This fan fold looks elegant ... If you have some pretty napkin rings, let them shine! This simple fold lets your favorite table accessories stand out (but this fold is pretty chic too).

Step 3: Turn napkin over. Step 4: Fold napkin in half. Step 5: Fold down and tuck in upper right corners. Step 6: Open pleats to form a fan and stand upright.

Then, fold it accordion-style into 1-inch pleats. Grasp the center of the napkin and fold it into a fan. Open one side of the fan, using doubled-sided tape to bind the two ends of the center pleat.

The napkin and the way it is folded — fan, tulip, tent or simple “speed-fold” — are statements ... but rolled into spiraled candle shapes that stand up on the plates.

A few of the videos that demonstrated this fold had the tree standing up at the end; if I had starched my napkin, I could have made this one stand. You'd probably be better off using a smaller ...