Lab-Created Sapphire Ring Blue & White Sterling Silver

If you like to live on the bright side, dress up your colorful patterned plates with matte-finish flatware and a charming bow topper: Cinch a napkin in the middle using a playful elastic adorned with wooden beads. Add a circle name tag for each guest to round out the look.

Equipped with a handy materials—a wooden ring, a strip of leather, and some hardware—you can keep a wall-mounted towel in reach at all times.

Set aside the idea that every wreath needs to be circular; it can certainly start out that way, and then trail off.

Stash rings in a miniature pouch to tuck inside your matching Quilted Jewelry Roll.

Add strategic ribbon, and a mini quilt becomes a handy travel case for all your bits and baubles—and at just 20 by 10 inches, it's an unintimidating project for those with entry-level sewing skills. Pair it with a matching Drawstring Jewelry Pouch.

Give us your delicate dinner plates, your tarnished silver, your smudged stemware. We'll show you how to make them shine and sparkle, right in time for the season of celebration.

This Fourth of July, tie off your napkins with a patriotic color scheme in red, white, and blue.

Keep your silver, gold, and baubles sparkling—sans tarnishes—with these practical tips.

Not everyone is the full-on-costume type. For a subtle and stylish nod to this month's holiday, try donning a skull necklace or bracelet. As intricate as they look, the little skulls are quite simple to make from affordable oven-bake clay.

Make a set of figure-eight napkin rings — in pink or red rope, of course — to symbolize everlasting love.