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Have any of you crafty types tried laminating photos to use as placemats? I need some ideas.
I'm planning to use some goofy and cute shots of the grandkids and relatives taken at my father-in-law's 94th birthday and do a collage and somehow laminate them. Spent a lot of time last night puzzling over mil-thickness of plastics, hot vrs cold laminating, pouches, self-adhesive pouches and sheets...on and on. The size of placemats is larger than the normal notebook sheet size. :(
Somebody suggested self adhesive contact paper but that would be too flimsy for wiping down I'm thinking. Any suggestions??
 
You could always put a boarder around the picture.....say an inch away from the edge....all the way around to make it appear larger so it's closer to placemat size. As for thickness. you could also us posterboard as a layer to put the photo's on before laminating.
A friend of mine has her dinin room table covered in plastic....like what you'd buy on a roll in a fabric store for the sole purpose of covering a table.....she has photo's layin under the plastic at each chair so they look like placemats. First she layed down bandana material for a table clothe...then the pictures....then the clear plastic.
I don't know how much expense laminating is....but it might be just as reasonable to do something like that. Just a thought. :D
 
When my nieces got married I took pages they had coloured in a colouring book and had them laminated at Staples. I think it cost me almost nothing 45 cents a page,somthing like that. They loved them,now thier kids use the placemats and think its cool that it was thier moms that coloured them.
 
For some strange reason :roll: I assumed laminating was very expensive.
I called a laminator and, after saying he couldn't do it (I think the words "collage of photographs" scared him- ahh, men :D - and he understood I'd be doing that fun part, then he said $2 per placemat size 12 X 18"!
Thank you for the suggestions and more ideas.
 
Also somethin you might concider, go to your local craft store, in the scrapbookin dept. They have some really neat border cut outs, and papers that are big enuff for placemats. and stuff to add that coordinates with your photos .......your imagination is limitless now days with stuff like that.
 
I am kind of offended that this topic was aimed at the crafty women....men enjoy crafts too you know. \

after a long day I like to kick back and work on my macroma (spelling) hay tarp, or sit by a warm fire and cross stich a little something to hang in the combine.
 
jigs said:
I am kind of offended that this topic was aimed at the crafty women....men enjoy crafts too you know. \

after a long day I like to kick back and work on my macroma (spelling) hay tarp, or sit by a warm fire and cross stich a little something to hang in the combine.
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Pictures Jigs, we need pictures! :shock:
 
nr, Tam did some nice pics of round up a couple of years ago. She used brown paper for the backing put the pictures that were printed from the computer with a few clip art pics placed around. Then used clear contact paper on the top. If she did it again she would use the contact paper on the backs to protect them from spills soaking thru from the back.
Now back to my knitting. :wink:
 
I hope it doesn't rain on your stack with the macrame haytarp Jigs, or the stack will be ruined and all that work will be for nothing! :wink: :D
 
I know you said laminate...but, my ex Boyfriends mom does this thing where she irons the photos onto the material. You can find the less expensive plain place mats and iron them on to them..they do look cool. She does quilts and such for her Xmas gifts. They are really nice for a keepsake.

We have used the contact paper method lots...and love it for many projects. I did a poster for my folks 50th and laminated it with the clear contact paper.

Good luck and we expect to hear what you decide to do ;).

Easty
 
IL Rancher said:
I can't believe I missed this post... Guess I was to busy basket weaving... shoot.

Oh well, my loom showed up yesterday, working on a giant rug tonight.. :wink:
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:shock: :lol: :lol: you and jigs gave me a giggle this morn :lol:
 

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