Place Cards & Seating Plans
Looking for something unique for your event? Michael's award-winning caricature stationery is hand-drawn from photos and delivered to you before the event. You can order caricature place cards that double as wedding favours, or seating plans that are sure to get everyone talking. For a standout touch, Michael also creates life-size cardboard cutouts that make fantastic welcome signs for any type of event.
How Does It Work?
Q. How do we get the photos to you?
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Once you place your order, we will set up a gallery for you on our stationery site where you will be able to upload photos of your guests as you get them. You can pull photos from social media or you can ask your guests to each send you a selfie by a certain date. You can then upload the selfies to our stationery site as you receive them.
Q. How does payment work?
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We take a 20% deposit. Michael will email you an invoice for the deposit which upon payment will confirm your order. The remaining balance is paid when all the work is completed.
Q. How long does it take to complete an order?
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The standard turnaround time is 6 weeks but Michael may be able to fit in an order at short notice subject to availability. Please bear in mind that you will need to allocate additional time to get photos together and upload to your gallery. It is also worth noting that Michael is a one man drawing team so there is a limitation on the number of orders he can take on each month. You are advised to place your order as soon as possible to secure your booking.
Q. Do we get to see the caricatures before they are printed and posted to us?
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Yes, When the artwork is completed, Michael will send over a folder containing all the caricatures so you can go through and make sure everything is all okay. You may request some tweaks to the artwork which Michael will make without charge in most cases. There are some situations where particular changes might be chargeable and these are explained fully in the ‘Artwork Terms and Conditions’. 98% of changes that are requested are done without any additional charge.
Q. Can we get digital copies of all the caricatures?
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Yes, once the artwork is completed and approved by you, Michael will send you a folder containing all the caricatures.
Q. Can you add some custom text or our event logo onto the place cards or seating plan?
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Yes I can but there is a small fee for this
Q. When will everything be delivered?
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Michael aims to have everything completed and ready to post 8 days before the event when possible. This allows him to get everything to your doorstep 5 – 7 days before the event. For deliveries outside of the UK, Michael will aim to get everything to you at least 10 – 14 days before the event. If you need your items to be delivered earlier, please let us know when you place your order. Michael can deliver the items to your address or to your venue.
Customer Reviews
"We found Michael at a wedding fair a year and a half before we were due to get married. We enquired and he kindly held a provisional space for us until the next year whilst we decided. Our decision was a no-brainer! We were dead set on having his fantastic artwork at our wedding. It added such a personal touch, and we gifted the table places as wedding favours to our guests too. All of our guests commented on how different it was, and no-one had seen anything like it before. Our table plan still has pride of place in our living room as a beautiful reminder of our day and guests."
- Kira | Place cards + Guest Caricature Seating Plan
"I couldn't recommend Michael enough! We wanted something different to the standard place cards and favours that we have seen before at weddings. As soon as we saw Michael at a wedding fair we knew we had to have them! They added something completely different to our wedding that no one was expecting and they were loved by everyone! I was so excited for our guests to see them and they didn't disappoint. Our guests are still talking about them, they have shown other people who have asked about them and have them pride of place in their homes now. We couldn't have asked for any more and can't thank Michael enough! They were absolutely amazing!! Thank you so so much!"
- Amy | Place Cards + Couple Caricature Seating plan
"Michael is amazing! So talented! Our guests absolutely loved the seating plan, there was a ripple of excitement around the room as more and more people noticed and asked others “have you seen yours!?” Since the wedding we have been sent pictures from our guests of their drawings in pride of place in their homes. Michael was fantastic at keeping in touch with us and answering my every “bridezilla” question! Brilliant service from start to finish we would 100% recommend!"
- Toni | Place cards + Guest Caricature Seating Plan
"Michael!! Wow! Thank you so much. We are super grateful to MKcaricatures. Michael brought something a little different and spectacular to our wedding. The caricatures were cute, fun but at the same time realistic and mirrored the classy vibe of our wedding. All our guests loved the table plan with the artwork and framed artwork. They all spoke highly of MKcaricatures and spoke of how they have never seen something like it at a wedding before.
You have increased your fanbase Michael.
Our families now! African families are difficult to please, but your work impressed them greatly, with our mum saying "the young boy tried" haha! Also, our other vendors were also very impressed and fascinated by your work. They'll definitely be in touch with you. Thankful to God that our paths crossed. Praying for God's blessing on you, your family and MK Caricatures. We will definitely be in touch Michael. Thank you. Love Stanley and Winnie."
