Pearlescent Painted Napkins Tied Up with Stars

These easy-to-make ties -- satin cord trimmed with starlike dried sweetgum fruits -- are an elegant accompaniment to hemstitched napkins embellished with silver or lavender fabric paint. The "stars" are spray-painted white and attached to the cord's ends with a hot-glue gun.

Martha Stewart Living, November 2009 http://www.marthastewart.com/271205/pearlescent-painted-napkins-tied-up-with