Post # 1
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Worker bee
Hi!
My wedding will be really casual & during the day, and so I have been looking at those adorable little paper straws floating everywhere around Pinterest. HOWEVER, I have heard that they can either last through anything, or not last 2 minutes.
The LAST thing I want to be worried about on my wedding day is choking my guests on globs of mushy melty straw!
Are paper straws any good? Have you used them? Did they last through your wedding?
Are there plastic straws that have the same cute pattern as the paper ones?
Thanks!
Post # 2
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Sugar bee
- Wedding: August 2013 - Wynn Las Vegas
They look cute, but I’m not fond of them because they tend to not last very long. The mouth part starts to feel gross. You will have to buy bigger numbers of them because people will want to switch them out often.
Post # 3
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Bumble Beekeeper
The paper straws feel really yucky in your mouth. I hate them. Honestly there is no reason to get all obsessed over having cutesy little straws. Just some plain jane plastic straws in a nice color would be fine. No one cares about straws unless they are soggy paper.
Post # 4
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Honey bee
I don’t like straws period. I especially dislike paper straws.
They’re just plain yucky and kind of overdone for how impractical they are.
Post # 5
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Buzzing Beekeeper
I’ve never used a paper straw that didn’t start to feel weird around the mouth part near immediately. They don’t last long.<br /><br />ETA: I searched for plastic straws on Etsy and came up with lots of hits.
Post # 6
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Honey Beekeeper
Post # 6
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Sugar bee
- Wedding: May 2015 - Walnut Hill Bed & Breakfast
A local coffee shop uses them for their cold drinks and they’re terrible. They get mushy and it’s really annoying. If i get a drink to go, i’ll grab 2 straws.
Post # 7
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Sugar bee
- Wedding: May 2015 - Walnut Hill Bed & Breakfast
Most of the plastic cute striped straws you’ll find on etsy seem to be resuable ones… not really disposable ones.
If you really want cute straws, I’d get regular plastic ones in a color that matches and maybe put some washi tape flags on them.
like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrlyVNmLZnpJ-rR6FhYOaIrCLwTWTsSrOPKL-EYeXcc_QBPWYB
Post # 8
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Busy bee
ebay does have some options but you’d have to sift through. For example:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SKINNY-Hard-Plastic-Striped-Straws-9-Colors-Lot-10-Lot-24-BPA-FREE-/151479675528?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2344e46a88
Something to help your search – almost every single website these days uses a standard search bar. Which means you can specify it to remove certain terms. If you search “plastic straw -paper”, it will weed out all listings that include the word paper. Be sure to but the – up with the word though, or else it doesn’t work. For multiple terms just add a space “plastic straw -paper -green”
The plastic may not be cost effective though…
Good luck!
Post # 10
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Helper bee
I agree with PP, they look great but aren’t terribly functional.
How about using a single colour straw in your teme and add little tags to them? You get a decent straw but also the cute factor.
Post # 11
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Busy bee
Yeah, a definite NO to paper straws. So gross.
Post # 12
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Bumble bee
They are GORGEOUS and fun, but man, oh, man do they taste awful when they start to dissolve in liquid. I’d go another route.
Post # 13
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Buzzing Beekeeper
I agree with everyone else. They’re cute but terrible to use. They don’t last long and then start to get soggy, which is really off-putting. I’d go plastic, even if it means getting solid color ones.
Post # 14
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Busy bee
I went to a wedding last year where the paper straws were used. They were adorable, but as stated by PPs, they fell apart and that stuck in my mind more than the cuteness factor. Plastic would be the way to go
Post # 15
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Worker bee
Thanks everyone!
They are adorable, but hearing your reviews, they are definately not what I want for my wedding. I will try and find some cute NON bendy plastic straws to use instead 🙂