Sterling Silver Napkin Rings

St. Damian's CYO dinner raffle raises $5000

When three Catholic parishes merged in Ocean City last fall in the parish of Saint-Damien, Marlene Sheppard wanted to create a Ministry of Youth Catholic news. For start-up funds for this project, Marlene draw a five-course gourmet dinner for eight served by municipal officials and county, with an evening of entertainment.

After raising more than $ 5,000, the drawing was held with confectioner Boardwalk Hank Glaser holding the winning ticket. The dinner party was held several weeks ago on a lovely Friday evening at the home of Susan Sheppard and Frank Faverzani.

Marlene chose her daughter and son-in-law’s home as they have a large formal dining room and piano in the living room for entertaining. When Marlene invited this columnist to be a celebrity server, I accepted with great pleasure.

Sharon Kruk and Ken Moore, entertainers at the Showboat Casino in A.C., provided instrumental music, and Father Michael Rush served up libations as guests began to arrive.Marlene and her daughter Susan with their good friend John Quaranta prepared the dinner and put the finishing touches on the appetizers when I got to work.

Nora Faverzani showed me the pretty dining room set with linen tablecloth and napkins, fine china, crystal and sterling silver. Freshly cut hydrangeas from the yard Marlene made a beautiful centerpiece on the table with place cards and of course menu printed by Nora for her grandmother.

Gary Schaffer, John Flood and Stan Duży looked sharp white shirt, black bow tie, cummerbunds and shorts.

Hank Glaser dressed for the occasion in a sport jacket and tie bright blue. He arrived with his sister Ginnie Berwick and friends Lynn and Jane Sennett Pizagno. Joann Del Vescio called husband, Joe, who was stuck in traffic on the promenade, for his ETA.

Linda and Larry Carnuccio completed the guests. Linda and Larry told me about their trip 12-day mission in a remote village in Africa with their son, Dr. Michael Carnuccio, who was on his sixth mission. They also traveled to Spain and Portugal where they met Jeanne Crotty, Tom Burgess and Beverly and Ron Denney.

Linda is excited their son, Phillip Carnuccio, is the guest speaker at the Tabernacle on Sunday, August 14. Joann Del Vescio was surprised when she discovered her boss, Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters, was serving her dinner. Katie Haviland, new youth minister at St. Damian’s, joined this columnist and Rita Fulginiti to serve hors d’oeuvres to the guests as they relaxed in the living room.

Silver Napkin Rings ? adding elegance to dinning

Silver Napkin Rings ? adding elegance to dinning

Napkin or serviette rings were originally used to categorize napkins between their weekly washes. Normal everyday use napkins rings were simple and made of skewers. In America, napkin rings generally had figures on them. These figural rings became a specialty of theirs. Napkin rings were invented by the middle class in Europe and they made their first appearance in the 1800s in France. The custom of using these rings soon spread to all the western countries. Most of the napkin rings that date back to the 19th century were either made from silver or were silver plated. However other materials like pearl embroidery, wood, bone, glass and porcelain were also used. The 20th century brought with it the use of newer materials like Bakelite. Today napkin rings have become collector items.

An excellent gift for a special occasion

Silver napkin rings make excellent gifts. Besides being elegant additions to the dining table they can be personalized making them excellent gift choices for occasions like weddings and christenings. You can choose from a wide variety of silver napkin rings. Because they have now become a collector’s item, you will find plenty of choices online. You will have a choice of both plain and fancy napkin rings. However you must remember to choose your napkin ring depending on whether or not you want to engrave it. Engraving might not be possible on all designs. If you choose to gift silver napkin rings as a set, then it is usually done in fours, sixes, eights, tens or twelve. This article will give you an idea of some of the basic types of silver napkin rings that are available.

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The basket weave silver napkin ring

Basket weave napkin rings are usually made out of solid sterling silver. This design is a reproduction of the original collectible and is widely available. Its delicate weave sets it apart from all other silver napkins ring and is a sure shot way to add that extra charm to your table layout. These silver basket weave napkin rings cannot be engraved. However you can still gift them as a set.

The standard silver napkin ring

The most common of the silver napkin rings that you will find in the market or even online are the standard napkin rings. These rings are generally of a plain finish and can be made completely out of sterling silver or they can even be silver plated. You will find these napkin rings available in the basic geometric shapes like circular, square, rectangular, oval, octagonal etc. Some of these silver napkin rings even come with a bit of design on the edges like a rope design for example.If you have decided to make the napkin rings engraved you buy, then these kinds of rings would be an ideal choice.

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