Posts Tagged ‘wedding garter’

What is a Wedding Garter Belt?!

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Planning my wedding was a little harder than I thought, so my sister volunteered to help. Finding the right accessories took a lot of shopping days. We must have covered every shop in the city. We even checked the yellow pages for more bridal shops to check out. But, I just couldn’t find anything I liked. Not to mention the high cost of everything at these bridal shops. I wrote a list on all the things that I needed to purchase. We had a lot of work ahead of us and very little time. That’s when my sister got an idea to browse the web to see what she could find as far as wedding accessories. She found so many great items for our wedding, including decorations and reception supplies.

We found lots of wedding and reception ideas for different types of weddings. There were suggestions for all types of themed weddings. There were glorious wedding decorations and some very nice wedding garters to choose from. A lot of them had a very expensive look to them, and I was surprised they didn’t cost a lot more. I found the a groovy blue wedding garters to choose from and some came with a free tossing wedding garter. It was a little difficult picking out the ones I wanted because there were so many to choose from. There were also a few selections of tossing garters sold separately. There were all kinds of styles of lacy, decorated garters with pearls and some with little hearts. The one I chose had very small pearls and a beautiful satin ribbon with roses. It’s a very lovely set.

I also got my veil, tiara and a few other bridal accessories from there. It was a beautiful veil with pearls and ribbon edging. My gold tiara went perfectly with my veil and had little pearls all through it. When I picked out my tiara, I was surprised to see that you could also buy tiaras for birthdays and bachelorette parties as well. There are so many party accessories they carry, not just for weddings, but for other occasions too. There is a large supply of party favors to browse through. Along with fantastic wedding favors, you’ll find birthday, graduation and bachelorette party favors too.

There were so many accessories for our wedding and reception. The wedding ceremony and reception decorations were really fabulous. The satin bows looked so lovely on each row of pews and the flowers were spectacular. I was able to buy tapered candles and holders to go along with the beautiful unity candle I had purchased. I even found the perfect wedding guestbook and pen set for our wedding ceremony. I found a lot of wedding reception accessories too. The wedding cake topper I bought looked very impressive atop our wedding cake. I had bought lovely crystal glasses for all our reception tables.

I think everyone was pleased with their wedding favors gifts we got for them. They had very nice favor gift boxes for each of the wedding favors. They actually added to the décor of our reception. I found many ideas for the perfect reception centerpieces for our party while I was online. Taking my sister’s suggestion and checking out the online wedding supplies was a life saver, not only because I found what I needed, but I was able to save a few dollars too. There were quite a few accessories I was able to get at a discount.

I found a section that has items for the perfect destination wedding and destination honeymoon too. I thought about a destination wedding, but there were just too many guests that wanted to attend our wedding. We were very happy with the way our wedding and reception turned out, and we had everything we needed to make it perfect.

My Collection Of Wedding Garters

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

     People all over the world have been collecting items for centuries. It is a personal thing and enjoyable to the collector. Whatever the collection may be it has true meaning to the collector. Some collections are valuable and worth a lot of money and some collections have no value and just have meaning to the collector.  Most collectors want to share their collection with others. They can display their collection or put their collectibles in a museum. Each item has their own story. Some people will not appreciate what the collector is collecting. Collecting items are a part of history and have meaning to them. My collection is wedding garters and is my personal pleasure. They also have a history behind it. To me wedding garters show unity, commitment and most of all love. That is one of the reasons I love about them.

     To me collecting is a hobby and not for financial gain. It is fun and can be interacting. It is also a stress reduction. That is why I collect wedding garters. I know wedding garters are intended for the bride, but I knew this was my passion. Garters for a wedding have been around for centuries.  They fill people’s lives with fun and excitement and that is what they do for me.

     My collection of wedding garters started in my teens. The first time I saw a wedding garter, I fell in love with them. I was at a wedding and caught the bouquet. The guy who caught the wedding garter put it on my leg. I thought how elegant and sexy looking they were. The guy who caught the wedding garter also let me keep the garter. That is when my collection started. I was so fascinated by them that I could not stop buying them. I would have to say that this is an obsession with me. Over the years my collection has grown. Today I have over 200 wedding garters that I have collected. Each wedding garter has its own personality. I have different sizes and colors. Some of my wedding garters even have little trinkets on them.  When I receive my wedding garter my first impulse is to try it on. So every wedding garter I have purchased and received, I have tried on because they are so sexy and elegant looking.

     I started shopping in stores to purchase them. Then my greatest past time was looking on the web. I was amazed how many were out there. I even found a few at some garage sales. My collection consists of seasonal garters, themed garters and unique garters. I even had some of my garters personalized and some homemade ones. I get them as gifts also from family and friends. They are displayed all over my bedroom. My friends and family are so amazed at how I have them displayed in my bedroom. Some are spread on my dresser and some are in glass cabinets. I even put some on my bed and also put some in frames.  

      I know I will never stop with my obsession with wedding garters. When I look back over the years and see my collection, it makes me feel good. They will always be a part of my life. I started this collection when I was very young and it is still going strong today. My daughter loves them also and in time I will pass down the collection to her and hopefully she will keep it going. If you collect things and that is your passion, whatever it may be, I hope you have as much fun and excitement as I do in collecting wedding garters.