Dining in Style

When we started showing our house, we switched Avery from her space-saver high chair to a booster seat that would allow the chair to go under the table.  The trays on those are pitiful, and since she was eating at the big table at Jen-Jen's, I knew we could do the same.  She's needed a wipeable place mat since then.  I passed on some at PBK and would either forget to look while I was out or didn't see anything I like.  I was so glad when a great idea popped up on Clover Lane.  I love the inspirational posts, real-life stories, recipes, and ideas on that blog.  I have one more project to do from there, but it's one that will take the majority of the summer.

Using Picasa, which I had downloaded to make my photo header (another idea from Clover Lane), I made a picture collage of Avery's favorite people, pets, and items.  I added Avery's name at the bottom as we're starting to point out her name, letters, etc. 

I e-mailed the collage to my local UPS Store, where they printed it on cardstock and laminated it for me.  I had a very happy girl when we picked it up Friday morning.

So happy that she rode with it in the car, naming OVER and OVER all the things and people she could see.  It was, of course, slightly bent when we got home which bothers my OCD self but not Avery.  The pictures did not print as clearly as I hoped.  I exported the file at the same size as I use for my photo banner, so I'm not sure if it was that, or their printer, or the fact that it went on cardstock.  Avery is in love, and for less than $5, I can try again if I'd like.  Now if only she would listen when I tell her Jen-Jen is watching to see if she's eating her dinner.