- Stanley & Winnie | Couple Caricature Seating plan + Framed Couple Caricature
"Our wedding was rearranged 4 times and so I knew when our day finally arrived, I wanted it to be a day that everyone would remember. I like to think I’m creative and I wanted a favour for my guests that reflected that but was also something they would want to keep. I contacted Michael early on in my planning process as I just knew that his creative work was exactly what I wanted. He most definitely did not disappoint. He is so talented - I was completely blown away by the Place Cards he had created for my guests. They obviously adored them and many are now framed in the individuals houses to share with their guests to their homes. Key talking point on the day and on many occasions after. As well as being absolutely perfect favours, Michaels professionalism and commitment was amazing. Not once through all the changes did I feel like a burden. He kept in contact and put me at ease and was an absolute pleasure to communicate with. Highly recommended! Would 100% use this company again for any other big celebration that I may have coming up :) Thank you so much!"
- Vikki | Place Cards
"We would like to say a huge thank you for your incredible caricature artwork created for our wedding day.
I really wanted something fun and unique as a wedding gift for all of our guests - and your work exceeded expectation. Just wow! Your Caricature sketch’s brought smiles to all of our guests which is exactly what we wanted from this unique idea. You have been very kind and patient throughout, making final amendments where needed. Can we also thank you so very much for hand delivering the prints - you went above and beyond to ensure you met our needs! Thank you so much!!! We will definitely be recommending you to our friends. Keep doing what you are doing. You are so talented! Huge thanks again for everything."
- Elizabeth | Place cards
"I cannot recommend this product and Michael’s service enough! I purchased a guestboard from Michael for use at our wedding. Due to covid, I was only able to order it a few weeks before my wedding but Michael was incredibly flexible and delivered our product with more than enough time. The sheer standard of his work absolutely blew us away! He has an amazing talent and produced a breathtaking caricature that myself, my partner and all of the guests at our wedding absolutely loved! It is something we will keep for a lifetime as a momento of our special day! We cannot fault Michael’s communication through all of it. He kept in regular contact and provided updates whenever we asked. He also talked us through the process of uploading the photos with patience and clarity. Thank you for everything Michael, we loved your product and service!"
- Sareena | Signboard
"MKCaricatures was a wonderful firm to work with. The attention to detail and patience, and regular check ins meant we ended up with a beautiful seating plan. The caricatures looked like us and even the small details were captured like our jewellery and the cufflinks my husband wore. I would fully recommend other couples to use this service. All our guests commented on how lovely our seating plan was and the artistry. Absolutely fabulous talking point too."
- Cheryl | Couple caricature Seating Plan
"Michael is hands down one of the most creative designers you will ever come across. We wanted something different to the written place cards for our wedding and Standout Stationery did not disappoint! Our framed seating plan, individual framed guest caricatures and personalised guest book certainly added to the WOW factor of our wedding. Our guests loved their personalised caricature place cards which acted as our favours too! It was certainly the talk of the wedding breakfast! We now have our seating plan hung up on our living room wall and we couldn’t be happier with the final outcome! Thank you!"
- Sarah & James | Place cards + Seating plan
"WOW! To say I was happy with our wedding table plan and favours would be an understatement. The service, quality and products were 5 star! I can not recommend Standout Stationery enough. Our guests, service staff, waiters and even the head chef came down to look at our plan and favours! EVERY guest loved having something personal (and hilarious) to take away and keep. This was one of the best decisions I made when planning our wedding. Amazing!"
- Lisa-Marie & Danny | Place cards & Seating plan
"LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! It's really my day. It'll make the donkey work ahead of me easier to bare. Colin loves it too and he's not one for pictures so for him to be happy. You have a true gift Michael. In fact I would love if you joined us at our wedding on Tuesday!
Thank you for the for the important and wonderful part you played in our day. It was such a nice touch touch to such a special day.
- Dionne | Cardboard cutout + Bride and groom caricature
"We just wanted to thank you for your amazing work for our wedding day. Our guests loved their drawings, they were blown away by it. Nobody has seen it before. It really did create such a buzz for the wedding day."
- Christopher | Place cards
"Exceptional work turning around our order on very short notice and yet with excellent quality. The guests were thrilled at the work and apparently many of these caricatures are on people's mantlepieces at home. Really good work; the compliments are still coming in on how innovative this idea was for the wedding. Thanks to the team for helping to make the wedding reception special."
- Ashim | Place cards + Couple caricature seating plan
"To say the caricatures went down amazingly yesterday would be an understatement. Everybody was talking about them and so many people told us that they were the best favours they'd ever seen at a wedding! Even the venue said that they'd never seen that idea and they loved it!"
- Mitchell | Place cards + Guestbooks