How To Create Beautiful Napkins For The Holidays

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You will need:

  • A pen or pencil
  • Gold translucent or solid paint, with either a sparkle or flat; pick whichever you prefer
  • White linen napkin
  • Stencil or cut-out of the shape you wish to create
  • Ribbon in the colour of your choice
  • Thin paint brush

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Place the object on the napkin and outline it with either the pen or pencil depending on if you want to see the outline or not.

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Outline the object with the paint. Make a thick line all around the edge and then use the thin paintbrush to fan the paint towards the middle

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You may need to put a couple drops in the middle to cover the entire space. Now you have a beautiful napkin, which needs to be set aside to dry for a couple hours.

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Once your napkin is dry, then you can cut the ribbon. Make sure you have enough to go all around the napkin and to tie a bow. It is better to have too much than not enough, because you can cut off the extra. I just made a classic bow, and then adjusted it until it looked good.

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Now repeat until you have your desired number of napkins.