Charmed: Wine Charm Tutorial and Giveaway
July 2nd, 2008 by Simone
During one of your recent summer festivities, did you pick up “your” glass and, about to take a sip, discovered that the shade of lipstick on the glass rim didn’t match yours? To avoid such a shocking social faux pas consider spending 10 minutes making some wine charms.
Materials
- 4 inch length of copper wire per wine charm
- Dowel with the same circumference you want the charm to have. I used a broomstick
- Chain-nose pliers
- Wire cutters
- Anything you want to use to embellish the charms (beads, buttons, small hardware)
With the chain-nose pliers, make a P-shaped loop at the end of the wire.
Wrap the wire around the dowel to shape a hoop.
String the embellishments on the wire. These are plastic faceted beads.
Using the pliers, first bend up the P-loop by 90 degrees. If you hold up the hoop, the loop should be parallel to the table top. Then bend the straight end of the wire up to shape a right angle.
Trim the end of the straight wire so you can comfortably close the hoop by pushing the end through the P-loop. The whole thing will look like an earring hoop.
Here are some ideas to decorate the charms. Plunder the hardware store, or your jar of lose bolts and nuts for a more edgy look, or find some cool buttons and string them on wire or thread to attach them to the hoop.
The Giveaway
Here I used ink jet shrink film to print and bake different shapes decorated with these digital papers designed by the talented Bobbi-lee. Check out her blog at tomandjasmine.wordpress.com.
You can become the proud owner of these charms by leaving a comment at the end of the tutorial. I will draw the winner on Monday, July 7.
Have a fun holiday!
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Those are really cute…I could make my own, but I’d rather have yours
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Those are pretty and I hope I win!
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
These are so cute! Thank you for the tutorial!
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Great tutorial! I adore this blog. Keep up the good work!
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
My girls and I could use these. We don’t mind sharing drinks, but these are so cute!! I have a giveaway going on, too! love it if you stop by!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
You make it look so easy! And thanks for the link on the digital papers. So many possibilities…
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I’d love to win!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Love ‘em! Will be making these for gifts! So cute.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Great tute! I just had some shrinky dinky sheets out today…stared at them and contemplated what to do with them and now I know! Yours turned out so cute!
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 pm
So beautiful, with those even my plain IKEA wine glasses would look so stylish….
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 am
Those are really cute! Thank you for your generosity
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:39 am
Very cute and useful! Thanks for the tutorial.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:24 am
They’re great, I love wine glass charms!
- and thanks for the tutorial - I’ll try and give them a go!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 am
They’re so cute! Will definitely be giving them a go for presents!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 am
I love those! I’m making shrinky dink tags right now in fact. Nice to see another idea!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:48 am
What a great tutorial! If I ever get into beading, I’ll have to remember this one. Thanks for posting it!
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:56 am
Excellent! Please count me in.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 am
One shortcut you can take is to use memory wire that is ring sized. You’ll have to make loops on the ends or glue memory wire caps, but it is easier to get on and on the stems of glasses. Also don’t use regular jewelry wire cutters with memory wire as it will mar them, use heavy duty ones or the special ones just for memory wire.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 am
You always come up with the coolest things! Love em!
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
Very pretty! Thank you for the giveaway
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 am
Thank you for the fabulous tutorial. I could really use something like this. I can’t imagine how many times I have taken a sip from someone elses glass. Gross! LOL
Love the mod look of your wine charms.
Aloha!
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:54 am
Thanks for the tutorial! This is a great idea. I love the nuts & bolts & buttons idea. I shall be trying this at home. :o)
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
I so want to send a little gift for my sister with my daughter who’s going to visit this weekend. This is the most perfect idea! Thank you so much…now I need to get busy crafting, huh? lol
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 am
:runs out and buys wine glasses for the charms:
these look great!
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 am
where can i get that paper from i like that it cool
and yes im entering
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Thankyou sooo much for using my papers in this! Great tutorial!
