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!

...While I Waited For My Beer.

     Those who are regular readers of this fabulous little blog know that I HATE it when people are rude to the waitstaff at restaurants/bars/coffee shops. Working in food service is genuinely a rite of passage and everyone should have to do it at some point in their life. It teaches a valuable lesson in humility, good manners, and what hard work really is.  However, that does not excuse a waiter or waitress that just sucks at the job and doesn't care to get better. Better service = better tip. Period.

      Monday night is Trivia Night at a little place near my downtown apartment. (I say 'downtown apartment' because it sounds chic and very cool. Two things I like to strive to be.) It's a local joint with $2 PBR, an attempt at TexMex, and even a Vegan menu! Truthfully, it's just glorified bar food but the Trivia is a great time. I met a group of friends there last night. B, Archer, Perkie, New Kid, and Tulane. It was my first time doing the Trivia night thing so I'd held out on cooking dinner before I went so I could order dinner there. Mistake #1. I also didn't drink at home because I knew there was beer there. Mistake #2. And I wore cute skinny jeans with a chic t shirt, cardigans, and my new favorite flat sandals. Mistake #3.  It was an attempt at being casual yet still sexy, since I have a hard time with the jeans + t shirt look. I feel like it's not 'me' and it feels like I'm trying too hard to look casual when I do it, therefore canceling out the casual feelings that dressing that casual is supposed to provide.

No pie for me, No tip for you!

     Apparently I needed more accessories. #1. A penis. #2. A high-and-tight. And here's why I needed them: We had a waitress who clearly felt that she could make more money from the guys than us gals, so she gave them better service. (see #24) Period. I.E. promptly delivering cold beers as soon as the guys were done with their current one, instant chips and salsa refills, and accurate checks at the end. Me? I had to get the guys to flag this DG down for a beer after my SEE THROUGH GLASS sat empty in front of me while she delivered ice cold PBR's to the guys. Seriously? B suggested that maybe some chocolate would rectify my mood since my disappointment was quickly spiraling into unadulterated hatred. Wrong. She ruined that too because when I did select a dessert, she wound up coming back to tell me they'd just run outs of it. Did she offer something else instead? Nope! I don't think so! Just the super annoying "OMG. We juuust ran out. I'm sooooooo sorrryyyyy." So I only had 1 pint of PBR and then somehow I wound up being charged for 2? Oh hell no! In the time it would have taken to get her to figure out who was supposed to have been charged for that 2nd one and fixed the check, I could have polished a 2nd pint off....that is, if she even noticed I was thirsty in the first place.

     Now I know you're probably thinking I'm a super bitch. True. I do have my moments as every gal does but here's the catch. It wasn't her first night waiting tables and she even knew a girl at the table by her first name! And the truth about the dessert? She probably stashed the last piece in the back of the fridge to eat later as she cries because she made no money tonight and "people suck. they're mean. they don't understand how she works." Again. Better service = better tip. Period.