Mar

20

Grabbing for the Garter!

Filed Under Photography, Planning Tips 

The guys never seem very thrilled about being hauled out to the dance floor for the garter toss. As a photographer, I’ve seen many garters just fall to the floor as all the guys take a step backwards to avoid it. Sometimes it is funny, but most of the time it is just sad.

As I was reading through old posts over on the WeddingBee, I came across a wedding recap from Mrs. Eggplant where she talked about her wedding day and shared a *fabulous* tip – give the guys an incentive beyond the garter itself to make them grab for it!


Photograph by Apertura.

They added a token gift card to the garter from Best Buy, and the result?


Photograph by Apertura.

The guys went for it! No garter falling to the floor, and it makes for much more interesting photographs for your photographer as an added bonus!

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3 Responses to “Grabbing for the Garter!”

  1. Incentive for the guys to grab that garter! » LanierStar Photography | weddings & portraits on March 20th, 2009 12:59 pm

    [...] the guys act like that garter has cooties, but this will change things up!  Go check out the GREAT TIP HERE!  Then you could have a garter toss that gets grabbed- like the one [...]

  2. The Future Mrs. C on March 25th, 2009 9:10 am

    Great idea. I am in fact attaching scratch-off lottery tickets to mine. And for the bouquet, I am doing a break apart toss, where 5 different small bouquets with small fortunes, such as “You will be the next to marry.” “You will live a long and charmed life” etc. plus lottery tickets. I’d love it if someone won some money at my wedding. :D

  3. Wedding Flip Flops on June 25th, 2009 6:05 pm

    Oh wow, that is a great idea! I didn’t think about adding a gift certificate. I’ll definitely be adding that to the bouquet too!

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