We got a ton of Christmas card pictures and I hate to throw them away. I had no idea what to do with them. I came across an idea in a magazine to make them into place mats to use in future Christmases. I had a few hours free time on Saturday so I finally took all the Christmas cards down off the wall and sat down to make my place mat(s). It turned out I did not really have enough to make 2 so I made one large one. On the back of each picture I wrote the names of who is in each photo and how I know them (for others looking at the photos.) I didn’t take into account that the photos would overlap. Whoops!
To make the place mat I cut out all my photos and placed them in the order I wanted on my desk. I took a large piece of clear contact paper and laid it over the pictures. I then flipped it over and added another piece of clear contact paper to the back to seal it all in.
Very cute idea. Do you have the instructions for how to do this?
I updated the post with directions. Thanks!
that is so cool. i have some pics from the last two years i should totally do this. then next year i will add another and so on and so on. thanks for the idea.