Elegant Napkin Folds from Cdn Living

Elegant napkin folds for special occasion dinners

Set a gracious table with cleverly folded cloth napkins. For best results, start with crisply starched white damask or plain-weave linen or cotton, 20 to 30 inches (52.5 to 76 cm) square and lightly press finished folds, if desired.

By the Editors of Canadian Living Magazine

Looking for something elegant to do with cloth napkins at your table? We've collected 5 ways to fold napkins so you can choose what works best with your entertaining theme. Click here to browse through our slideshow, complete with enlarged folding instructions you can print and follow easily.

Linen napkins can be ordered from ASAP Tent & Party Rentals from the online store.

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China and Cutlery Patterns New for 2010

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Today ASAP Tent and Party Rentals has added two of the most requested patterns of china to Flickr and our blog.

The number two request is for fine china with a gold or platinum band. We have in our inventory over 200 place settings of "Snowdrop" with a gold band. This is a fine china bohemian porcelain. It is shown here with one of our newest cutlery patterns, Bellini.


The number one request we get these days is for square china. Shown at the top right is our newest china pattern, Highborough Classic square fine china. Again this is Bohemian porcelain.

Both of these patterns can be rented at ASAP Tent and Party Rentals. Tableware rentals also make excellent holiday season gifts. Order online for those big upcoming family dinners and return them to us for washing.

Setting The Scene

Setting the Scene

A perfect holiday table starts with a properly set table.

Plates Begin setting the table by placing the dinner plates one in front of each seat. Plates can be placed on a charger (a larger decorative plate), a placemat, or directly on a tablecloth. Napkins Folded napkins can be placed on the left of the forks, or on the center of the dinner plate, if the first course will be served after everyone is seated. Forks Forks go on the left of the dinner plate. Arrange in the "order of use" or how you eat each course, beginning on the outside and working in. For example, the salad or first-course fork should be outside the dinner fork. The dessert fork can be placed just above the dinner plate with the handle facing left. Knives The knife goes to the right of the dinner plate with the cutting edge toward the dinner plate. Spoons Spoons are placed on the right side of the plate, on the outside of the knives. The dessert spoon goes directly above the dinner plate with the handle facing right (the dessert fork is placed directly above that). Bread or Salad Plates Place this on the left hand side of the place setting, above the forks, and level with the glasses on the right. If being used as a bread plate, a butter knife can be set on top of the plate with the handle facing right. Glasses Set glasses to the right, above the knife, beginning with a water goblet or glass, then a white-wine glass, and a red-wine glass (if two wines are being served) to the left of the water glass. Cups and Saucers Place a cup in its saucer to the right of the knife and spoon. Other Additional items like candles, favors, or place cards, can be placed around the place setting. Supply Everything required to set the most elegant table may be rented at ASAP Tent and Party Rentals. You do not even need to wash the dishes before returning them. Gift Idea Give the gift of party rentals for this holiday season. It is so simple. Order at the world's first online party rental store. This website started renting party rentals online in 1995. Place an online order, have your holiday meal and let ASAP Tent and Party Rentals do the clean-up.

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ASAP Tent and Party Rentals Goes Green

ASAP Tent and Party Rentals combines recycling, reducing and reusing efforts to benefit the earth.
Toronto  -- ASAP Tent and Party  Rentals, a King City (York Region north of Toronto) based party and tent rental company announced they have moved into a culture of thinking green. The twenty year old company is a local leader in the party rental business offering high quality tent rentals, party rentals, linen rentals, tableware rentals, chair cover rentals, along with other accessories for weddings and corporate events.
In an effort to help the planet and the environment, the company has adopted a number of changes, which began several years ago. These changes include recycling all of their cardboard boxes, cutting down on waste and recycling and reusing paper to save trees.
The company has replaced all of their detergent and cleaning products with organic, natural cleaning products that are biodegradable and much safer for the environment. Gasoline burning trucks were replaced with newer, more fuel efficient diesel trucks. Schedule changes were introduced to further enhance fuel savings and reduce carbon emissions.

Indoor heating was changed from oil to propane and natural gas."Every company can do their part, and all it takes is small changes," says, Dale Middleton , company spokesman. "By adopting these small changes, we are actually making a bold statement by going green, and when it comes to the health of our planet, every small effort really adds up, added Dale.
Another change that ASAP Tent and Party Rentals has made is the decision to use reusable plastic hangers in place of the one-time use wire hangers that the company previously used. This is a large, important recycling move considering how often the company uses hangers. These changes are all in addition to the biggest recycling effort of all: Using recyclable china and tableware table linen rentals, wedding linen rentals and chair cover rentals over and over again rather than creating waste by simply using disposable products.
To some, these changes may seem small, and even a touch insignificant. However, when it comes to wedding linen rentals companies that do many weddings per year, even these small changes can have a very large, positive effect on the planet. If every company were to adopt simple, easy to implement "green" practices the way ASAP Tent and Party Rentals has, the world that we live in would be much different today. ASAP Tent and Party Rentals is setting a real example, and hopes that more companies will take their example and "Go Green."
ASAP Tent and Party Rentals is taking a stand on the concept of helping the environment, showing that they are passionate about the earth by adopting easy to implement but extremely effective green methods for recycling, reducing and reusing. "Every company can do their part, and all it takes is small changes," says, Dale.
ASAP Tent and Pary Rentals is a Toronto Ontario area based company offering high quality rental products including party rentals, event rentals, tent rentals, chair cover rentals, wedding linen rentals and table linen rentals that make a bold statement for any special occasion. For more information about ASAP Tent and Party Rentals, visit http://asaprental.com