I’ve been searching for wooden napkin rings for months.  Why wooden?  Because I can customize them with paint to make them ‘mine’.  Store bought ones are okay, but when I get a project in my head, nothing else will do.  (I like to have my napkin rings match my tablescapes.)

This was so easy to do, and here’s how I did it:

I found these at Michaels, and I was so happy.  I don’t know if it’s a new item or not, but I know I’ve never seen them there before.  As usual, I base coated them with white acrylic paint, inside & out.

I especially liked the way it’s sectioned off in 3s.

I added a second coat of paint, and let it dry.  Then I set about painting each section with different colors.  Since it’s close to the 4th of July, naturally, I used red, white, and blue.  It worked out very well to paint one color at a time, and let it dry before going on to another color.  That way you won’t smear the first color.

I put the napkin rings on a cardboard tube that was from aluminum foil.  (it’s thinner than the paper towel rolls)  Then I balanced the tube on a box & spray painted them with some Krylon Clear Coat, turning it when I got a section painted.

Doing it this way was very easy to paint all sides without waiting for one section to dry.

These were so easy to do, and it’s exactly what I wanted.  Here it is used in a table scape.

Happy Creating everyone!