Crystal Toasting flutes for Fall Wedding

These champagne flutes, toasting glasses are hand-painted in burgundy, golds, yellows, and green in a beautiful organic leaves design and embellished with Swarovski Crystals. A stunning way to raise your glasses and celebrate your special occasion. You will demonstrate your great taste and sophistication to your guests as you make your toast. The price is for a Set of 2. These flutes can also be customized in your wedding colors.

These toasting glasses are made of crystal and hold 6 oz of champagne or sparkling wine. I used non-toxic enamel glass paints which are baked for durability.

These flutes can be personalized and used for any occasion or wedding gift. Beautiful for your own dinner party, engagement party, bridesmaid gifts, wedding couple gift, or anniversary gift. You don't even have to wait for a special one, just use them at home and spoil yourself. They will look beautiful sitting on your drinks cabinet or dresser when you're not using them.

You may also like these rose champagne flutes which are more summery in style http://www.etsy.com/listing/60220189/bride-and-groom-flutes-hand-painted-leaf

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HISTORY OF TOASTING:

Just in case you are wondering where the English phrase "toast" comes from, it comes from the practice of floating a piece of burnt toast on top of the wine of the loving cup.

The reason for this was that the toast took away some of the acidity of the wine. Back in the day, many years ago wine wasn't as good as it is today, so this floating piece of burnt toast worked well to tone down the sharpness of the wine. It was an ancient custom that was popular during the Roman and Greek times dating as far back as the 6th Century B.C. After the bowl was passed around and shared by all the people, the host would be the last one to drink what was left and this included eating the wine saturated piece of toast. This was always done in honor of the guests.

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* Featured in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of Austin Lifestyle Magazine
* Displayed at the 2010 Oscar Awards
* Used at the 2011 Kentucky Derby

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Testimonials from happy customers:

* The flutes are amazingly beautiful! They arrived sooner than I thought and was quite impressed. So happy I ordered them, they will be perfect at my wedding!

* Beautiful... we used them at our wedding reception and they were just gorgeous!

* Frances was amazing to work with! The flutes are amazing and seem like they are made out of top quality glass. Frances also included a hand written note.

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I am happy to ship internationally. Please convo me for a precise shipping quote.

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