Sunday, January 29, 2017

A wine tasting party

We were invited to one last week.
Even after the two hostesses knew
we are not wine drinkers.
How nice was that?

We were to bring a bottle of wine.
Not just any bottle,
but a big, bold red wine.

Like I said, we're not wine connoisseurs.
So what did I do?
I sent The Runner out to buy a bottle.

What did he buy, you ask?
He bought Freakshow.
(Truth be told,
he went after the name and the label
rather than the "big, bold red.")

Either way, I guess he did pretty good
because at the end of the evening,
the bottle was bone dry.

I brought the bottle home with us.
I was going to try to remove the labels.
I say "try" because I've tried before
and was completely unsuccessful.

I asked a friend her process.
She successfully does this all the time.

Thought about it for a minute
and then remembered something.
Not too long ago, I purchased magazine holders.
The way I removed those price tag labels
was using my heat tool
(like a hair dryer for you non-craft people.)

It worked.
Both labels came off the bottle clean as a whistle.

Why did I want the labels?
Well, to use on thank you cards for the hostesses.
Why else?


Thank you, Toni and Dana!
We had a great time.
(And between the two of us,
we had five glasses of wine.)
Yep - us non-wine drinkers!
Except I'm a cheater.
I don't "do red" so I took
a bottle of white zinfandel.

3 comments:

  1. What a great idea for a thank you note! I don't like red either but would have tried it just because of the name!

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  2. Thank you so much for the beautiful card. It is one to treasure. So glad you were able to come to the party. Made it even more fun.

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  3. What a great idea to use the wine labels! Beautiful cards.

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