Whipperberry » Life... one beautiful moment at a time. A Beautiful Mess. I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year! This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe. Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens. And hey! Two of them are even no sew! Ribbon Trimmed Napkin This look is so (no sew) simple!
Supplies:-ribbon-heat bond in width of ribbon-cloth napkin (buy mine here)-iron-fabric scissors (not shown above) Step One: Trim pieces of your ribbon to be about 1.5 inches longer than the width of your napkins. Step Two: Fold down the edges of each ribbon segment about 1/4" and iron flat. Step Three: Iron the heat bond to the ribbon (pressing with hot iron for two seconds), then peel off the paper backing. Pom-Pom Trimmed Napkin. Blueprint Wrapping Paper - Martha Stewart Christmas. Our first gift to you: This stack of spirited wrapping paper -- designed by Blueprint, and not sold in stores. Just print out one -- or all -- of the five patterns (11-by-17-inch paper works best).
Our custom papers are meant to be combined (as we did above) or used separately with other things you have around the house. Feel free to mix and match as you like. If you like the look of our set, here's how we did it: Wrap a gift with our swirly paper, then print out an oval frame accent and adorn with a picture or type. The striped-paper box is accented with a cummerbund dotted with frame windows (feel free to fill in the recipient's name or a festive message like we did. Our fancy cummerbund paper can be cut out in strips and used with plain white paper or a patterned paper in a similar color scheme.
Swirly Wrapping Paper (includes oval frame accents)Striped Wrapping PaperCameo Cummerbund Wrapping PaperFancy Cummerbund Wrapping PaperGraphic Wrapping Paper (includes ornamental plaque) Repurposed Hardcover Book to Notebook Tutorial. I’ve told you before I’m a bit obsessed with books. I love all books where I intend to read them or not. A local library has a huge book sale every year where you can pick up a grocery bag of books for $3! So at the last sale I picked up a big stack of hard cover books to be repurposed. Don’t worry, I’m not destroying literary classics, and I use all parts of the book so nothing is wasted. What you need-Hardcover bookPaperDecorative paperSmall bit of ribbonPaper cutterWhite glueHot gluePadding compound (optional)Clamps or bulldog clipsFirst you need to cut the pages out of your book so your just left with the cover.
Slather on a nice layer of white glue to the inside of your cover. Apply your decorative paper. Also cut a piece of thin recycled cardboard the size of your notepad and a piece of decorative paper about 3 inches by the width of your notepad (this will be used to wrap the top edge of the pad). Don’t worry about the ends of the ribbon, they will be covered by the notepads. Fruity Button Embroidery Napkins. BraceletBook.com - Friendship Bracelets: Get Inspired! Craftsy: Learn It. Make It. Craftgawker | look to inspire.