Thanks a lot guys! I'm happy you like them! Making these certainly made me feel super proud and happy. The couple and recipients loved them, so I had a self esteem boost there.
As for this :
Did you come up with the bottle idea or was that the bride's idea?
Either way, great idea, lovely result! Well done!
Thanks! Funny you should ask. It was the bride's idea I guess. She said: I want something that reminds of the wedding theme. So, initially they were going to be ship tickets /boarding passes with the info, wedding date, etc.
Then she said: "how about a message in a bottle? I'd like them to have the wedding colours too" From there onwards I was on my own! So I had to figure out which bottles to buy, what paper to put inside, mix the inks to get the right colours (failed with the green), select the strings, and the hardest, determine the layout and centering of the text. She simply said: it should read xxxxxxxxxxx, xxxx, xxx without even including their names!

... Should I put them at the beginning? After? Their full names? Their initials?
I really found that incredibly difficult and it took me at least 5 hrs (I'm obviously inexperienced and had no clue!)
The fact that the bride let me do what I thought was right made me feel confident but with a lot of responsibility on my shoulders!
Anyway, I have so much to learn and surely loved this process a lot.
Again, Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments!