Several parties ago, I found I had so many guests but very few lap trays for their food plates. Remembering that I had in storage a wonderful accumulation of multi-colored wired sides, I knew I had my solution.
We have all seen those wired side, snap together boxes many college students put in their dorm for shelving. I purchased my black ones at Target and use them in my office, but somehow the multi-colored ones crept into my collection, too. Out of storage they came.
I bought a few colorful rolls of the rubber shelf liners, cut them the same size as the metal squares and done! Voila! My guests had their lap trays and I had tons of compliments for my ingenuity!
“When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other’s flame”…Saint Augustine
The Esoteric Domestic Goddess 
August 23, 2012 at 10:43 am
I do love your trays – they are easy to hold on my lap and the rubber mat keeps my plate in place. Plus, they aren’t so big that people would bump into each other. Thanks, Elizabeth!