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April 12, 2011

Garter Toss

Cathy & David Photographers via Style Me Pretty

The garter toss is a funny tradition. It’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes awkward, sometimes a bit inappropriate. But, it’s tradition, and it’s your day – you’re allowed to be a bit inappropriate.

I have admitted before that I am a bit of a lyric nazi, and check all of the songs that go on my page for their appropriateness for a wedding (after all, your grandma is usually there) but not for these songs. So use them at your own discretion. Also, the whole process usually doesn’t take too long, so you can always have the person who is in control of the music just play a particular part in the song. This is a list of my personal favorite garter toss songs. No matter your style as a couple, there should be something for you in this list. Have fun!

Main Title Theme (from Mission Impossible) – Danny Elfman

Oh Yeah – Yello

Keep Your Hands To Yourself – Georgia Satellites

Maneater – Hall & Oates

I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred

Macho Man – Village People

Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Rod Stewart

Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe – Barry White

Bad To The Bone – George Thorogood

The Stripper – David Rose Orchestra

I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow

American Woman – Lenny Kravitz

Bad Boy – Miami Sound Machine

Whatta Man – Salt’N'Peppa & En Vogue

Brick House – The Commodores

Cherry Pie – Warrant

Fever – Peggy Lee

Give It To Me Baby – Rick James

Buttons – The Pussycat Dolls

Hot Stuff – Donna Summer

I Know What Boys Like – The Waitresses

Lady Marmalade – Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink

Naughty Girl – Beyonce

Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown

Rock And Roll (Part 2) – Gary Glitter

Gonna Fly Now (Theme From “Rocky”) – Bill Conti

She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked) – Carl Carlton

You Shook Me All Night Long – ACDC

Milkshake – Kelis

Strangers In The Night – Frank Sinatra

Tell Me Something Good – Chaka Khan & Rufus

White Wedding – Billy Idol

You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate

Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite

The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground

Love To Love You Baby – Donna Summer

Wild Thing – The Troggs

Sex Machine – James Brown

Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight

Lady – Lenny Kravitz

U Can’t Touch This – M.C. Hammer

Kiss – Prince

Super Freak – Rick James

Addicted To Love – Robert Palmer

Big Spender – Shirley Bassey or Peggy Lee

Rapper’s Delight – The Sugarhill Gang

Disco Inferno – The Trammps

SexyBack – Justin Timberlake

Get Up Offa That Thing – James Brown

You Can Leave Your Hat On – Joe Cocker

Peter Gunn Theme – West End Orchestra

The James Bond Theme – City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Hey Ya! – Outkast

Want to listen to these babies? Check out the “Garter Toss” Playlist on our Listen To The Music page, or go straight to our Garter Toss playlist on Spotify here.

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Erin - March 17, 2012 - 6:35 pm

LOVE the idea of the Mission Impossible/James Bond theme! I think that makes it more playful without being too raunchy, which is our style. He is also liking the idea.

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April 11, 2011

Real Wedding | Jesse & Moriah

I’m seriously so excited to share this wedding with you guys today. I love everything about it. Jesse and Moriah got married on the Camp San Luis Military Base in San Luis Obispo, CA. The ceremony was held at the chapel, and the reception at the Officer’s Club. Check out all the amazing DIY details, and well… the shoes! Plus they just seem like a couple that you want to be friends with. Well I do anyway.

Bridal Entrance: “Streamside” by Album Leaf

Jesse and Moriah washed each others’ feet while a bridesmaid and groomsman sang “Two Is Better Than One” by Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift

Recessional: “You’re My Best Friend” by Queen

Reception Entrace: “Billy Jean” by Michael Jackson

First Dance: “Hold You In My Arms” by Ray LaMontagne

Congratulations to Jesse and Moriah on your fabulous wedding! Wish you the best in marriage. And a huge thank you to Sarah of Sarah Kathleen Photography for submitting the photos, which are amazing.

Caterer: McGee’s Catering

Flowers: Fleur Flowers

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Liesl - May 20, 2011 - 5:36 am

Loving the colorful shoes on the bridal party…how fun! Such a beautiful and creative wedding!!!

Liesl

Melina - May 20, 2011 - 5:38 am

I love her veil and her shoes! The pop of the green is perfect!

Jenna @ Heartcarry Press - May 20, 2011 - 5:44 am

Love love love this wedding! Gorg photography, amazing music, and some really awesome shoes Thanks for sharing Colleen!

