1 Easy Trick To Glam Up A Dinner Party

In theory, I love these.

-         Burlap?

-         Cute font?

-         Message preached by placemat instead of mother? (They sport sayings like "put your napkin in your lap" & "elbows off the table".)

All things I love. The trifecta of good.

And then I looked at the price.

$69 for a set of 6.

$69 for placemats that will need to be dry cleaned once anyone uses them.

Shoot. At my house they’d need to be dry cleaned once anyone looked at them. (And yes by “anyone” I mean the 7 year old ;)

So the manners placemat is off my “gotta get” list, but here’s what’s on it instead: paper placemats. So cute! So clever! So disposable!

 

They glam up Chinese takeout and make you shrug when the 7 year old makes a beeline for them, markers in hand. (I'm not saying use them every day but for a big dinner that you want to make a bit more swanky? These are the ticket!)

Gives new meaning to the phrase “try it, you may like it”, doesn’t it? A set of 50 goes for around $24 on amazon.(Click this link to see the Italian scroll placemat pads on amazon.)

Happy dining, guru girls & guys!