MATERIALS: ribbon, fabric stiffener, plastic wrap, paper towel tube, thrift store pins
You can’t swing a rubber chicken through a flea market without hitting a box o’ brooches, and that’s where I found these beauties. It’s pretty rare that a woman will wear a brooch these days (I am making a sad face), but these sparkly nuggets shouldn’t go to waste. Great-Aunt Sally will be so happy you put her best jewelry to good use, she’ll be doing backflips in her grave! Once again, don’t worry about matching. Mix those metallics and add some shine to your tabletop.
napkin rings method
MATERIALS: ribbon, fabric stiffener, plastic wrap, paper towel tube, thrift store pins
Begin by dragging the ribbon through fabric stiffener. Remove excess with your fingers.
Wrap plastic wrap around the paper towel tube, then wrap ribbon around the tube twice.
Allow to dry for at least twenty-four hours, remove from tube, and pin thrift store jewelry through ribbon.
You can wrap the ribbon as many times as you like; more wraps makes a stiffer napkin ring. Two times around would be the minimum.