A Remark You Made: Entertaining greenSTYLE

With colder weather and the holiday season fast approaching, more people will be indoors entertaining. Here are some terrific "green" ideas if you are planning to host a dinner party or gathering.

Go green with these eco-friendly napkin rings from my greenSTYLE Collection. These napkin rings are sure to be a year-round favorite. Designed for casual or formal dining, these napkin rings bring a natural texture into your room.

Each napkin ring is handmade from pieces of an authentic burlap coffee bean sack. The burlap is adhered to a card board tube and each ring is embellished with a handmade spruce tree branch button attached with hemp twine.

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Go green and save a little green with these eco-friendly and easy to care for classic-style napkins from my greenSTYLE Collection. These napkins are sure to be a year-round favorite and they are perfect for everyday use.

Each napkin is handmade from 100% Organic Cotton Oasis Canvas fabric by Marcus Brothers in a wonderful red color. This fabric is produced with eco-friendly dyes and looks and feels much more like linen bringing a soft, natural texture into your room.

These wonderfully rustic and charming coasters from A Remark You Made make me think about trips to the mountains and sitting out on the deck drinking a steaming cup of coffee in the morning or a tall iced tea in the afternoon.

This set of four coasters is handmade from the branch of a fallen maple tree in hopes of giving it a second life. The coloring and spalting patterns are stunning!

I have kept these coasters as natural as possible. The bark has been removed and each one has been sanded smooth on all sides with the edges slightly rounded. Each coaster is finished with natural tung oil to protect the wood then buffed to a perfect shine with carnauba wax for a durable finish.

Do you love the 80s? Well, host an unforgettable event and break the ice at your next dinner party, cocktail party, bridal shower, or wedding reception with this unique and fun Ice Breakers Trivia Game by A Remark You Made.

Each ice breaker has a different question pertaining to 80s music and is made from a clear glass gem/marble. The answer for each question is on the bottom. Place one at each guest's place setting or sprinkle them around your table setting as decorations to get the conversations started.

Celebrate the grape, toast the winemaker and nourish friendship by hosting a wine tasting.

These bottles bags from South House Boutique (http://www.southhouseboutique.etsy.com/) are carefully crafted from a premium, all natural jute fabric with a label (3.25” x 2.5”) of the most wonderful chalk cloth so you can ID the mystery bottles, address the gift recipient or post a seasonal message. Use chalk or Chalk Markers, and yes, they wipe clean for use over and over again, the ultimate in living green and great!

These wine scoring sheets from South House Boutique will keep your wine tasting party light and fun, and yes, a bit irreverent.

Rather than stuffy and pretentious, wine tasting should be fun and friendly. So to keep the party just that, with the aid of many friends, South House Boutique designed a set of 4 scorecards for your next Blind Wine Tasting Party. You are prompted to score each wine based on the same attributes traditional aficionados use: appearance, aroma, taste, balance/body and finish. But pop-culture serves as your measuring sticks. How full-bodied is wine A: Mini Cooper or Hummer; Kate Moss or Heidi Klum? How long-lasting is the finish: Bert & Ernie or Teletubbies? Is the taste more reflective of Howard Stern or Michelle Obama?

You will receive a PDF file that contains four different scorecards as well as a page of tips for hosting a great wine tasting party.

To top off those wine bottles, how about a beautiful hand turned wine bottle stopper!

Please visit Sunset Turnings for a wonderful selection of wood wine bottle stoppers. Each one is unique and the wood is complemented by a chrome droplet-style base.

Looking for a great gift for the wine connoisseur or the occassional wine drinker on your gift list? A handmade wine bottle stopper would be perfect!

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