One of my favourite ‘quirky’ products is our Sterling Silver Clam Shell Napkin Hook!

Apart from its supremely elegant vintage design, we just love the idea of a napkin hook to use at dinner parties and formal occasions. Just simply hooked into your shirt above your 2nd shirt button, the Silver Clam Shell moves in a pincer movement to grab your napkin and keep it held in place throughout dinner.

For use now and again, this really is a great gift for the New Year to mark those special occassions and dinners that will act as milestones through the year ahead. Enjoy!

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Cute and elegant...our sterling silver duck place card holders

The ClassicNapkinRings blog brings you the latest product information before anyone else and this week, I am delighted to be blogging about out amazing new silver place card holders!

Place card settings have been a key feature on fine dining tables for centuries but have seen a recent resurgence in popularity with the runaway success of home dining TV shows such as Come Dine With Me. The idea of bringing the formal tradition of place settings to our informal lounges and home dinner parties is just lovely and we are sharing this passion by introducing our new silver place card holder range.

These gorgeous silver duck place card holders are not only affordable but are effortlessly cute and elegant and would look perfect as part of any table decoration! We also have pairs of silver farmyard pig place card holders and silver dolphin place card holders! I’m just about to move house myself and I will definitely be purchasing a few table sets for dinner parties.…I can’t wait!

The stunning Sterling Silver Shell Place Card Holder Gift Set

Our sets of place card holders are not limited to these cute pairs of animals. We also have a collection of table settings for weddings and place card holders for weddings giving you some wonderful place setting ideas! My favourite set comes in a set of 6 and is our sterling silver shell place card holder gift set.

I really feel that the silver shell place card holder gift set is the ideal wedding gift this summer and is certain to be a truly unique gift that will remain a firm favourite with the happy couple for years to come. The beauty about these products is that you can be creative with the place cards that you chose to put into the place card holders…making each dinner party unique and individual.

Furthermore, you can use them as cute photo frames rather than keeping them in the cupboard between uses. Just mount your photo onto a piece of firm card that will fit into the neat slot on the back of the place card holders and voila! You have yourself 6 brand new photo frames!!

Let us know which ones you like best and how else you put them to great use!

Sterling Silver Enamelled Clown Napkin Ring

When it comes to baby christening presents, sterling silver christening gifts are a timeless choice that all parents of the newborn will just adore! Just recently, my Mum sent me some of my christening gifts which she had been keeping safely for almost 3 decades and my favourite has to be a beautiful sterling silver napkin ring given to me my my godmother. It is often difficult to find christening presents from godmothers / godfathers but this was beautiful and something I will cherish forever.

There are of course, a plethora of traditional christening gifts out there on the market such as silver spoons, rattles and even tea sets! However it is unlikely that these items will ever be used in the future by the newborn however a sterling silver napkin ring is a fine piece of beauty that the child can use when they grow up and even add to, giving them a stunning collection to decorate their dining tables at landmark times in their lives…such as the first dinner party they throw after they have bought their first house!

If you are looking for a baby christening gift this summer, have a look at what we have to offer on ClassicNapkinRings and contact us to let us know what you think!

Sterling Silver Hallmarked Victorian Style Napkin Ring

Welcome to the brand new Classic Napkin Rings blog where we will be bringing you the most up to date classic napkin ring designs, product lines and gift ideas to help you make the choice that suits you best. We are passionate about the timeless beauty of sterling silver napkin rings and the sentimentality they acquire with time as they are passed down the generations from family to family.

This being, our first blog entry looks at just that; the beautiful gesture of giving a classic silver napkin ring on the most important day of every couple’s lives…their wedding day. Of course, like most things in the 21st century there is fierce competition! Sometimes wedding guests feel that a beautiful and fitting gift has to be the biggest, the best…or the most expensive! What is so often overlooked however is what that gift will mean to the Bride and Groom in years to come when they are  showing their children the gifts from the day which have ever since served as a treasured keepsake of a fairytale day. I am certain that wooden spoons, flashy kitchenware and the odd item of extremely brittle crockery will stand the test of time very well!! Money is well spent when invested and here at ClassicNapkinRings we fiercely support the giving of a sterling silver napkin ring as a wedding gift this summer which as an investment, will not only stand the test of time for future generations to cherish but should increase in value with age.

We are spoilt for choice for stunning silver napkin rings at ClassicNapkinRings.co.uk however I have chosen to feature my favourite wedding napkin ring as the ideal wedding gift this summer. The Sterling Silver Hallmarked Victorian Style Napkin Ring is effortlessly elegant in design and form and shines beautifully in all lighting. The ‘fretwork’ across the main body of the napkin ring is stunningly feminine and understated and is offset beautifully when placed on a coloured cotton napkin; perhaps with the initials of the bride and groom embroidered on either end. The neat hallmark stamp brings added value to your napkin ring as it states clearly and without question, the excellent quality and craftsmanship to the loved ones who are receiving it as a gift.