Stirring Things Up with DIY Drink Flags!

Stirring Things Up with DIY Drink Flags!

April 26th, 2010 @ 2:36 pm by Mrs. Dolphin
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After seeing a post by Mrs. Taffy on DIY drink flags, I knew I wanted to do them for our wedding. They are super easy to do and will make a nice little detail for our wedding.

source: Martha Stewart

Like Mrs. Taffy, I am simplifying the knot in the stirrer and making it into a flag shape.

Here are the supplies you will need for DIY drink flags:

Double Sided Tape
150 6″ sticks from Michaels Craft Store $6.00 ($3 for pack of 75)
Ribbon $3.99 a roll at Michaels
Scissors

Total for drink flag DIY: 150 flags $13.98*

*Most of the items at Michaels can be purchased with a 40% coupon (I unfortunately didn’t use a coupon… I wish I had!) these cute little flags turned out to cost more then I thought to make. They would have only been around $7-8 if I had used coupon. Darn it!

Step 1: Cut the ribbon into 6″ strips
Step 2: Place a piece of double sided tape on 3/4 of the length of the ribbon
Step 3: Place wooden stick in center of ribbon and press the two sides of the ribbon together
Step 4: C ut a triangle out of the edge of the ribbon to finish it off

And… voila! You have super cute drink flags for your guests!

I can’t wait to see these babies in action at our wedding’s bar! I contemplated making flags for all the water glasses at our wedding but then decided against it when it took me just about 2 hours to make 100 of these babies… I still have 50 more to go, but couldn’t wait to show you all how they turned out.

Now… to show you how type A I really am… here they are all packaged up for the wedding. I put them in a Ziploc bag and included a picture of how I want them to look set up, and the location and usage of them.

Don’t Judge.

Does your type A personality come in handy with wedding related activities?

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28 Responses to “Stirring Things Up with DIY Drink Flags!”

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

Love the way you did the packaging with the photo! Going to do this along with instruction book with matching pictures for our DOC.

4/26/10 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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Ms. Library (message) 1,250 posts, Bumble bee

Hahah I love your packaging. I would love to do something like this, but I cannot for the life of me think of a reason I would need them.

4/26/10 @ 2:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Frog (message) 505 posts, Busy bee

Brilliant! Loving that you took a photo with directions…totally stealing that idea (hellooooo Type A). You’re in good company.

4/26/10 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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krissybee (message) 3,921 posts, Honey bee

ooo these look great! and i love the photo with instructions! brilliant!

4/26/10 @ 2:52 pm (reply)

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Miss Trail Mix (message) 6,308 posts, Bee Keeper

Are we planning the same wedding?? I did these too and those are LITERALLY exactly what mine look like, same colors and everything!! They look great, if I do say so myself!

4/26/10 @ 2:53 pm (reply)

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Miss Hermit Crab (message) 3,530 posts, Sugar bee

i love your organizational skills, haha is that weird? they look adorable!

4/26/10 @ 2:53 pm (reply)

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Jessie516 (message) 5,480 posts, Bee Keeper

These are adorable!

4/26/10 @ 2:55 pm (reply)

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Miss Ribbons (message) 2,018 posts, Buzzing bee

Good packaging and they look great!

4/26/10 @ 2:58 pm (reply)

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CaligirlSM (message) 182 posts, Blushing bee

These look great and I think it’s a great idea to take the picture and explain how you want them set up!!! This can definitely apply to other facets of the wedding (i.e. centerpieces, guest book table, candy table, etc.) I will be stealing this when the time comes

4/26/10 @ 3:13 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

i love the picture and directions in the bag–i could have used your skills for my wedding! and great job on the cute flags!

4/26/10 @ 3:27 pm (reply)

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Miss Pretzel (message) 1,891 posts, Buzzing bee

OMG must make little photo instructions for set up! Genius!

4/26/10 @ 3:29 pm (reply)

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Sarah

See, this is the type of bride my caterer was expecting. My whole “here’s the check, do what you want” attitude made him nuts.

4/26/10 @ 3:42 pm (reply)

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puzzle (message) 248 posts, Helper bee

I need to find an excuse to make these flags!
Oh and the photo instructions are absolutely genius! Anything that can make the day run smoothly is A+ in my book.

4/26/10 @ 3:47 pm (reply)

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Lo (message) 538 posts, Busy bee

I love the photo and instructions, that is totally how I plan to pack everything up!

4/26/10 @ 3:56 pm (reply)

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Miss Cola (message) 2,868 posts, Sugar bee

So cute! And that picture of how to set them are exactly what I’m doing for a ton of our DIY!

4/26/10 @ 4:37 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Adorable! I think the set-up picture is a great idea.

4/26/10 @ 5:09 pm (reply)

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namarie (message) 136 posts, Blushing bee

I did a variation of these to use as cupcake toppers. Yours look great! I love the idea of the photo instructions. I am totally going to do that on about a million things now…

4/26/10 @ 5:11 pm (reply)

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