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It happened on a Saturday night. You hosted a wine tasting party for a group of twelve friends, and everything went perfectly. Well, almost everything. It did not take you very long to figure out that, while you had the perfect combination of cheeses and crackers and simple wine glasses, people were constantly confusing their glass with someone else’s. You were embarrassed, particularly when that fact became the thing that just everyone joked about. Now, you are planning another get-together and you want to avoid this problem with wine glass decorations, but how do you begin?

Purchasing Wine Glass Decorations:

Just about every discount, department and grocery store has them now—wine glass decorations. They literally look like little earrings with different charms on each one and are designed to go around the stem of the wine glass to “mark it” as individual for different guests. These charms are often sold in packages of four or six and cost anywhere from five to twenty dollars depending upon where they are purchased, the material they are made from, and how decorative these wine glass decorations are.

Making Your Own:

One of the most creatively fun ideas to engage in, for a group of close friends, is to create your own wine glass decorations and making wine. It is wonderfully simple and they will love it. In fact, you may even consider sending the personalized charms home as party favors. All you have to do is go to your local craft store and pick up stainless steel or nickel plated wire hoop findings. While you are on the same aisle, pick up a few charms that you think will be great identity markers for your friends, and perhaps some beads for color.

When you get home, slide the beads and charms onto the hoops, fasten the hoops around the stems of each glass, then wait to see the smiles on everyone’s face as they realize how much trouble you went to just for them. Chances are, they will all instantly forget about the last time and will just enjoy the individualized attention you have put into their evening. Or, if you prefer, you can drop all of the newly made charms into a basket and have each person pick out their own charm at the beginning of the evening; this way, you know they will notice the charm and will not be as likely to confuse their grape wine glass with someone else’s again.