Creative themes through the seasons
- Easter crafts
- Flag garland
- Christenings
- Wedding Decor
- Summer crafts in the garden
- Halloween decor
- Christmas preparations
Wooden bow tie to personalize
Personalize your wooden bow ties by engraving sweet words and choosing the ribbon
Personalize your wooden bow ties by engraving sweet words and choosing the ribbon
Christmas napkin decorations
For a beautiful festive table, forget paper napkins and get out your cloth napkins, because they're going to be part of the Christmas decoration!
There's napkin folding, of course, which allows you to make pretty decorations on the plates, a decoration all in relief. The disadvantage, apart from the "restaurant" look, is that you have to get down to it on the morning of the reception, when you have the least time, if you don't have to go over the folding as you go along to make sure the shape is well marked...
Hence the idea of beaded decorations that are easy to thread onto napkins simply rolled on themselves.
Using the same principle of an elastic pearl fastener, you can hang Christmas-themed pendants or charms (like this green fir tree), or black & silver tassels for a New Year's Eve table.
All these creations (and more) are offered by the Bijoux et Perles boutique, and most come in DIY kit form.
Beaded napkin decorations
Here's a pendant made of 3 "pearl beads", in red and white opal, themselves made of Swarovski crystal spinning tops for a beautiful shine. Between the pearls, crystal facets separate them.
The pearls are threaded onto a nail, the end of which is twisted into a hook that is then slipped onto a white ribbon and tied around the napkin.
Detailed explanations of how to assemble the pearl spinners are supplied with the kit, which also includes the white ribbon.
Another version of the ribbon with pearls: this time, the pearls are strung on the ribbon itself, and the ribbon is placed double and diagonally to the napkin.
Akit is also available for this version, with spinners, white ribbon and instructions for mounting the pearls.
The pearls can be replaced by other Red and White pearls (or Black and Silver or even Gold, depending on the colors of your party table), but make sure they have a wide cat so they can be strung on the ribbon.
A pearl napkin ring
Here's how to make an all-crystal pearl napkin ring with natural hematite. The napkin ring is shaped like an elastic bracelet that is threaded onto the rolled napkin, either leaving it loose, or making an extra turn to tighten the napkin so that it forms a double fan.
Material
- 50 cm of elastic thread (0.5 mm diameter)
- 50 faceted crystal beads, Crystal Ab color, 4mm
- 50 faceted crystal beads, Mi cristal/mi argent, 4mm
- a silver-plated metal nail
- hematite and metal beads for hanging.
Or, see the complete kit for a crystal and hematite napkin ring.
- 50 cm of elastic thread (0.5 mm diameter)
- 50 faceted crystal beads, Crystal Ab color, 4mm
- 50 faceted crystal beads, Mi cristal/mi argent, 4mm
- a silver-plated metal nail
- hematite and metal beads for hanging.
Or, see the complete kit for a crystal and hematite napkin ring.
Thread all the faceted beads onto the elastic thread (a beading needle is very useful to make this easier on a soft thread).
With both ends of the thread, make a double knot flush with the beads. To hide the knot under a pearl, simply pass one end of the thread through the pearl and pull until the knot is caught.
Then thread the beads onto the nail, starting (to match the model shown in the photo, the one you can find in a kit) with a metal cap, a hematite, then another metal cap, a large hollowed-out metal bead, a small hematite bead, a large silver-edged transparent crystal cathedral bead, and ending with a faceted hematite bead.
With the end of the nail, using pliers (ideally round), form a large loop. Wrap the elastic bracelet around itself once (so 2 rows of pearls) and close the nail loop over these 2 rows of pearls. This way, you can use your napkin ring loosely or, on 3 rows, for a tight bracelet.
Then thread the beads onto the nail, starting (to match the model shown in the photo, the one you can find in a kit) with a metal cap, a hematite, then another metal cap, a large hollowed-out metal bead, a small hematite bead, a large silver-edged transparent crystal cathedral bead, and ending with a faceted hematite bead.
With the end of the nail, using pliers (ideally round), form a large loop. Wrap the elastic bracelet around itself once (so 2 rows of pearls) and close the nail loop over these 2 rows of pearls. This way, you can use your napkin ring loosely or, on 3 rows, for a tight bracelet.
Cell phone ribbon and gri-gri
The napkin can also be held rolled up by a simple muslin ribbon, to which is attached a gri-gri, a piece of jewelry attached to a cell phone that guests will be delighted to discover, and keep as a charming little gift.
The gri-gri presented here is Flocon, a Swarovski crystal mobile jewel.
The gri-gri presented here is Flocon, a Swarovski crystal mobile jewel.
A Christmas hanging decoration
Another way to hold the napkin in place is to tie a fine brass wire, with the ends wound in spirals. Before tying, thread a Christmas hanging.
here, the suspension is a Christmas stocking, made from Swarovski crystal spinning tops. It's a gift that's sure to be appreciated and kept for a long time...
(Also available as an azure crystal stocking kit with assembly instructions).
here, the suspension is a Christmas stocking, made from Swarovski crystal spinning tops. It's a gift that's sure to be appreciated and kept for a long time...
(Also available as an azure crystal stocking kit with assembly instructions).
