Okay Hive, here's a little new flash for you: A good toasting flute is hard to find. In the interest of full disclosure, that little tid bit should have read "an good toasting flute is hard to find a week and a half before your wedding" . . . But I digress ;-).
Last weekend, Mama Giraffe and I hunted the mall, party stores, other stores for the perfect toasting flutes. For those of you on a hunt of your own, the a few places we looked (that typically carry a handful of styles) were Bed, Bath, & Beyond, Party City, Carson's, Hallmark, A different Hallmark, Macy's, Another Carson's, and a handful of other places. There's also quite a few to be found online, but that would entail not waiting until the last minute.
Mama Giraffe had absolutely no idea what she was getting into when she told me she'd like to buy toasting flutes for us :). I think it's my style, I wanted something simply, classy, but would remind me of my wedding. Tricky, eh?
Where to begin? Well, I was initially leaning towards the Misaka Love story, because I liked the cake server and cutter a lot. (FYI- Carson's had all Mikasa Love Story on Sale last week, so keep an eye out for sales when shopping for pricey flutes).
Mikasa Love Story via Bed, Bath, & Beyond
Funny story, I didn't like the flutes at all. The bottom looked too heavy for me, and even though they had two style of flutes (both match the server), I wasn't feeling either of them. But, as a side note, the Love Story cake stand is probably the cutest I've evern seen. Someone go buy it.
Then came the Mikasa Ribbon flutes. To be honest, I loved these at first, but then I was worried the looked too simple, and wouldn't look wedding-y enough to satisfy my taste for making something all sentimental. Also, these flutes don't have a matching cutter & server so I had to let them go.
Mikasa Ribbons via Bed, Bath, & Beyond
The Mrs and Mr flutes at Hallmark stole my heart the minute I saw them. . . But they were also the very first set I saw so we decided to hold off on buying them. You know, the grass is always greener, right? Anyway, Mama G and I left these at Hallmark and we on our merry way. Also, like the Ribbons, they didn't have a server so whatever, yo. They aren't for sale online, but just picture flutes that said "Mr." and "Mrs." on them.
After going round and round, and stopping to think about some Kate Spade Toasting flutes, we found ourselves at a different Carson's so I could look at the Ribbons again.
Kate Spade via Carson's - The bottom of these makes 'em super heavy!
And then, something amazing happened. See, Mama Giraffe got the Mikasa Cheers Wine Glasses as a Christmas gift (a set of 4), and she loved them so much that she purchased a second set. They're so cute, and I love them too. . . and I saw the Real Housewives of OC use them in an episode a few weeks ago. Ahem. Well, when we were at Carson's, the Cheers set was on display and I got so excited and called Mama G over. I pointed out all the cute serving platters and pitchers and glasses that matched her wine glasses.
The Wine Glasses that Mama G has - Mikasa Cheers via Carson's
Mama G gets all excited and says, "Look! They have champagne glasses! You could use those as flutes!"
As I turned to look at the glasses, my heart skipped a beat, because next to them were the most perfect toasting glasses I'd ever seen.
Mikasa Cheers Flutes - image via Amazon
Aren't you just in love?! I know! I cannot wait to toast with these babies! I cannot believe that after going to a billion stores and worrying that I wouldn't find flutes I love, that these ending up right in front of me. Who would've thought?
Oh, and because I like to play this game in my head sometimes, if I was super rich (you know you play the game too!), I would buy a ton of these (matching!) Mikasa Cheers Celebration glasses for the reception, and make everyone toast with them!
Mikasa Cheers sentiment Flutes - Screenshot via Macy's
Now you're probably wondering why, after I nixed so many glasses that didn't have making cutters, what I decided to do. The Mikasa Cheers set does not have a cake server and cutter, but I ordered this one (and paid an extra $5 to get it here on time - oops) from The Wedding Outlet and am having our names and date engraved on the server. After looking and so so so many fancy cutters, I know that this simpler one is perfect for me.
It's funny, because originally, I had no interest in flutes or servers. I just figured I'd use whatever the venue had for us to use. . . But then, and this is funny, I thought about how the cave server from my parent's wedding is in a drawer in our kitchen at home. We use it for birthdays and Chirstmases and all kinds of things. That's something I want down the road, y'know, little reminders of this big day :).
Phew, and that ends the long (and exhausting) saga of find flutes. But, hey, it was worth it in the end :).
What are you toasting with at your wedding?
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