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How to Personalize Cloth Napkins for the Holidays

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

Did you guys catch our Dining Room Holiday Home Tour yesterday? I mentioned that I was going to share these DIY napkins. My tablescape needed a little something to give it some holiday character, and these napkins were the perfect addition. I’ll show you just how easy it is to personalize your own cloth napkins! PS – Cricut is sharing a Giveaway with all of us! Look for it at the end of this post! 

A beautiful modern Christmas Dining Room! The beautiful centerpiece, modern table settings, and decorations are perfect! Love the blue, green and gold colour scheme in this contemporary dining room!

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The smallest DIYs can make a huge difference sometimes. Imagine that table setting above without the words on the napkins? Doesn’t it all of the sudden look a bit more… bland? A few foiled words is all it takes to make a difference!

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

Here’s what you need to make these: 

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

How to Customize Your Cloth Napkins:

Customizing your own napkins is so easy with the Cricut machine. The Cricut design space allows you to upload your own images if you want, but honestly, I rarely do. There are a TON of great fonts and images already in the design space for you to use!  If you want to use the “JOY” and “PEACE” designs that I used, you can access the file HERE.

I wanted to use a couple of different fonts to add contrast, so I went with the Art Deco and Signature Script Fonts – Khaki fonts, both of which are unique and beautiful. If you are considering getting a Cricut Access Fonts subscription, it is totally worth it! There are over 300 fonts available for drawing and writing. It’s so easy to find a font for whatever project you’re working on – like these wood signs, these place settings, or this custom artwork!

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

Once you have your design ready, make sure to set the mirror image on (which you need for any iron-on image). I chose to use the Cricut Iron-on Foil for the first time and I LOVED it! It was so easy to use, and adds a pretty metallic flare. I added the Rose Gold Foil to my linen napkins.

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

When you are ready to cut, put your foil (coloured side down) onto your mat and cut the images.

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

Because of the mirror image, they will come off looking backwards. Peel away the part of the foil that you aren’t using, and cut the individual words apart.

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

Place your words onto your napkin, with the protective layer up. Set your EasyPress 2 to the temperature and time suggested in the manual for your cloth material.

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

Let the foil cool completely before removing the protective layer. Once it is cool, it should peel away easily :)

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

It took less than 30 minutes to make all of these, but they look like expensive napkins that I bought at Pottery Barn! Best news… I bought a pack of 12 so I can make 6 more with another design. Any suggestions?! What will you make?

Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!
A beautiful modern Christmas Dining Room! The beautiful centerpiece, modern table settings, and decorations are perfect! Love the blue, green and gold colour scheme in this contemporary dining room!
A beautiful modern Christmas Dining Room! The beautiful centerpiece, modern table settings, and decorations are perfect! Love the blue, green and gold colour scheme in this contemporary dining room!
Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!
Beautiful holiday napkins! Use iron-on to add a simple, personalized design to any linen or cloth napkins with your Cricut! Love this modern DIY idea for Christmas!

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Here’s a few other great Holiday DIY’s!

DIY Gold Foil Signs

Make beautiful DIY Gold Foil Signs with this easy tutorial! Use the "Noel" Christmas sign, or design your own art with gold foil. A modern DIY for the home this holiday season!

Easy Holiday Pillows

The easiest ever Christmas Pillows to make! These festive DIY holiday pillows will have everyone wondering where you bought them! Make them in less than 30 minutes and enjoy these modern pillows for the entire season. Download the "joy" and deer images free!

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