Because I Said So

"Because I said so."  That is one phrase I used to promise myself I would never use when I had kids of my own.  I am not quite sure I could count the times I have exacted the phrase on my poor children.  Oh there are plenty of other things I am sure I vowed never to do as my Mother was saying them to me.  Some I haven't done, most I have repeated.  I am so very certain that my own children have sworn to never reiterate some of my 'momisms'.   If you have or had a great Mom be so thankful.  I had a Mom to emulate, naturally I was not aware of that until I had my own babies.  I recall as the birth of my first approached,  the dawning of the depth of love my Mom must have had for me became so clear.  I even wrote her a letter, thanking her and apologizing for all the times I did not appreciate her. 

So as Mom's Day creeps up on us so close to Easter, let's look at different gifts to give Mom on her special day!  One thing I have on my idea list, is a brunch for Mom.  We have to set a pretty table for this right?  So I created place mats and napkin rings.

I started with these place mats from the Dollar Tree.

I applied a light coat of matte white spray paint.

I then used my Cricut to cut out various shapes.

I applied them to the place mats.

I have chosen the colors yellow and white for the table scape.

So I painted the mats yellow now.

This is not a good pic of the yellow color, it is much more

muted than it appears here.

Next I used the sander an roughed up the

place mats some.

I then used some white dotted material to

edge the pink.  Pink was not part of the plan, ya know?

I used Heat and Bond to apply this to the mats. 

Here you can see the sanding effect and a better look

at the actual yellow color. 

Next I cut strips of plain white material and ruffled them on

the sewing machine.  Next, I used hot glue to adhere the

ruffle on to the white dotted border.

This finished the place mats but we have to have coordinating

napkin rings, don't we?

For the actual ring, I just cut a two inch ring from a

paper towel roll and covered it with white contact paper.

I then found some pretty lace in my stash and wrapped it on the rings.

Then I used the fabric I had decided upon and made some

fabric flowers to top the rings.  I also glued a small golden

bling in the middle of the flower. 

I am thinking that after the brunch, I can bundle these up

for Mom to take home with her. 

Do you think she will like them?

Stay tuned for the table cloth, napkins and runner. 

The table would not be complete unless it was all

matchy, matchy right???

barbwired blessings!

Amber

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