This first one is super, super easy and ideal for a one time occasion like Thanksgiving.
Step 1. You'll just need one or two fall colored napkins, a fall colored ribbon to match and a real or artificial leaf.
Step 2. You overlap the napkins as in the second picture. You then pick the napkins up by pinching the overlapped napkins in their center.
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Step 3. Next you tie up the leaf into the center of the napkin. Voila you have a lovely fall creation!
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This next style of a napkin rings requires more work initially, but you can use them over and over.
Step 1. First you will need: three artificial leaves. (I got mine from Michaels, of course. I had to look and look and finally found some that looked natural.) You will also need a glue gun and glue sticks, about 2 & 1/2 feet of ribbon, plain round napkin rings (you can get lots and lots from Amazon for super cheap), a pair of scissors and a bit of tape.
Step 2. First cut the stems of the leaves so that they are about 1 inch long then tape them together. Using the ribbon, secure the bundle of leaves to the napkin ring by wrapping the ribbon around the stems and the napkin ring. (It's a good idea to put a dot of hot glue at the beginning part of the ribbon.)
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Step 3. Proceed to wrap the ribbon around and around the ring overlapping the edges as you go. Once you have wrapped the ribbon all the way around, use a bit of hot glue to secure the end of the ribbon to the ring. Voila! you have elegant fall napkin rings.
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*I'm excited to use these ideas to make Christmas napkins as well!!!
Fun Saying:
I'm happy as a crow in a cornfield! The fun thing about many sayings is their alliteration. Happy as a blackbird in a cornfield doesn't quite do the trick. Funny thing is crows are a major subject of sayings: "As the crow flies", "Eat crow" and the little known midwestern saying:"I have a crow to pluck with someone". Who would have thunk that those irritating little things were so popular!