Ingenious Icebreakers

Sipster Act
Pop open these paper cups and wait for puns about the wine's "nose" to flow.
Pop open these paper cups and wait for puns about the wine's "nose" to flow.
- Pick Your Nose Cups, $8 for 24
- Fred, Urban Outfitters; urbanoutfitters.com

Seeing Double
You get two silhouettes in one with this wine-glass encased inside a tumbler.
You get two silhouettes in one with this wine-glass encased inside a tumbler.
- Illusion glasses, $75 for a set of four
- Uncommon Goods; uncommongoods.com

Hard Rock
This diamond-shaped acrylic ice bucket excels at keeping its assets frozen.
This diamond-shaped acrylic ice bucket excels at keeping its assets frozen.
- Ice bucket, $199
- Grainware by William Bounds; 800-473-0504; grainware.com, $199
- Stainless steel and crystal tongs, $50
- Magpie, Barneys New York; 212-826-8900; barneys.com

Pickup Linens
Borrowing from convention-hall diplomacy, these interactive paper cocktail napkins exchange much more than just names.
Borrowing from convention-hall diplomacy, these interactive paper cocktail napkins exchange much more than just names.
- Hello My Name Is Paper Napkins, $4 for 12
- The Spoon Sisters; spoonsisters.com

Cool Jewels
This two-part rubber ice tray freezes water into precious 3-D shapes.
This two-part rubber ice tray freezes water into precious 3-D shapes.
- Cool Jewels ice tray, $6.50
- Fred, Sur la Table; surlatable.com

Drink Tank
James Bond himself couldn't mastermind a better place to stash ice and champagne bottles than this gigantic 3-foot-tall acrylic martini glass.
James Bond himself couldn't mastermind a better place to stash ice and champagne bottles than this gigantic 3-foot-tall acrylic martini glass.
- Acrylic martini glass, $270
- Grainware by William Bounds; 800-473-0504; grainware.com
- Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne
- Available at fine wine retailers
From the Winter 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine