Looking for a special touch to complete your festive tablescape?
Consider a beautifully folded napkin — it’s practical and can be easily styled alongside your handmade ceramics collection for all meals and celebrations.
We’ve put together 3 easy-to-do napkin folds for you to dress up your place settings during the holiday season.
1. Pocket Fold
Unfussy, functional, and elegant
Steps
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1. Fold a square napkin in half.
2. Bring open ends towards the middle. This will serve as a pocket for your silverware or place cards.
3. Fold the napkin into quarters, with the ends tucked under.
4. Tuck silverware into pocket. Add sprigs of Christmas greens for a festive touch, if desired.
2. Christmas Tree Fold
A seasonal conversation starter
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Steps
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1. Fold a square napkin till it’s a quarter of its original size.
2. Lay napkin in a diamond shape with the open corner on top.
3. Fold each layer of the open corner downwards to meet the opposite end, staggering them in a descending order.
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4. Flip the napkin over so that the back is facing you.
5. Fold the left and right corners inwards to form a kite shape.
6. Flip the napkin over again so that it is front side up.
7. Rotate the napkin so that the kite shape is upside down.
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8. Tuck each corner of the staggered layers inwards.
9. Fold the bottom underneath the napkin.
10. Complete the look with a Christmas ornament or a star-shaped place card.
3. Classic Napkin Pinch
Foolproof and comes together in a flash
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0454/1772/6109/files/bannernapkinrin_600x600.jpg?v=1670207767)
Steps
1. Lay a square napkin on a flat surface.
2. Pinch the centre and lift.
3. Insert in napkin ring and complete with sprigs of Christmas greens.