Posted by girlsavage on 2006-05-20 09:36:31
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I like the emboidery idea...how about on towels with one of their names on each. This is handy if you use the same towel a couple days in a row to tell who used which one. ;)
A couple of years ago I made wine glass charms for a couple that have wine nights at their house pretty often. You could also use the embroidery idea and do their initials on cocktail napkins, like of it's Dick and Jane Nobody, ~DNJ~. Or going with the wine glass idea, hand paint some wine glasses with glass paint.
Some friends of mine made napkin rings for another of our friends. They were a big hit and get used at all of her dinner parties.
Posted by Sommer on 2004-09-17 08:52:34
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This happened many years ago, but still gives me chills. When my twins were about 3 months old, my parents came over to babysit so I could go out to dinner with my husband. I hadn't been out of the house in WEEKS! We went to a casual restaurant, ordered a bottle of wine, which was poured into glasses. While reading the menu, I reached over to pick up my wine glass, to bring it to my lips for a big ole' drag, only to realize, waaaay too late, that I was chugging from the bottle....
I looked around as I put in down and EVERYONE was looking at me...including my husband.
Posted by smudgy_cat on 2006-09-07 16:31:19
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could you put together wine and cheese basket kits? You could make the wine glass charms and put in a nice fabric square to line the basket, and get some little cheese knives and make some cheese name labels. You could make the labels with some non-reactive/food safe wire that is looped to hold a piece of paper. You could also make some copper tags with the cheese name pressed in.
Posted by juna on 2004-10-28 16:51:30
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You could make your own sugar-or salt- scrubs to take home.
I make a lavender sugar scrub from:
2 c. raw turbinado sugar
a small glug of grapeseed or almond oil
about 8 vitamin E tablets (prick the gel cap and squeeze out the goo)
a few drops of lavender essential oil (or other essential oil of your choice)
Mix and keep in a clean glass jar. Maybe even personalize a label for each with contact paper.
Wine glass charms would also be fun to make, and use, at the party. Ringsnthings.com sells the wire hoops (conveniently categorized in their wine charm section). You could shrinky dink some charms for them, too!
Posted by HeatherC on 2005-07-06 11:18:19
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I think the most important part of being a hostess is to make everyone feel welcomed at the event, and to act like everything your guests do is a pleasure. Or, if an accident happens, like a wine glass is broken, to act like it's of no consequence and that you're more concerned with the guest's comfort than your wine glass.
Posted by craftfetish on 2006-06-12 10:16:16
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Those coasters would be so cute.
I recently saw a pair of stitch markers for knitting made out of scrabble tiles on ebay (but I was out bid). Wine glass charms would be a non-knitting variation.
I would think almost any game piece would work, but the scrabble tiles offer the added fun of letting you spell things.
Posted by keeeen on 2004-11-29 22:37:56
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I've had a sewing machine sitting in my dining room for almost a year now...untouched.
When I was five my mom was letting me sew a piece of fabric, she made all our clothes and I sewed my finger instead! I'm using that as my excuse...and I'm sticking with it dammit!
Everything I sew, I sew by hand. Yes I know its completely timestaking, and my seams aren't really all that even, but by doing that, I HAVE to stick to basic, easy projects, a rabbit for the baby, a tiny purse for my daughter. I figure I can't screw too much up there! Although I do. I tried making ornaments last week and they did not come out good at all. Hmmm, think I just unproved my point...what was I saying again?
Posted by mrs_stroozi on 2006-01-23 14:50:54
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Embroidered pillow cases or table linens?
A nice crocheted lap robe that actually has something to do with my color scheme.
A hand-painted or otherwise decorated "art" vase or vessel.
I also really like wine glass rings, the ones that help you tell one glass from another. I like them made from bits of jewelry, like earrings whose mates are lost. I like the thought there's life after being de-paired.
Posted by heiress on 2004-11-02 14:08:07
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last xmas, i etched a glass for my dad. If your dad is into wine, you can use a wine glass and pair it with his fave. or match whatever glass to the libation of choice. and this gift is good for anyone, and all appreciate it.
Posted by Dawn on 2004-11-28 22:24:04
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I've found that things that people can use for their holiday entertaining make great gifts. Coasters, cocktail napkins, wine glass charms, placeholders, holiday music (particularly jazz, lounge, latin, or pretty much any instrumental), ornaments, and napkin rings are all inexpensive and easy to make in bulk. They can also be easily personalized to suit the recipient.
Posted by delqc on 2005-01-17 10:48:05
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I'm not married, but my sister had in her own collection this ceramic thingy (all white, with a matte finish) of a guy holding a girl in a "dip" and kissing her with enthusiasm. If I remember well, they were sitting on a garden bench with like a trellis or gazebo style thing over them, and were dressed in medieval style clothing. She had the bakers put that on top of her cake, and decorated it with candied fruit. She was married in october, with kind of a "harvest" theme - lots of orange and red leaves on the tables, and those sparkly gourds and pumpkins and berries with white pillar candles as centerpieces. It was really elegant, not flashy, just pretty, and I liked the "rich bounty of nature" feel to all of it. And the cake with all of the candied fruit, like giant candied plums and strawberries and stuff, really looked incredible. Kind of like a thansgiving for their love and their future together.
She also insisted that all of her cake be edible, and none of it be decorated styrofoam. So, it was short, and no wine-glass layers, but I have to say the most elegant wedding cake I've ever seen!
Posted by rabbitLovesBear on 2005-09-13 08:43:11
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My suggestion is to read indiebride: http://kvetch.indiebride.com They have some amazing ideas and list places that will ship flowers right to you on the cheap. Just bring basic supplies and a bunch of hands the night before and you will have beautiful flowers.
To save money, I had smaller reception bouquets with little wine glass votive lamps http://www.save-on-crafts.com/wincanlamfro.html which filled out the table. The reception site let me borrow the glasses so I just paid for the cost of the paper.
Posted by deborahthecraft on 2004-12-15 16:40:27
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What about braking up a packaged gifts such as bath and body works basket and regifting that?
I didn'd have a tub and got bubble baths and bombs and oils.The only thing I could use was the lotions and body wash.
I felt a little tacky at the time but I packaged up the remainders and a new candle and tub wine glass holder and gifted it to my godmother who loved it...
Same with food baskets...uh I am allergic to Salmon and walnuts,so that that did not get set out when we had company got regifted with a fresh bottle of wine...
Wow,maybe you guys are going to think I am super tacky now.
