Me and Martha Project #5

Okay so I am IN LOVE with this weeks project. I just had a wedding this weekend that I wish I would have thought about this earlier, it could have added some really nice punches of color to the tables. The picture to the left represents only one of several ideas they have for dressing up the napkins.

I will put the links to the other that I like at the end of this posting. The rings at the left are paper with buttons and string. I decided to do a beaded ring because I am really into beading. I love to make jewelry, napkin rings, wine glass charms and just recently my dad has asked me to bead Indian designs to go with his custom knives he makes. (For those of you following this project, can you tell I love crafts?) I apologize for the quality of my picture. The lighting was really bad in my dining room so it is not the best, to say the least, but I hope you get the idea. You can buy bead sets at all major craft stores, and I only buy mine when I get the 40/50/60% off coupons. There are so many colors and such a huge selection that even if you wanted to combine the paper idea with a bead around it, you could go nuts with this for a very inexpensive way to dress up your reception. Here is the picture of my beaded ring, along with the links to the other napkin ideas I just love...

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/napkin-ideas 

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