We got a ton of compliments on them... and I will give my mother-in-law credit she did think that it turned out looking good after the fact, she just wasn't fond of the idea from the get go... but I stood my ground on that one. I too thought that this was a great idea and actually a practical gift instead of the typical wedding favors; and it was something that actually meant something to me as I made it instead of just some piece of choclate from the store. We also completed the 'set' with some nice leather coasters that I haven't posted pictures of.
We had about 150 people and I did two 10 gallon batches and I ended up with about 140 bottles but only 100 or so people took them (and that many glasses were taken). I did the same beer for both batches, an Irish Red so that they lables could be the same for all of them, that and it is one of my favorite beer and most of my friends really liked it to.
We ordered the glasses from
http://www.egrandstand.com/ and they were very helpful. I originally planned on doing the glasses just as gifts for my wedding party, but the price difference for ordering in bulk was not much more (it cost about twice as much to get 196 glasses versus just the 48 for the minimum order), although they were a local company only about 40 miles away. I'm not sure I would have done this if I had to pay for shipping on that many glasses. And I bought a few extra than I 'needed' for the wedding as for such a good price I just couldn't pass it up, so I have an extra case or so now.
Thanks so much for all the compliments from you guys too, and yes those were some pictures from our professional photographer.
Most of those bottles I bought off of craigslist for cheap... anyone else planning this that doesn't already have that many bottles, that's a good place to find them.