Project Timeline: Invitations -- 45 minutes
Corsets -- 2 hours
Wine Charms -- 15 minutes
Cheese Spreaders -- 1 hour
Floral Centerpieces --15 minutes
Dinner table -- 45 minutes
Priming Items -- 1 hour
Wine bar -- 1 hour
Shopping and Prep -- 5 hours
Total time = 12 hours Invitations Materials: 5 small bottles with corks
Parchment paper
Gold metallic pen
Grape cluster rubber stamp
2 different colors craft paint
Tacky glue
Small plastic grape clusters
Ribbon
Copper wire
Wire cutters - Cut the parchment paper into 2 pieces and snip the edges (figure A).
- Use a gold metallic pen to draw a grapevine-like motif around the edge of the invitation.
- Rubber stamps are great for embellishing the invitations and can be purchased at most craft stores. We used a cluster of grapes stamp. Apply 2 different colors of paint with a paint brush onto the rubber stamp (figure B).
- Stamp the grape design in one corner of the invitation and use a gold metallic pen to write the party information within the border (figure C).
- Use the same parchment paper to create labels for the outside of the bottles. You can use the opposite end of the paintbrush to make a small cluster of grapes on the label.
- Paint some tacky glue onto the label and then affix the label to the bottle ( figure D).
- Attach a small bunch of plastic grapes with copper wire around the neck of the bottle.
- Roll up the invitation so that it will fit into the bottle. Tie a ribbon around the rolled up invitation. Insert the invitation into the bottle, letting an end of the ribbon hang out so that the guests will be able to pull the invitation out of the bottle (figure E).
Expert Tip: Marc Friedland, Image Expert, says that when it comes to an invitation, do not think that it has to be a flat piece of paper -- it could be dimensional, it could be an object, etc. It could be anything that your mind imagines.
RESOURCES :
Hancock Fabrics Information
Store Locator: click here.
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
Tupelo, MS 38803
Phone: 601-842-2834
Fax: 601-842-2834
Email: consumerdiv@hancockfabrics.com
Website: www.hancockfabrics.com
Sophisticated Entertaining: Spirited Food for Grown-Up Parties
1557883459
Jeanne Benedict
(October, 2000)
To order this title from Amazon, click here.
HP Books
Tool, Equipment and Special Event Rental (HSS RentX)
HSS RentX
Denver, CO 80222
Website: www.hss.com/usa.shtml
Florist (Quality Wholesale Florist)
Quality Wholesale Florist
Knoxville, TN 97902
Imagery Products
Imagery Products
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Website: www.imageryproducts.com
B&T Distributing Company Information
B&T Distributing Company
Knoxville, TN 37191
Phone: 865-602-2233
Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
For product information, click here.
A Passion for Parties: Your Guide to Elegant Entertaining
0743202287
David Tutera
(September 18, 2001)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Scribner Book Co./Simon and Schuster
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-698-7000
Teach Yourself Wine Tasting
Model: 0071407596
Author: Godfrey Spence
November, 2002
Order this book from Amazon.com.
McGraw-Hill Companies
Website: www.mcgraw-hill.com
Beringer Blass Wine Estates
For more information, click here.
GUESTS :
Marc Friedland
Image Expert
Creative Intelligence
4988 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: 323-936-9009
E-mail: mf@creative-intelligence.com
Diann Valentine
Event Producer
D.R. Valentine and Associates, Inc.
650 S. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 626-395-0346
Fax: 626-395-0649
Website: www.drvalentine.net
Krista Lawlor
Craft Expert
Creative Ta Da
E-mail: creativetada@bellsouth.net
Website: www.creativetada.etsy.com
Judi Brockman
2120 Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37917
Phone: 865-637-5683
Floral Expert
Crouch Florist
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