Kelly, darling beautiful child, you put the soup spoon in the wrong place. Traditionally, only the dessert spoon/fork goes above the plate. I feel like a fussbudget for mentioning it, but someone had to; after all, if it's not all about tradition, why not put any piece of flatware anywhere? ("Gee, these seafood forks look cute stuck into the olives in the martini glasses!")
And -- also veddy traditional -- napkin rings are NEVER part of a formal table, since their purpose is to allow the napkin to be re-used. (Sellers of decorative napkin rings everywhere now hate me, I know. I don't care. I'm fighting on the side of Truth here.)
Next time, please work with a larger tableTOP so you can go bonkers and show bread plates, salad plates, dessert wine glasses, etc., etc. -- I love discussing this stuff. My weakness: The direction in which the knife blade faces always makes me stop and think...it's so counter-intuitive to have the blade facing the diner's thumb (ouch)!
Thanks for posting this feature, and please do more like it!
