Comments on: ROUNDUP: Napkin rings

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:38:09 +0000

My mother’s wedding favors were hand-made glass napkin rings that my cousin created for her. They were lovely. I have two - mine and my boyfriend’s favors from the wedding - and I use them whenever I can.

By: JaneC

JaneC — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:46:23 +0000

I have those gold scrollwork napkin rings! They were a wedding present, and were presented to me already holding gorgeous ruby-colored napkins.

I should try bringing cloth napkins in my lunch. I already impress my friends with my often-elaborate packed lunches (although admittedly, there are always mornings when all I can manage is PB&J and a banana).

Did you see the “Nancy Drew” movie that came out last summer? There is a fabulous scene in which Nancy has lunch in the high school cafeteria. She has a lunch box, thermos, place mat and cloth napkin that all match. The other high schoolers just stare.

By: Toby Wollin

Toby Wollin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:42:13 +0000

My luck has always been that I either have napkin rings (see wedding showers, 1977), or I have napkins, but I hardly ever have both available to me at the same time. On the other hand, the whole taking lunch with a lovely fabric napkin with a napkin ring tucked in is a terrific idea - really dresses up the tuna sandwich at the desk.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:52:13 +0000

I’m really feeling those gold, scrolled ones top right. Mmmm…Baroque.

When Mr. Twistie and I were married, a friend gave us an awesome set of wooden napkin rings in the shapes of fishes and brightly painted. Purple, blue, red, green, orange…they’re this delicious cacophony of color. Alas! Right now they’re at the bottom of some box stuck either in the very back room upstairs or in a closet somewhere. I need to hunt my pretty napkin rings down.