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Cute Christmas Placemats for 33 Cents
Last Christmas I wanted my dining table to be extra special and festive. I have always loved the Christmas placemats you see in the shops and magazines but can't justify the price of them when we will only use them one day in the year. My placemats are looking a bit old and scratched, which is fine for your everyday use, but not special occasions.
So I had this bright idea Christmas morning as I was thinking of how to decorate the table. Why not wrap them in Christmas wrapping paper. I got going and had all six placemats wrapped in a matter of minutes and they looked fantastic, even my daughter said, "WOW MUM! You've really gone all out this year. You will have to do this again next year, it's so Christmassy, I love it."
I even looked up quickly on the net on how to make Christmas shaped serviettes. I then realised I didn't have any serviettes in my house, so I got a piece of paper towel from the kitchen and folded it five times in the middle to make a bow shape and got gold ribbon and placed it around the middle to hold it in place. It went beautifully with the Christmas placemats.
The dining table looked magical now and I did it in no time at all. I estimate I have saved at least $30 plus on the placemats and serviettes and it only cost me 33 cents for the wrapping paper (I got 3 x rolls for 99 cents and only used one roll) and I already had the kitchen paper towel and the gold ribbon.
Contributed by Kate Dean
So I had this bright idea Christmas morning as I was thinking of how to decorate the table. Why not wrap them in Christmas wrapping paper. I got going and had all six placemats wrapped in a matter of minutes and they looked fantastic, even my daughter said, "WOW MUM! You've really gone all out this year. You will have to do this again next year, it's so Christmassy, I love it."
I even looked up quickly on the net on how to make Christmas shaped serviettes. I then realised I didn't have any serviettes in my house, so I got a piece of paper towel from the kitchen and folded it five times in the middle to make a bow shape and got gold ribbon and placed it around the middle to hold it in place. It went beautifully with the Christmas placemats.
The dining table looked magical now and I did it in no time at all. I estimate I have saved at least $30 plus on the placemats and serviettes and it only cost me 33 cents for the wrapping paper (I got 3 x rolls for 99 cents and only used one roll) and I already had the kitchen paper towel and the gold ribbon.
Contributed by Kate Dean