Table Talk
"We wanted a frilly, girly way to assign seats for a ladies' garden party, and we've had ribbon embroidered many times for other uses, but never for place cards," says Beard. The original idea was to tie the ribbon around the napkin, but that seemed uninspired to Davis and Beard, who are always looking to create the unexpected. "I took glass cube vases, cut some garden roses, and all the elements fell into place," Beard explains.