Napkin Rings I Have Known and Loved

Whew!  The end of the summer and the start of a new semester on campus have kept me hopping! I haven't been able to get around to visit all my tablescaping sisters in Blogland, and I've missed y'all!  We are gearing up to host a large group of faculty and graduate students from my husband's department, so this post is featuring some of my favorite napkin rings from tables past.  (Click on the captions if you'd like to visit the original posts.)

I have to start with my very favorite ones, the clear Lucite ones my daughter gave me for Christmas.  They have a small opening for flowers and hold water to keep them fresh.  The napkin rings are from Color, a wonderful gift and home store in Nashville.  Color doesn't sell online, but that's probably a good thing, or I'd have to get a second job to pay for all my purchases!  I do visit the store whenever I'm in town to see my sister and her family.  They still had these in stock when I visited this summer, so you might call to see if they'd ship some to you!  You can also find them on Facebook -- search for "Color LiveBeautifully".

I first pressed these napkin rings into service the very morning I opened them! My Christmas centerpiece featured evergreens and white mums, so I used a mum and a rosemary sprig from the backyard in each napkin ring.  The ruffly silver placemats are also from Color (via my daughter!).

Christmas, 2010

I used these special rings again for a Presidents' Day table in February.  Adding a red carnation to each ring gave me the patriotic color scheme I was going for with my otherwise blue and white table.

Presidents' Day, 2011

The following month, it was time for bluebonnets, so I pulled the rings out again to show off the Texas state flower.

March, 2011

A few months later, I wanted to try a new color scheme, but didn't have much tableware in that color.  So, I used these napkin rings again with flowers in the desired color.

July, 2011

Here's yet another time I used these napkin rings, this time holding yellow daisy mums.

January, 2012

This year for my Easter table, the napkin rings held deep pink carnations.  By the way, those darling nests and the placemats are also from Color, this time a gift from my sister.  I'm telling you, it's a fun store!

Easter 2012

In July of this year, I visited Color again and set this table with my new goodies -- the wonderful twig placemats you can see a bit of and the lime green hemstitched napkins -- and added the napkin rings with yellow roses and sprigs of rosemary.

July, 2012

Okay, you've seen quite a few versions of that napkin ring -- it would be fun to find things other than flowers to put in the opening -- maybe little marshmallow ghosts on toothpicks for a festive Halloween table?

I have a few other napkin rings to show you, though!  Not long after I began blogging, I found these pretty mum napkin rings in Pier 1.  I thought they were perfect for my Elizabeth dishes, also from Pier 1. I noticed the napkin rings are still in stock, if you "need" some.

September, 2010

I won a set of four darling teaset napkin rings in a blog giveaway from Debbie of Mountain Breaths, and I enjoyed setting a table to show them off.  Thanks again, Debbie!

May, 2011

My Nashville sister has given me the next two sets of napkin rings.  These cute red and white felt birds are from World Market.

February, 2012

This spring, she gave me these gorgeous hydrangea napkin rings, as well as the robin's egg blue placemats and napkins -- again from Color!

June 2012

One more new addition to my collection was a set of sassy polka-dot roosters from Sur la Table.  As soon as I saw them, I knew they were coming home with me.

May 2012

I also have some cute Christmas napkin rings, but I'll save those for another post!  Thanks for visiting me!  I will be linking to Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen and Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch, so be sure to visit those blog parties, too!