Necessity is the Mother of Invention

On Sunday we hosted some friends for lunch. When we have guests, we like to set the table with napkins, but the only ones we had that matched our table were these cocktail sized ones:

It just wouldn't do to fold them under the fork or lay them on the plates, so I tried this:

Pretty simple -- but it worked for me!

Do you have any creative, in-a-pinch table decorating ideas to share? I'd love to hear them!

Before I go -- here's a glimpse of the only completely home-made part of the meal (we cheated a lot this time!) -- but they look pretty good, don't they?!?!?