You could try asking an Etsy seller if they could custom make something similar.

Crl, it just seems as though the ones on Etsy are a different process or skill level. They are mostly very obvious screen prints.

Might be worth a quick trip to their store!

lol, Oly, in London you mean?

Oh dear, so many cute things on that site!

Yes! Why not? You'd get them in time.

I know, really.. I also love the chicken pattern but the colors are not right.

Cool! They're printed, so my first thought was custom napkins made here. Check zazzle... it's a site used by artists to post their original artwork, and then it is sold through zazzle in print form, canvas, on mugs, as cards, napkins, etc. etc. Here's a quick search for "blackbird napkins", but you can also upload your own image for printing.

No help at all, but I love the bunny? hare?

Me too. Actually wanted the bunny for lamps in my sunroom, but those they do not even ship outside the UK.

I've bought napkins before from Banquet Workshop, a small company in Canada, which I think has sold some of their designs to Anthro, which is also very much the look of the Thornback & Peel napkins. Maybe they have something that works?

https://banquetworkshop.com/collections/linens-1/napkins

Here are some crafty ideas:

HOW TO TRANSFER A PHOTOCOPY TO FABRIC USING ACETONE

The texture on this one might not be right for napkins (I haven't actually used this process, only read about it)

Photo Effects Ink Jet Transfer Paper

The texture on this one might not be right for napkins

It leaves a hardened area where the design is. You might have seen that with printed tees and knit fabrics that have no stretch at all under the design.

Amazon has a brand called Montgomery Street that has a couple that remind of yours, especially the Lovebird one.

Any chance you know someone in London who could pop into the shop and pick up the napkins and bunny lamp and mail them to you?

These are not quite the same level of fun, but if you love birds....

I quite like the Worm Eating Warbler....and the Crested Titmouse:

and the American Goldfinch:

Cedar Waxwing:

https://www.zazzle.com/naturalyesteryear/cloth%20napkins?qs=cloth%20napkins&dp=252439316472973118&pg=1

Maybe Talavera Peace Doves?

https://www.zazzle.com/silberzweig_talavera_peace_dove_ivory_ruby_cloth_napkin-185361341253092862

Oly those are so pretty I wouldn’t let anyone use them!

That is such a distinctive design, mtn. Just beautiful. You've got your heart set on it and likely nothing else will do.

I saw some beautiful linens in Crate and Barrel that look like watercolor painting. It's called Suki Natural Floral Print. No birds but more floral but beautiful colors. They have so, so many pretty linens that you may find something there. Seriously considering some for my new dining table.

It sounds like the iron on approach is out (writersblock, that is exactly what I was afraid of). But the acetone method sounds like it only transfers the ink, so it might work better. Maybe worth an experiment.

Maire, Only men (business associates), and this is not a quest the XY chromosome can really get, IYKWIM!

I think I will have to consider other options. My table scape is farm-to-table-ish. It started with wanting new napkin rings, as mine are from a long ago lobster bake and I love them but the seashell motif is wrong (and I use them all the time nonetheless). I have napkin rings, but they are all formal . Wanting new napkin rings evolved into wanting new napkins, and here we are.

So this is my most recent tablescape. I like it a lot but I want to change the napkin and napkin rings definitely, maybe the runner too (the one below is paper), and maybe the salad plates. The flowers and bark pots will likely be switched out. maybe succulents and/or herbs, either in metals with a patina or clay pots. The stemware and flatware and white charger and table itself all stay.

I wanted to switch the runner for blue ticking (I have this, and it also matches the windowseat fabric in the room), and use these napkins. Maybe with purple chives or lavender in with the herbs.

Lizzie's Amazon source has one with a similar mood/colors. (ignore the tag)

I also came across this napkin which is totally diff colors but I liked it: (oh and I am so stealing the bread presentation idea). For some reason I added a layer with the plates.

Here are three other contenders as far as napkins go. I would use them with the runner shown except maybe the chickens, where i would again use ticking

Those are a step above anything I've seen - absolutely love what they offer! Maybe

One Kings Lane or MacKenzie-Childs ??

I absolutely love the birds and berries — it’s gorge but also because it’s a different color way for you but one that works for any season! Tied for second are the black buffalo check and purple flower and dragonfly — but the latter feels more spring/summer than moving into fall.

I would order the birds n berries — because really, will you ever stop thinking about them!? I’d also get the black check — you’ll get a lot of use out of both and they both great tablescapes!

I will also steal the bread idea! I think it would look great in a gift basket for a sick friend or a hostess gift!

I like the dragonfly one, as well. Go figure. I've just spent 20 minutes looking at napkins. Do you think the patterns are just on the front or all over the cloth?

You know you guys are all enablers. It occurs to me that one way to offset the high cost of the ones I want but that won't be here in time, is to make do with things I have this time, and not buy anything at all. : )

Grey and white buffalo check napkins (and runner if desired) on Amazon.

Make do, old fashioned, quaint and sensible, but not always necessary.

Thornback and Peel make handkerchiefs with a similar but simplified motif, roughly the same size as a napkin but thinner fabric. Three to a box, £15, could be an acceptable, even fun, substitute.

Replacements and tabletops unlimited have Gisella lavender dinner plates if the color is a theme you are pursuing

Ok, so now I have gone from looking for new napkin rings, to new napkins, and now I want new plates as well (though I am leaning toward transferware).

Project creep!

I know you said cloth & these are cocktail size, but happened to see these while shopping at MacKenzie-Childs. They have some nice cloth ones but not in a pattern you're looking for.

