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Mrs. Stiletto, Chicago Age and Occupation: 26, Non-Profit/Fundraising Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Engineer and Photographer Engagement Date: March 2, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: The 19th Century Club About Me: My fiance and I love living in the city of Chicago with our cats Basil and Linus, and vow to never move to the suburbs if we can possibly avoid it! We’ve poured ourselves into planning a wedding that reflects our personal style - modern and high contrast with a vintage twist. Blogging keeps me creative, baking keeps me happy, and grande nonfat no foam sugar free vanilla lattes keep me sane.
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Pieces of Us

April 17th, 2009 @ 4:24 pm by Mrs. Stiletto

I was torn on this whole toasting-thing. I had found a couple of viable options for toasting flutes on Etsy. They’re cute and would easily go with our theme… but I was feeling a little “meh” about them, and a little “meh” on whether or not we even needed to buy anything at all, or if we should just use whatever was placed in front of us.

But then Tina from With This Ring, I Obsess chimed in and shared she was going back and forth on this and was so glad she decided to do something special. I tracked back through her fabulous blog and found the great champagne glasses that she so cleverly personalized with charms from Paloma’s Nest (did I mention that I <3 it?!). Such a cute, clever idea, Tina!

After searching on Etsy… yet again, I was saved! I found this fabulous pair of platinum-rimmed vintage champagne glasses from Little Byrd Vintage. Oh, and did I mention that they were only $10?! I scooped them up immediately!

Pieces of Us :  wedding decor reception Glasses  Source: Etsy


Piece of Me Pendants on Etsy has an amazing variety of pendant designs… including… dahdahdah… a cupcake and a camera! Get it, get it? I love to bake, and Mr. S is a passionate photographer… and the cupcake is even covered in sweet little hearts! They were only $5.95 each and I can easily reuse the pendants for other purposes (or even as a necklace, of course) after the wedding. Score!

Pieces of Us :  wedding decor reception Cupcake07  Source: Etsy

Pieces of Us :  wedding decor reception Camera  Source: Etsy
I won’t lie… the only less-than-stellar part of this $22 toasting project of mine was actually attaching the pendants to the stems of the glasses. I used white ribbon that I had on hand, and it was really quite too wide to do me any good. Did I stop and wait until I had something better? Of course not. I crammed the ribbons through the little pendants’ openings and somehow managed to wrap them around the stems of the glasses in a somewhat orderly fashion.
I could always swap the ribbon out later for a better look, but they’ve really grown on me. I like that the pendants are positioned high up on the stems of the glasses and they’re snugly tied into place.

Pieces of Us :  wedding decor reception Glasses01

All-in-all, I love the sweet details of these petite little “his and her” glasses and that we’ll be able to use them to toast special celebrations for years to come! (Whew…another detail…DONE!)
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17 Responses to “Pieces of Us”

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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

So cute and unique! Mama and Daddy Bruschetta also used champagne coupes at their wedding — and still have them, of course. :-)

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  5,587 posts, Bee Keeper

soooo cute! i love the pendants :-)

 
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Miss Beagle (message)  1,380 posts, Bumble bee

What a great way to customize them!

 
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Miss Taffy (message)  3,104 posts, Sugar bee

So cute!!! We have been going back and forth on this as well. I think we will end up using the flutes at our venue, but I kind of want champagne punch in mine instead of champagne. I hope that is ok! :)

 
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Miss Mascara (message)  859 posts, Busy bee

very cute!

 
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MexicanGirl
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MexicanGirl (message)  724 posts, Busy bee

they look so cute! :) while we’re not doing a toast, basically because we don’t drink and we don’t like the idea of doing it with water/soda/or something like that, but i do like the look of bubbling champagne!

 
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Hayley
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Hayley (message)  214 posts, Helper bee

so cute!!!

 
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phishphan419
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phishphan419 (message)  232 posts, Helper bee

We went back and forth on this too and ended up buying these of etsy. I love them.

http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=14462042

sarah

 
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leenmachine
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leenmachine (message)  262 posts, Helper bee

That’s such a cute idea! I haven’t even thought about flutes yet. Another detail to add on to my list!

 
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ninamari
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ninamari (message)  37 posts, Newbee

This is such a cute idea!!

 
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msashleymarie (message)  616 posts, Busy bee

So adorable!

 
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Miss Snapdragon (message)  717 posts, Busy bee

I just took a look at Little Byrd Vintage. She has a really great shop! I LOVE LOVE LOVE vintage champagne glasses - I love it :)

 
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MaPo
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MaPo (message)  315 posts, Helper bee

The charms are so fun! It would be such a nice gift as well. A set of hand picked little charms!!

 
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MrsSl82be
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MrsSl82be (message)  7,970 posts, Bee Keeper

I love it! Doesn’t it feel great to be able to check another thing off your list??!!

 
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mrspaetz
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mrspaetz (message)  3,805 posts, Honey bee

very cute and the personalization is great! way to go!

 
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Cole B
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Cole B (message)  1,362 posts, Bumble bee

Thats such a great way to personalize your toasting flutes!

 
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frenchbulldog (message)  7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

What a great idea to personalize your flutes! I love the vintage flutes you scored on Etsy!

 

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Mrs. Stiletto, Chicago Age and Occupation: 26, Non-Profit/Fundraising Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Engineer and Photographer Engagement Date: March 2, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: The 19th Century Club About Me: My fiance and I love living in the city of Chicago with our cats Basil and Linus, and vow to never move to the suburbs if we can possibly avoid it! We’ve poured ourselves into planning a wedding that reflects our personal style - modern and high contrast with a vintage twist. Blogging keeps me creative, baking keeps me happy, and grande nonfat no foam sugar free vanilla lattes keep me sane.

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