Powder Blue Sakura Washi Origami Crane Place Card Holders

A pale blue crane at every seat, holding your guest's name. Each one is folded by hand from Japanese yuzen washi — powder blue, scattered with white cherry blossom, touched with gold — and holds a place card, an escort card, a menu or a table number.

If you are still looking for your something blue, this is a quiet way to do it. It sits on the table rather than under your dress, and every guest gets one.

Yuzen washi is patterned sheet by sheet, so the blossoms fall differently on every bird. No two cranes in your set will be identical. Up close you can see the fibres in the paper and the way the gold shifts as the light moves across the table.

Most guests take theirs home at the end of the night. A place card holder usually ends up in the bin; this one does not.

They are made for weddings, but they work anywhere a table needs names — a rehearsal dinner, an anniversary, a christening, a long dinner at home, a private room in a restaurant.

Working to a date? Tell us before you order and we will confirm honestly whether we can have your set with you in time.