Burlap Place Mats

Recently, I have gotten extremely excited to move into this house my friends and I are renting next year. It is the cutest and I've gone DIY-crazy making stuff for it.

We plan on having many family dinners at our place next year so I thought some cute place mats would add a special touch to our table. I picked up 1 yard of burlap at the local craft store. There was a crease on one side of the burlap from being folded and I wasn't sure if I could iron it. I called my wonderful Grandma who has the answers to everything and she instructed me to iron it with a thin kitchen towel on top.

Once the crease was taken care of, I cut the yard into six 12x18 inch place mats. 

My plan was to paint words on the sides of the place mats with black paint and stencils. I set up shop on my kitchen table with newspapers, acrylic paint, stencils, and the place mats. I wanted to use words relating to eating so I decided on eat, feast, dine, munch, chow, and graze. 

I started by painting the first letter with the stencils. I filled in the letters once the stencil was removed. I found these stencils at Wal-Mart for $4. They're a good size and reusable!

Since I wrote the words on both sides, I used a ruler to ensure the words were lined up and spaced correctly.

I did this same process for the rest of the place mats. I think they turned out pretty cute and I can't wait to use them next year for family dinners.