Each hostess wants her festive table to be perfectly served and create the appropriate atmosphere. Napkins play a special role in serving. This irreplaceable accessory today not only serves as a means of hygiene, but also opens up great opportunities for decoration. Originally laid items can make a special feast special solemnity. This article shows how to serve the table with napkins in a glass.
Useful tips
Today, napkins are presented in a large variety of sizes, shapes and colors. Planning a festive table setting, It is important to consider all the features of this element:
- The size. Medium-sized napkins are suitable for tea drinking, large-format products should be used at celebrations.
- Material. Napkins are paper and fabric. Ideally, both materials should be present at the holiday table.
- The form. The assortment is mainly represented by square napkins with chopped edges. However, oval, round, as well as products with openwork edges and fringe are not inferior in popularity square.
- Colors. Bright colors will suit the children's holiday table, and pastel shades for social events. The color must be in harmony with the tablecloth and dishes.
Keep your wipes clean. Only fold them with clean, dry hands. When shaping as little as possible wrinkle and fold them.
It is advisable to practice beforehand in order not to spoil a pack of new products before the arrival of guests. In addition, it is necessary to fold the napkins so that it is convenient for guests to unfold them.
Decor options for the general table
If there was no napkin holder on hand, or it does not quite fit the theme of a party or celebration, then a pack of napkins can be unusually and elegantly put in a beautiful glass or cup. This option is easy to perform, but not inferior in elegance to other ways of serving.
Easy way
Take two packs of different color paper products. Form the first row: fold 4 wipes with a corner into a glass, alternating colors. Wrap them around your fingers for easy insertion. Sticking up the corners gently bend the outer edge of the glass. The second, third, fourth rows fold the same way as the first, alternating colors in a circle, but the corners are no longer bent.
"Pink flowerbed"
If you wish, you can create on the table a beautiful flower bed with roses. To do this, take a shallow wide cup and a pack of paper napkins. Spread them into rectangles, twist into small rolls and moderately tightly fold them into a cup, positioning vertically. As a result, the composition should be similar to a flowerbed or a vase with roses.
"Bilateral waterfall"
Take a low steady glass. Each paper napkin, expand once into a rectangle and fold along the length of a narrow strip. Then lay the strips on top of each other. Bend the stack out of them in half and place them in a glass so that they hang beautifully on the sides of the dishes.
"Candles"
Fold each napkin in half and twist it in a tube perpendicular to the base of the triangle. Fold the tubes tightly into a glass and slightly straighten the protruding ends so that they look like a candle flame.
"Tubules"
This method is perfect for a children's holiday, especially if you use multi-colored, bright napkins:
- One corner of the unfolded square bend to the center.
- As thin as possible roll the paper product into a tube from the fold to the opposite corner.To prevent the tube from turning, fix the corner with a drop of water.
- Put the tubes in a glass.
Jewelry in individual glasses
Napkins in a glass fold as for general use, and for each guest individually. Usually, linen or cotton napkins are used as individual decorations, but sometimes they are replaced with paper ones. The main thing is that the products are dense and multi-layered. To keep them in shape, the tissue options carefully starch.
Individual napkins look great both in wine glasses and in simple glasses. Below are some popular ways of serving this.
"Bouquet"
Take two napkins. Lay them perpendicular to each other and lift them, holding them by the center. Shake so the edges hang evenly and beautifully. Spin the center a little and carefully, without crushing, put the “bouquet” in the glass.
"Fan"
Fold the napkin in half. Fold the resulting rectangle with an accordion in 2-cm increments. Fold the harmonica in half and put it in the dish. Spread out the end of the fan.
"Horn"
Fold the napkin twice. Bend the two opposite corners to the middle, then the lower corner should be bent slightly above the junction of the side corners. Roll the figure and insert it into a glass or a glass.
"Tulip"
Fold the square in half. Bend the corners to the middle. Turn the triangle the other side and bend its sides also to the middle. Then fold the resulting shape so that its upper and lower corners are connected. Twist the shape around and place it in the glass.
"Candle"
Fold the napkin in half diagonally. Twist the triangle from the base to the corner tightly into a roller. Then the roller should be bent in half and put into a tall glass.
"The Rose"
To complete this decoration, you will need two wipes of red and green colors. First you need to make leaves. To do this, fold the green cloth diagonally two times. Then you can start making a flower. The red product also fold in half diagonally. The resulting triangle, connecting its top and base, fold in half. Get a flat trapezoid.
If the cloth is large, the last action can be repeated. The resulting trapezoid must be rolled up. So it will look like a rose bud. Put the bud in the leaves and place the whole structure in a beautiful glass.
"Tower"
To perform such a figure, take two napkins of different colors and a tall glass:
- Fully unfold one napkin.
- Bend the second twice in a diagonal and place it on top of the first. The base of the triangle should be located just below the diagonal napkin line below.
- Bend the corner of the bottom napkin to the top.
- Bottom bend two times a strip width of 3 cm.
- Turn the resulting triangle on the other side and turn into a straw.
- Insert the construction into the glass.
"Calla"
Fold the napkin diagonally. The resulting triangle, starting from the top, turn into a bag and twist it about two-thirds. The result is a shape that resembles a calla flower. Put it in a glass.
"Evening flower"
Stages of installation:
- Fold the napkin twice and place on the table. Open edges should look up.
- Bend the lower part to the horizontal diagonal of the rhombus.
- Fold the resulting figure "accordion" from left to right or vice versa.
- Insert the "harmonica" in a glass or glass.
- Carefully decorate the top corners, giving them the appearance of petals.
You can watch a master class on folding paper napkins in the next video.