Linda, I don't have any stories about them but I do know my grandmother was one for setting a great table back in the day. When I was young back in the 70's and would stay over my grandparents house for the weekend she would teach us how to set the table and would call herself "Kerstetter's Refinishing School". I think she collected them for the names inscribed on them and she would use them all of the time. She tried to buy names of the family, she was Dorothy and my grandfather was Dick and I was nicknamed Homer. I don't think they are family pieces but one I see is inscribed with a presentation date from the later 1800's and one of from the world's fair columbian exposition. I'll look more when I get home from work. Thanks.

Karen, my neighbor and I trade magazines each month and she brought that one over to me. I have that page turned down so I can save it. What a great way to use curtain rings! Luvs

Cool! Thanks for this great idea. A person might be able to use this for any theme, especially one that you're not likely to do again (bon voyage party, school colors for graduation, etc.), so that you don't have to spend very much to enhance the theme. Thanks for sharing this, Sweet2.

I was wondering how this would go over at craft shows, I never see any. Lots of different and pretty napkins but no rings. So would like to do different types and see how things go. Thanks for the reply.