DIY favor idea?

Wanted your opinion on this....

My mother is a muralist, but for 4 years she and I had our own gift shop in Bellport where we painted all sorts of gift items... My favorite thing that we did was handpainted wine glasses or champagne glasses... my FH loves them, too.... and I thought that that would be a really nice favor -- a pair of wine glasses or champagne glasses for each couple....

then my dad had this idea --- set the table at the catering hall with the painted champagne glasses, with our ribbon at the base.... and then when we do our champagen toast, guests use their favor... and take them home....

i loved the idea initially, but then thought "hmm, then ppl are taking home a dirty glass"... I like hte idea of personalziing the place settings with the glasses if we go that route,but was wondering opinions...

then i thought, if we did the wine glasses, i could put votives in each glass, and let them burn out... but they could act as the candleholders on my table?

???? i know you ladies are the best at ideas!

Re: DIY favor idea?

Both ideas are great. Maybe you could do both. Set the tables with the glasses as the favors, guests use them then take them home. Then you could incorporate more glasses into the centerpiece and put candles in them. This way your guests can still use their glasses to drink out of.

I had actually thought about using champagne flutes (with champangne in them) as the escort cards. I then realized that it could get a bit messy!