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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

"antique" napkins

For years, after a birthday party, a graduation party, holidays, etc., I would store the leftover paper napkins and plates in a couple of drawers and in a cabinet. A few month ago, I decided to gather all of them up, put them in a large plastic container with a lid and put it on the shelf in a spare room closet. My reasoning was that if they were all together and in one place, I would be more inclined to check what I had before buying more.

I worked 4 very long days last week and the family started coming in Thursday night. I was mostly concerned about feeding everyone (and having fun!), so decorating the table for our Easter dinner Sat night got lost somewhere between cooking and hiding eggs!! :-) About an hour before we planned to eat, I decided I would look and see if, at the very least, I had some colorful napkins to use. As I looked through my stash, I found these:



Our daughter's birthday is in late March, so, many times in 24 years, her birthday has been very close to Easter. When she was 2 years old, I made a bunny cake for her birthday and, believe it or not, these are the napkins we used for her party!! Yep, 22 year old napkins! I showed them around and told the story before folding them and placing them at each seat. There were just enough! I grabbed the grandboy's basket overflowing with eggs and placed it in the center of the table. How's that for a tablescape? ha!ha! Nothing fancy, but I'll have to say, the "antique" napkins did make it sweet!

8 comments :

  1. I love the happy bunny too! Glad y'all had a lovely day!

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  2. How sweet. You weren't kidding, about them being antique. I know I still have stuff left from my kids weddings but not from when they were young. I am so glad you kept them.
    What a nice surprise! I hope you are having a good week.

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  3. What a treat!!! The only ones I have left over are from our wedding reception years ago!!!

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  4. That is great! I love to keep the extra napkins from celebrations, too...I should check my stash! :)

    Have a wonderful day!

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  5. Perfect...for the occasion. But are you sure you wanted to part with them...after 22 years?

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  6. Good morning Miss Debbie. Greek yogurt has more good stuff in it than regular. It is a bit stronger in taste and it is thick. I like thick yogurt. One thing I have noticed since I have been eating it I haven't had hay fever. Which is so good as I had it so bad last year. I feel so much better eating it so I think that is why I crave it so much. There are so many brands now it is easy to get. I do buy it with fruit in it sometimes but I like it best when I buy it plain and add strawberries and blueberries or raspberries to it. If the fruit is to tart a dab of honey.
    I hope you have a wonderful day!

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  7. I have a similar box of napkins and paper plates, but I don't think I have any that go back that far. Your antique napkins are so cheerful and undoubtedly brought back happy memories.

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  8. I've stashed leftover napkins as well and I'm sure some of mine would go back that far too. Some of them I do not remember which shower or party they were for ... but the Birthday napkins do bring back some special memories.

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