McK Childs Paper Napkins

You do realize that the men will, in all likelihood, not notice or care about the napkins beyond the fact that they are cloth and whatever their bias for or against fabric napkins may be and will likely not care for the colored plates. I like them, but I would bet they every guy in my family would not care about a colored plate or would prefer white or something plainer. And go no napkin rings, Just fold nicely. I would use what you have or do something simple like the buffalo check napkins that lean both masculine and autumn, work great with farm to table and then if you really love the others, do them -- without rush shipping, for another event where they will be appreciated more. Just my 2 cents.

Wow, Arapaho, pretty close! I think what I really like about them is the colors, though.

Lascatx, not sure I get your comment ...why do you think my focus is on what men want the table to look like? My focus is on what *I* want the table to look like. Men not only do not care, i think most actively dislike cloth napkins because they know the etiquette is tricky. You are supposed to use it, but god forbid you stain it. LOL. I have seen men just ignore it all together. I would say overall I host more women than men anyway.

I have not found anything that is really like the napkins pictured. I have a lunch next Friday and a dinner on Sunday, so I won't get them in time. I have been shopping around and will post later. And of course it has led me to buy things that are not even related! I realize I have a tablescape addiction almost as bad as my handbag fetish!

Mtn, I think lascatx understood your comment “business contacts, mostly men” (in response to whether you have any friends in London who could ship it to you) to mean your guests for this occasion are men. (I know, I know, you still want what *you* want, not what your guests want, even if they’re men who don’t notice these niceties...) it’s possible that I’ve now misread both you and lascatx, but this is the only contribution to this conversation I feel I could make. Lol

Mtn project creep for sure if you descend into the sinkhole of transferware. I adore it and own a few patterns. My table settings reflect my likes and my desire to make my guests feel special. I will readily admit to being a collector of all things dining related.

LOL, Nuts! That makes sense now. I was so confused! Yes, I meant my only friends in London are male biz associates, not that male biz assoc were coming to lunch, LOL! Actually, the London seller does not have a retail space. We will be in London next June for a day or two on our way to/from Greece but even that won't do me any good. Fifty pounds to ship napkins is crazy.

Bonnie, yes, i love transferware, but I need a set of dishes like I need a hole in the head. It occurred to me that I should look at Goodwill, etc, since everyone is getting rid of fancy dishes. Long story short, new dishes on sale at Pier 1 are less than old ones at Goodwill (neither of them any particular quality).

I love these from Juliska,

PS This thread should morph into a "share your fave tablescapes" thread. Please post if you have a fave(s)

Dragonflies are close and look great, but there is something about the large scale darkness of the blackbird that really pulls the whole thing together. No help, I know.

LOL, it is funny, how distinctive a design can be. The bird is almost a bit ... sinister? Edgar Allen Poe. Can't explain it but a lot of other birds are too damn cheery. Always laugh when I think of the Portlandia bit. They nailed it!

Then I did misread the only male business associates comment. I thought you had only male guests and I would not use that occasion to justify something that was getting into a project creep and moving away from anything most men I know would recognize or care about. So, that not being the case -- never mind. Sorry for the confusion.

I like the feather napkins, but I think I a cloth blue tick table runner would look better (more rustic.) withwithhem.them.it

Hi Sandplus, That is cloth in my photo above -- but maybe you mean one with more white?

Anyway, I ended up buying "napkin rings" from Etsy. The napkins rings were 50 cents each.

I got napkins at Pier 1; they were the ones I liked best on line and in person they did not disappoint. The napkins were $3.71 each (versus $15.26@ for the British ones).

I ended up getting some salad plates, too, for $3.88@. I looked first at Goodwill because so many people are getting rid of their china, I figured i might find something interesting. I didn't find anything that would work, and plates were cheaper at Pier 1, LOL. I do not really need plates but WTH, so cheap and the color works well. When I am done with them I can always donate them to Goodwill!

I also bought a beautiful set of Alphabet cards for a new baby in the family. I was looking for someone who did fine printing like the napkins at the top of my post, and was reminded of a local co that makes gorgeous notecards (but alas nothing on fabric). While on her site, I just fell in love with her alphabet cards! http://www.saltboxpress.com/alphabet-cards/

So back to tablescapes.

The napkin rings have not arrived yet. But there is the concept; they are the caps and cages from Champagne. The ones I bought are in a bunch of diff colors, black, off white, gold, copper, olive, pink.

Then here are my new napkins with new (gray) plates. This for a women-only lunch. I already have the placemats and the pink moire napkins (they will line bread baskets). Little silver mint julep cups for flowers.

And of course when I was looking around I had to buy more Kitchen Papers. I got the Whales on sale since they are summery, and I ordered the others for the holidays.

Those napkin rings are shown with thin paper napkins, you may have trouble using them with cloth. If they don’t work decorative twine is a good last minute substitute for casual meals, maybe with an attached tag that serves as a place card.

Oh I love those napkin rings! What fun (I may need to order some for a Christmas gift!)!

I really like the whale kitchen papers too-- I haven't seen those (My all time fav are the wintery owls)

Your table will look great. I love the original ones you found, too. I thought Poe too when I first saw your original post.

Hi Funky, I know, aren't they fun? We will have to see how they look when they arrive, perhaps like a pile of junk. Also I wondered too about HU's point, ie how much thickness they will accommodate. May have to play with it ... in any event I will let you know how they work out.

I don't have the owls but I do have turkeys. Just love that place.

Funky, I got them today and they work perfectly, I love them. I turned some of them slightly so you can see the cage part.

oh they look great-- and I have to totally take you off topic to show what I uncovered as I was searching the internet for similar..

much as I love it, I won't get one for me because, well, I don't drink champagne. It is absolutely perfect for one of my sisters though--- I really should save it for her 50th but that's a few years away.