DIY: Wine Glass Tags

Love this gal!

This weekend, one of my closest girlfriends finally showed off her fabulous condo. She closed on it a few months ago and ever since then has been diligently spending 90% of her free time making major renovations. With the help of her skilled dad, they knocked down a wall to expand her living room, gutted the kitchen and put up all new cabinets, backsplash, granite countertops, and tile floors, and have begun building a closet in her guest room.  Seriously- it's amazing! I don't have photos from the condo [yet], however I did give her a hand with party preps... one job was to figure out how folks were going to label their wine glasses. Like a crazy person, she bought enough glass stemware to imbibe the VonTrap family AND their offspring.  Personally, I'm a big fan of disposable cups and a sharpie. It makes for a fun throwback and is easy to cleanup. However, this wound up becoming an awesome project. So next time you host a bash and offer your guests legit glassware, follow these tips for some snazzy labeling. After all, if you guests want to swap germs let them do it on their own accord; not because their hostess was careless and didn't offer drink labels!

What you need:
- A package of card stock (color/pattern/texture variety is always a plus)
- A wine glass
- A dime
- Pencil/Pen
- Scissors
- Stamps or stickers
...and patience.

1. Trace the bottom of the wine glass onto your card stock as many times as you can.

2. Trace the shape of a dime in the center, or off-center inside your circles. It's the perfect size so the label isn't too tight or too loose around the stem of the glass.

3.  Start cutting out the circles.  Cut the big circles first, then start on the smaller circle in the middle.  This may take a while depending on how many you are making. (I made almost 40, so it took a good bit.)

4. Once, they are cut then you can get creative with your stamps or stickers. I just put fun, chic little designs on these, however you can really get creative to match the theme of your party.

5.  Include the date of the event on the back- this way you or [in this case] the hostess can keep one for memorabilia. (PS:  For my FSG's, this little accessory can also come in handy for phone number exchanges with another party guest.  Imagine having the wine glass label from the night you met your PMM... very sweet.)

6.  Once the ink is dry, cut a small slit near the inside circle so the label will pop right onto the stem of your glass.  Arrange these labels on the bar near your stemware with a few sharpies and voila!