{"id":8867,"date":"2011-01-26T07:32:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T11:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=8867"},"modified":"2011-01-04T09:18:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:18:01","slug":"printed-dinner-napkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=8867","title":{"rendered":"Printed Dinner Napkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/silkscreen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Napkin\" title=\"Napkin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Etsy sller marywibis sells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/56752460\/silkscreened-napkins-set-of-6\">these<\/a> elegantly spooky cloth napkins,* and though they might seem rather expensive at $50 for 6, given the cost of a basic silkscreening kit (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Speedball-Super-Fabric-Screen-Printing\/dp\/B00251JO8G\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=shadmano-2o&#038;qid=1292868210&#038;sr=8-4\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usscatastrophe.com\/zettwoch\/silkscreen.html\">DIY<\/a>) the price is more or less a wash.<\/p>\n<p>I do like the look of custom napkins, and it might be possible to do simple designs using a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Stencil-Fabric\">stencil<\/a> and fabric paint rather than silkscreening them.  This would make it easier to do several designs in the same set, although given how frequently napkins tend to be laundered I do wonder how long the paint would hold up.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d never really considered the notion of silkscreening napkins; if you&#8217;re considering silkscreening as a hobby, a reasonably simple project like this might be a good introduction.  (Or, y&#8217;know, just buy &#8217;em pre-made.)<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n*Bonus link: Check out this lovely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/32073330\/black-widow-decanter\">Black Widow Decanter<\/a> and matching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/transaction\/40036945\">glasses<\/a> from the same vendor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etsy sller marywibis sells these elegantly spooky cloth napkins,* and though they might seem rather expensive at $50 for 6, given the cost of a basic silkscreening kit (Amazon | DIY) the price is more or less a wash. I do like the look of custom napkins, and it might be possible to do simple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself","category-needful-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8867"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9597,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867\/revisions\/9597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}