Monica & Tuan

One of my many ideas for wedding favours was to have champagne glasses etched with our monogram/logo. I thought (and still think) that it's a classy gift and could be put to good use and something people would always remember came from our wedding (i.e. personalized).

Searching around for vendors that would make personalized etched glassware was a challenge. And in the end proved to be too expensive. But I couldn't let it go just yet. I decided to try and etch my own glasses. I used champagne glasses from Ikea, my print gocco machine, and some etching cream and did a trial run today. After a few hours and lots of frustration, I made 2 very imperfect champagne flutes:
Some parts of the text did not etch completely, giving our monogram a very jagged and unprofessional look. It was hard to achieve perfect flush contact between the gocco mesh filter and the champagne glass as the glass was not a uniform surface. So next I tried glass votive holders. And while there was improvement, it still wasn't good enough.
Seeing as it took me hours to produce 2 champagne glasses and 2 votive candle holders, I don't think I'm up to the task of producing 250 of these "pain-in-the butts". So while I might do a few more just for myself, I am now brainstorming new wedding favour ideas.

Labels: glass etching, gocco, wedding favours