Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Napkin or Serviette?

What I call a napkin, my English & Canadian friends refer to as a serviette ("Napkins are what you put on a baby!").  Whatever you call it, this past brute of a winter has me thinking about making a bevy of butterfly napkin rings, 'cause one of these days we ARE going to be released from our shivering cocoon into glorious springtime!

There are so many ways to whip up a veritable kaleidoscope of beautiful butterfly napkin rings:
  • Pleat a pretty napkin into wings, bend a colorful pipe clear in half, wrap it around the pinched together napkin with the two open ends coming up through the bent center, fashion the two ends into antennae.  Behold - a butterfly!
  • Cut up a paper towel tube to the desired length;  paint each section - can be the same or different, regular acrylic craft paint or sparkly - and let it dry;  hot glue down a silk butterfly (available at craft stores) or cut out a paper butterfly from pretty paper or color it yourself.  Voila!  (If you want to keep it super simple, you can use the wire that comes attached to most silk butterflies to create the ring.)
  • Or hot glue a pin backing to each butterfly & attach it to the painted paper towel ring with a piece of tape - it is a favor each guest can put on & wear home
  • Personally, I am a total sucker for washi tape butterflies!   Imagining a buffet table with colorful napkins featuring a flock of butterflies crafted from a variety of washi tape - breath taking!  
I am just dotty over the idea of butterfly napkin rings!  An immediate antidote to the winter doldrums that seem to keep hanging on, almost a week after spring supposed arrival.
What variations can you think of?  Let me know!

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