Chargers made from old books
By The Style Sisters - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
During Christmas this year I was looking for a new fun way to set the table but not spend any money. My daughter uses old books that she folds for decoration as you can see in the Thanksgiving tablescape post here. So we decided to come up with a way to make chargers out of the pages!
We tore pages from an old book and folded them accordian style and stapled two or three of them together to make a fan. Then we placed the fans on top of the place mats to create a charger...a place for the plate to sit. The weight of the plate keeps the fans from moving around.
Here you can see the dinner plate and salad plates sitting atop of the book page fans.
I used these beautiful napkins from TJ Maxx that have lots of colors in the pattern.... browns, pinks, blues and yellow sitting against the tan salad plate.
You could use scrapbook paper in all the myriads of colors and patterns to change your look!
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Great idea! I once did a tablescape with a book theme, and I bought a set of large, thin books at the thrift store. I opened each one to pages with text only and used them as my chargers with the book intact. It looked great, too!
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DeleteI love that idea...I will have to try that out sometime soon. Thanks for sharing your creative idea!
Karin
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ReplyDeleteIt wasn't a good old book...I look at it as recycling...keeping it from landfills. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. I've been saving all the pheasant feathers from Sweet Mister's hunting trips. At some point, I'll have enough to make pheasant feather chargers....may be a whole bunch of hunting trips involved. Thank you for sharing your design idea. Cherry Kay
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! Such a creative idea, and like you said...no cost!! Thanks so much for visiting Take Six!
ReplyDeleteHow clever! I love it when people "think outside the box" to create beautiful tables!
ReplyDeleteCute idea! Something different than the usual/standard chargers for a table. I like it :)
ReplyDeleteNow that is great idea! I would never have thought of that, I am so glad you shared it. You can't beat the price either!
ReplyDeleteReally fun idea!!! This would be great for a book club dinner party!!!
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