This is a very quick and easy project. A patchwork version would be great for busting scraps, so I am going to enter this into Sew Mama Sew’s scrap busting contest. If you don’t want to buy inkjet ready fabric sheets, you can stamp the names onto a piece of twill tape instead. And if you don’t want to use actual names because you never know who the heck is coming to dinner, use nicknames instead. The Mr., The Mrs., Wino, Hippie, Rasta, Fashionista, Punk, Artist, Biker, Raconteur, Rock Star, Chatterbox, Wanderer, Chef, Shopaholic, and Frequent Flyer are some that I’ve used before. If you don’t even want to give it that much thought, choose a theme. Do you love The Sound of Music? Then use: Maria, Captain Von Trapp, The Baroness, Rolf, Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa…just don’t forget my favorite, little Gretyl. Throwing a Mad Men party? Then Don, Betty, Pete and Peggy, it is! Just be careful not to offend whoever picks the “Midge” napkin ring. {Joking.} Are you a Brady Bunch fan?
OK. Enough said. You get the idea.
Click here to download the two page pdf tutorial. Click here and here to see them in action. And do let me know if you give it a try. I’d love to see what you come up with (my flickr group is here) and would be glad to be alerted to any errors.
*Note: I bought my slap bracelets here.
Oh these are so clever! We are always forgetting whose napkin is whose in this house. Personalized napkins rings would be genius!
I’m totally making these for an upcoming baby shower. Should I do gestational stages? (Why do I always have to go to the ugly place?)
que tutorial tan chulo, muchas gracias!!! que detalle tan lindo
Obviously you are a much classier set of people than we are. I don’t really think you need napkin rings for paper – 😉
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These are such a great idea!
I think I’ll try to get around to something like this in the kindergarten class. So awesome!
Great idea. We use cloth napkins for our family of 9, and I NEED these, lol! Where do you find the slap bracelets?
ABsolutely love this idea. We always use cloth napkins and I’ve been pretty darned cheap about buying napkin rings…these will definitely help me out.
I love this idea!!! Beautiful. I have download and printed the tutorial. Plan to give a try soon. Thanks for sharing your genius.
oh! i just love these. i can’t wait to make them. thanks for sharing your great ideas!
i cannot wait to learn to sew and amass fabric scraps! and then i’ll need to start having dinner parties! and then I’ll make napkin rings!
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I love this idea! The name suggestions are hilarious.
Thanks so much for leaving a comment at my blog. Just found yours as a result and am so happy I did! Lovely photos, great writing.
I like your tutorial so much I butchered it. I was looking at snap stablizer organizers from Nancy’s Notions. So I made my own with your tutorial. Check it out at BrrmidjiDesigns.blogspot.com
Carol from Bemidji MN
I love this. I already love to stamp, so I am so going to do the brady bunch set. This is a super great idea. High five.
Yay! More Christmas ideas!!!!
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