I absolutely fell in love with these artificial grass & flower placemats from Butterfly Craze. The $6.99 price tag? I didn't love so much!
So, I then considered astro turf placemats. Astro Turf is reasonably priced, available at Home Depot and I could make 20 placemats for under $5.00 (you can find a tutorial here for making them). While budget friendly, the astro turf just didn't have the look I wanted.Then I remembered these pretty petal placemats I saw from Party Wishes...
and Design Dazzle...
I searched for these online & locally, but turned up zilch. So, I thought, "I can make these!" I cut out the size placemat I wanted from cardboard gift boxes I had, purchased 4 bags of pink rose petals from the local Dollar Tree & got out my trusty hot glue gun.
Starting at the bottom of the placemat, I ran a single line of hot glue horizontally across the cardboard. Then, I just put down petals one by one, overlapping slightly. I continued this method until the entire cardboard was covered.
I'm thrilled with the way they turned out! Would I like the grass placemats instead? Ofcourse! But $5.00 for 20 placemats for a 6 year old's party makes so much more sense to me (& my wallet!) than $140! And besides, what would I do with all those grass placemats after the party?
19 comments:
what a great idea-they are so cute!
I love how you took the DIY approach! Your placemats are lovely!
Brenda! Those turned out beautiful! What a great job. I'm so glad I could be of inspiration:)
What a wonderful idea. You could even make those with dollor store place mats if you wanted to keep them after the party. Very pretty!
Hugs,
joanne
Those are great!! Can't wait to see the party!
Shelley@DivinePartyConcepts.com
You are so creative! Way to save some money and they are fabulous!!
That's a great party idea!!! I love the place mats!
Anxious to see the final result.
I'm working so hard for my girls birthday (is next week). So, I'm very busy,ha.
Have a nice weekend.
Hey Brenda,
Myhusband was showing me a party article in his Smart computing magazine (yes, I'm married to a geek) and your blog is on page 41!
Congratulations!
What an adorable idea! I am thinking "Fairy" for my daughters b day next year!
These are so pretty! Very creative...and I prefer these to the grass ones =) Can't wait to see how the rest of the party turns out!
Ohh I love this! Hollywoodmegastore.com is a cool site for party planning too :)
Just wanted to say I love your blog and have given you the Best Blog Award, you can go here to get it:
http://iluv2coupon.blogspot.com/2009/10/best-blog-award.html
Wonderful job! I loved them!
terrific job with the placemats. yes, those petal palcemats are expensive. I love your clever idea of gluing the petals to the poster board. The petal placemats I have are glued to heavy pellon (interfacing). Thanks for linking to my site : )
Toni
Interesting... I was searching this info for my uncle. He will be happy for such a great info. Thanks for sharing...
Ana
Artificial Grass
I was browsing the internet for web sites related to Synthetic tennis courts and I stumbled upon yours. Anyway,just want to say that it's nice dropping by your blog site.
What a fantastic creation! Love your work. I really enjoyed going through the post.
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Thank You!!!
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