Kathy Ryan - May 20, 2011 - 5:44 am

Great photos! And the shoes are Fabulous!

Colleen - May 20, 2011 - 5:47 am

Thanks ladies!! I love the shoes too, they are seriously great. And the photography… and the details… and the music! Such a great wedding.

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April 8, 2011

Real Wedding | Ashley & Daniel

I’m so happy to get to share these fun and lovely photos from Ashley and Daniel’s wedding. Not only that, but Ashley shared her sweet story of meeting her hubby with us! Enjoy, and share the love.

After years of waiting for “Mr. Right” and literally searching the world, hoping to bump into him, I returned home from 3 years in Northern Ireland. After returning I started volunteering for my youth group as a new youth pastor came in. A few months passed and a new volunteer showed up. Little did I know that this guy would be my future husband. I didn’t think much of him to begin with, but soon everyone began suggesting him to me and me to him. Neither of us saw it happening, and I was not interested in being pushed into a “set-up”. As he watched me, however, and we hung out in groups he grew more and more interested and started to act accordingly. I was still indifferent, I wanted him to make the move or else I wasn’t going to be bothered with him.

Soon he began to make it very obvious that he was interested to all of our friends. Everyone but me. One day we were all hanging out and I decided to play a joke on him while also hopefully helping the situation along, at least a little. I found his phone on the ground when he was outside and reprogrammed my name in his phone as “God” (not to be too sacrilegious, just as a joke). The next day I thought and thought about what fun or funny thing I could text him from “God” and finally I decided on “If you are looking for a sign, you can take this as one.” Thinking I was so clever and waiting for the flirting to begin, I instead never received a reply. He thought somehow it was spam???

Finally his roommates figured out it was my number and he texted me, and flirting began which led to our first date. Our first conversation was him explaining to me why he had fallen for me and all the things he had watched about me that he had admired. I knew that if this was going to be right, it was going to go fast. We were both ready and not about playing games anymore. Boy, was I right. We got together a week later, engaged four months after, and married 4 more months after that! What a whirlwind, but it was all so wonderful and completely worth the wait.

(Above: Ashley and Daniel danced down the aisle after the ceremony with their bridal party to “Now That We Found Love” by Heavy D and the Boys. So fun!!)

The wedding was held at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Apple Valley, California.

We always say “You are everything I never knew I always wanted” and it is so true. He is so good for me in so many ways, but my favorite thing is how much we laugh. Love and laughter, what can be better?

Photos by Edmund Prieto

Thank you so much to Ashley for sharing her day with us!! You should all go check out her super cute blog.

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Brooke Anna @ Mommy Does... - May 20, 2011 - 5:50 am

I LOVE Ashley and her story… so sweet.
{And so are those awesome photos!}

Ashley@EisyMorgan - May 20, 2011 - 5:52 am

Thanks so much for sharing Colleen!

Liesl - May 20, 2011 - 5:56 am

Love this feature on Ashley, whom I happen to adore, but I loved learning more about her and her wonderful love story! The wedding pictures she shared are just beautiful too…love the one of all them run with the little boy in the lead! Adorable! Your blog is just lovely and I’m so glad I was lead to you through her Eisy Morgan blog!

Liesl

Colleen - May 20, 2011 - 5:58 am

@Brooke Anna: Thanks for visiting! I agree that the photos are beautiful.

@Ashley: You’re welcome! Thank YOU!!

@Liesl: Thanks!! Hope to have you back!

April 7, 2011

Thursday Tips | Bouquet Toss Alternative

Ok, so this is more of an idea than it is a tip, but I think it’s a good one, so here goes…

Photo by Jessica Velarde Photography. More from this shoot here.

I’m going to be completely honest with you. I hate the bouquet toss. I’m normally a big fan of traditions, but this one I could do without! Maybe this is due to attending too many weddings as a single lady, and feeling like I’m on parade in front of everyone. Maybe I’m transferring my own personal issues onto the innocent event, but I feel like I may as well have a sign on me that says, “can’t keep a man.” And this is not just as I get older. I was forced to go up for the bouquet toss from a very young age, and even then I hated it. I usually have people dragging me out from under a table and onto the dance floor to be a part of it. At one wedding, the bouquet literally fell at my feet. The bride’s sixteen year old cousin picked it up. It was a Mormon wedding, so she was likely to get married first anyway.