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Pretty! Thanks for the chance to win them.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:14 am
These are lovely - hopefully one day I’ll get round to giving this tutorial a go and seeing if I can get my charms to look as pretty as yours. Thanks for all the work that you put into this blog, it is always worth a visit here
July 4th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Un tutorial de lujo!
Zepequeña.
July 4th, 2008 at 2:51 am
These are great! Thanks so much for the tut, I’m going to try this soon!
July 4th, 2008 at 11:05 am
These look great. Thanks for the idea an the how-to’s!
July 4th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Thanks for sharing this tutorial with us…tutorials are one of my favorite things in 2008. Your wine charms are lovely.
July 4th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Would love to win…these charms are just beautiful. Thanks for the totoring too.
July 5th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Oh, so pretty!
July 5th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Thank you so much for the tutorial. What a fun project and just in time for summer entertaining! I CAN do this.
July 5th, 2008 at 10:22 am
This is such a cleaver thing to put on your drinks….and you can create matches to your guest. I love them
July 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I’m new to your site….what a great idea! Love the easy tutorial….yeah, I can do this!
July 5th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I love the charms! and I guess if I can’t win, I could just make some of my own, great tutorial!
July 5th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
What a great idea! And you can bet that I will be trying out the inkjet shrinky dinks too. Thanks!
July 5th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
OOHH! Pick Me!!! those are great! and very pretty in a handsome way!
July 5th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
What a great idea! thanks for sharing it. I found your site through the Craft blog. I can’t wait to peruse through your other posts and see what great things I can create this weekend!
July 5th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I agree with all of the above - great idea and you make it look really simple! Will be making sets as Christmas gifts this year!
Thanks ladies!
July 5th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
I’ve made these before, with store bought charms and memory wire. They make awesome personalized gifts. Never thought of using digital paper, but what a brilliant idea.
July 5th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Thanks for the tutorial! I especially like the charm with the washer, very charming.
Since I don’t expect to win, I’ll have to copy the idea for the jet shrink film.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I am glad you show how you made the wire part
Thanks for sharing!
July 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Those are adorable! I’ll have to try and make some now.
July 5th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Cute! Want to throw my name in… (:
July 6th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Cool tutorial. This sparks some great ideas! Thanks!
Hope to have some nice new charms to adorn my wine glasses!
July 6th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Wow! These are so ingenious!! Thanks so much for showing us how to make them…great gift ideas since you can “personalize” them for your family and friends…
July 6th, 2008 at 6:06 am
This is great. I am in a wine appreciation club and this will be such a neat gift to all the club members.
July 6th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Those are lovely! I’ve been wanting to make some wine charms for a while because my friends and I love having wine tasting parties, and those would be perfect! I would never have thought to use a digital paper design for the charms… I’m inspired to finally make a set (and extras for gifts)! Thanks!
July 6th, 2008 at 7:14 am
These are great!! So cute!! What a great idea to use shrink film!!
July 6th, 2008 at 7:17 am
I love these!! I can’t wait to make some myself! I just wish I saw this before my 4th of July party!!! I’ll have some made before my next party though!! Great tutorial!
July 6th, 2008 at 7:27 am
What a fantastic and easy idea! Thanks!
July 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Thanks for sharing such a great tutorial. They are beautiful and would be lovely to use next 4th of July….or anytime of the year!
July 6th, 2008 at 10:51 am
This site is really nice. I don’t get here all that often but when i do you have such nice things. wish i could make these … I know they are easy.. yah for you but not me.I would just LOVE them if i won them. well I love them either way really.
thanks for the blog
July 6th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I love them! I just added your site to my Google reader. I can’t wait to start crafting!
July 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
OOOO first time I ever visit your site……it is great! Thank you for a free idea.How nice! THanks so much for sharing.
July 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
What a great tutorial. I am going to try this. You make it look so easy. Thanks.
July 7th, 2008 at 9:32 am
These are so cute. I am going to make them as presents.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I love love love the wine charms. I’m going to try to make these.