free.

I quite like the matt look myself, but it depends what sort of look you are after I suppose. You can get a glossy glaze for bakeable clay too.

I think they would look great with some ribbon rather than twine...

Make sure you factor in enough time to make replacements in case they crack in the oven...

I prefer Sculpey to Fimo.. but that is just me!