Ok… enough of my own pathology, and onto the purpose of this entry. An alternative to the bouquet toss.

If you have anything close to my sentiments, you might like to replace the traditional bouquet toss with: a bouquet presentation. What in the world is a bouquet presentation? I’ll tell you! The DJ or band leader will call married couples, one by one onto the floor according to how long they’ve been married, starting with the newest couples. The couple that has been married the longest is the last to be called, and as a celebration of their successful marriage, the bride presents them with the bouquet. Cute, don’t you think?

If you are all about the bouquet toss, please don’t be offended by this post. There’s a good chance I will have one at my own wedding, mostly because I’ll be so excited to be on the other side of it! I do think, however, that this is a great alternative, so I thought I’d share.

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Becky {Bow Ties + Bliss} - May 20, 2011 - 6:00 am

I love this idea! I agree about the bouquet toss, I’m not a huge fan either. This is a great alternative

Lauren Kelly - May 20, 2011 - 6:02 am

I’m a fan of both the bouquet toss and the special gift for the couple who has been married the longest. What a great idea to combine them!

Mel {The Oceanside Bride} - May 20, 2011 - 6:07 am

Definitely a great idea! I’ve been wondering if we’ll do one or not simply because we don’t have many single friends left. But this is certainly a great alternative!

Lauren @ ELD - May 20, 2011 - 6:07 am

OMG love this!! Such a great idea!!

Kristen {Savvy Deets Bridal} - May 20, 2011 - 6:09 am

What a sweet idea! I’ve heard of the dance celebrating the married couples, but presenting the bouquet is really sweet!

Jess - May 20, 2011 - 6:10 am

Oh my goodness you’re so funny! Part of this had me cracking up! I started laughing out loud. literally.

I actually really like this idea though. I hate the bouquet toss too! Which is ironic because we had one at our wedding. I suppose I just didn’t think there were alternatives. It seemed like one of those wedding traditions you just had to do. I like this much better though!

Sara - May 20, 2011 - 6:11 am

i completely agree! I am not a fan of the bouquet toss at all for all the reasons you mentioned… the first wedding I went to that didn’t have one did exactly what you suggested & the bride gave her bouquet to her grandmother- it was so sweet! For our wedding, I kept my bouquet and dried it. We have it in a vase in the guest room for now.

Colleen - May 20, 2011 - 7:11 am

Thanks ladies!! I’m glad people loved this idea as much as I did.

@Jess: I’m glad I entertained you! You entertain me often. I actually didn’t participate in the bouquet toss at your wedding. (I dodged a bullet on that one! Ha ha.) I was just coming out from the photo booth, and some of the guys saw me and were waving me over, but you were just about to throw it so I just stayed away. Phew! Lucky for you, you don’t ever have to participate in any ever again!

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April 6, 2011

Guest Post | You Make My Dreams Come True

I’m honored to have another amazing guest with us today. Tracy from Events to a T is here to share her story of how she and her husband chose the most important song at their wedding. Please welcome her warmly.

I cannot tell you what songs I chose for my processional, to what my bridesmaids walked down the aisle, I can’t even tell you to which song I walked down the aisle! I know I didn’t want it to be too “churchy” or traditional and that I played maybe three options for my now husband on the laptop before going to bed one night. The entire process took less than 15 minutes.

However, when choosing the recessional song, now THAT was important! That took us time. Yes, the recessional song, not the first dance song (though that was also important and took us some time, but did not excite us in the same way), not the father/daughter dance, not even our grand entrance song.

We felt as if the recessional song had to make a huge impact. This was going to be the first song people were going to hear after we had just said “I DO”. We would walk back down the aisle to this song as husband and wife! It had to be a celebration, it had to make an impact, and it had get the party started!

One Sunday morning after breakfast my now husband just started playing You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall and Oats on the computer and we were singing and dancing around the kitchen and we knew we had our recessional song! For the next several months we played this song over and over and over again. It made us so happy and excited.

We kept this little detail of the wedding from everyone and when it came on and we loudly sang the words “you make my dreams come true” while walking back down the aisle as my husband high-fived our guests, we could just see the pleasure on everyones faces. It was such a fun decision and one we will never forget. Today when that song comes on our friends smile and call it “our song”, not our first dance song.

Image by Doug DeMark Photography

Have fun with your music and your details, when you do, people notice and they have fun too!

Thank you so much for sharing with us Tracy! What a great story. (And song!)

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