Fresh Ideas for Elegant Outdoor Entertaining Jul 3, 2008
"Get creative by mixing and matching different hues of china or colored glass. And instead of using a tablecloth, buy inexpensive fabric remnants to layer various bold colors to accent your tableware." She also suggests using ribbon or kitchen twine to affix fresh flowers around linens instead of using napkin rings, or using bedding plants in lieu of cut flowers. Take advantage of color all around you by incorporating fresh flowers and greenery from your yard or summer fruits and vegetables from... (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)
Home: Living In Luxury Jun 19, 2008
Use napkin rings for an extra touch of elegance. They don't have to be expensive if you're creative. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Feast tabletops READY, SET (Ann Geracimos) Dec 22, 2006
The napkins were linen -- "washed but not ironed" -- and napkin rings were the thumbs of white hand-knitted mittens he bought at the Gap ... "All very stark," she says of the scene she titled "Exotic Christmas, set for four." The surprise element was her choice of turquoise-blue ornaments functioning as place card holders to match turquoise beaded napkin rings. (Washington Times, DC)
AROUND THE HOUSE By Susan Fornoff Dec 10, 2006
(And Insite also carries Vietnamese wine holders for $14 and horn napkin rings for $7. . (San Francisco Chronicle)
Set a daring table Nov 9, 2006
Then it can be repeated in flowers, ribbons used for napkin rings and some serving pieces. Or it could be an unmatched, yet harmonious set of silver napkin rings that reinforce the silver centerpiece, silver charger plates or silver bands on the stemware. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Living)
Lillian B. 'Lily' Gottschalk, 84; Authority on Antique Toys Jul 29, 2006
Another of Gottschalk's interests was antique silver napkin rings, and she collaborated with Sandra Whitson on the 1995 book "Figural Napkin Rings," a reference guide aimed at collectors. When her husband became ill with cancer, the Gottschalks decided to sell most of their collection. (Los Angeles Times)
Hand-made lace makes a comeback Jun 12, 2006
Napkin rings, she can make in a half hour. A small fan takes her 10 hours to make. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
