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Matching Toss Garters
By: Sarah Dobson | Monday 1st of October 2012 08:27:17 PM
Last night, I wrote a blog posting about how La Gartier is going to begin to offer two different types of toss garters: plain and.....well....not. You see, I have recently begun receiving tons of requests for toss garters that somehow match the brides' keepsake garter. So, within the next few months I am going to add a few listings to the website for those who want to order a garter that has a little something special. (I am loving the idea of a completely sparkly, girly, rhinestoned encrusted toss garter so I am hoping to add something like this....along with a pearl inspired option too)
Tonight I have decided to dedicate the next full thirty minutes of my life to blogging about some of the prettiest toss garters I have recently made. So, sit back, enjoy and take in the following five gorgeous matching toss garter/keepsake garter sets created for five different very unique, special La Gartier Brides.
Above: This is La Gartier Bride Ashley Hansen's oh-so-beautiful garter set. For her toss, we decided to put one single, large rhinestone at the center to help it match her keepsake. I really loved creating this garter for Ashley. We actually ended up texting back and forth for days to get her garter design absolutely perfect and became friends along the way.
Above: This garter set was created for La Gartier Bride Darla Hoy. Darla wanted a toss garter made out of smocked organza simply because she liked it. We decided to use pink velvet elastic underneath the smocked organza to bring in the pink roses that were being sprinkled throughout her wedding. This garter set screams glamour to me.
Above: This garter set belongs to La Gartier Bride Linda Matthews. For her toss, we wanted to bring in the plum and ivory pearls that were used to embellish her keepsake.......but we didn't want to use too many of them. So, we decided to do use about twenty plum and ivory pearls but alternate them along with ten very sparkly, discreet rhinestones.
Above: This garter set was created for La Gartier Bride Katie Beilin who wanted a tiny letter "H" initial to hang from her toss garter. This was the letter of what would soon become the first letter of her new last name. Precous idea, don't you think? (It was all Katie's....I take absolutely no credit here)
Above: This garter set was created for La Gartier Bride Lindsay Hasselbring. Lindsay had purple orchids all throughout her wedding and wanted to incorporate their beauty into her garter design somehow. After doing a ton of searching, I finally found two very very precious orchid inspired pendants in Egypt. Both she and I had to wait over a month for the orchid pendants to arrive, but once they did we knew that putting one on her keepsake and one on her toss would be the best way to make the two match. Isn't this garter set stunning??
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Wedding Garter Give Away: Southern Aisle Wedding Blog
By: Sarah Dobson | Tuesday 22nd of November 2011 03:58:51 PM
This week La Gartier is happy to announce that it is partnering with the oh-so-lovely wedding blog Southern Aisle for a give away that offers one lucky bride a chance to win one of three fabulous La Gartier garters!! This particular give away is extra special as it is Southern Aisle's first give away ever!!
The Southern Aisle is a wedding blog that focuses on southern wedding everything, from bowtie inspired engagement sessions to brides in cowboy boots. Lauren Adams, the writer behind Southern Aisle, is a southern girl herself and automatically got my attention with an irresistable Alabama bridal session that featured one of my favorite things in the entire world: horses. A white horse to be specific.
To go to the blog, click here. To enter the give away, click here. Below are some of my favorite images from Southern Aisle, plus a bit more about the give away itself!
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Pink Wedding Garter + Inspiration
By: Sarah Dobson | Thursday 17th of November 2011 08:29:33 PM
I came across this wonderful Audrey Hepburn quote last night as I was late-night web surfing and loved it so much I just had to take a screenshot of it. Call me predictable, but pink has and always will be my favorite color. Audrey Hepburn, I so completely and totally appreciate that you felt strongly about the color pink!! Below is the quote, beautifully and artistically rendered along with some of my favrite La Gartier garters that incorporate pink!
History of the Wedding Garter Tradition
By: Sarah Dobson | Thursday 17th of November 2011 03:18:49 PM
Throwing garters is considered to be the oldest surviving wedding tradition. Back in Dark Ages it was customary for friends, relatives and guests to accompany the bridal couple to the marriage bed. At first this was to safely see the married couple ensconced in their wedding bed and once established the crowd respectfully left the newly weds to their own company.
The wedding garter toss became a game of sorts. The bridal party would toss the garter at the grooms nose and the person who successfully landed the garter on his nose would be the next to marry.
The custom became rowdier and bawdier until the guests were eager to help the bride out of her wedding clothes. The wedding guests would try to grab the bride's garter for good luck. It is thought to forestall such impropriety, the bride's garter was given to the mob as a distraction. Soon this became an established custom.
Throwing the garter to the groom's men is what remains of the custom. In Northern England the old custom was for male guests to rush the bride at the altar when the ceremony was finished and remove her garter from her leg. In the panic this usually meant the bride was knocked over and trampled on.
Gradually brides made garters easier to detach and finally to avoid threat of injury they tossed their garters away at the end of the ceremony. Garters were imbued with fertility and the bride's garter signified consummation, fulfillment, and progeny and was always fiercely sought after. Untying the bride's garter had a deeply symbolic act. In the past the lucky guest to receive the bride's garter would wear it proudly on his hat, before giving it to the girl of his choice for luck.
Another variation on this custom in the 19th century was for the local youths to race from the church to the bride's house. The first was given the honor of removing the bride's left garter. He would then tie this around his own true love's knee as a guard against unfaithfulness. In the North of England , the custom was for the man to wear the bride's garter in his hat.
Tossing the garter was reintroduced in the early part of the twentieth century. These days, the groom is responsible for removing the garter and tossing it at the eagerly waiting groomsmen at the reception. Much tamer that the early days. Bride would also have a second keepsake garter that they would keep with their wedding dress.
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Wedding Garter Set
By: Sarah Dobson | Thursday 27th of October 2011 11:24:33 PM
I have been getting so many requests for wedding garter sets recently, that I added a Toss Garter option to the shop. Now you can get a matching ivory or white satin toss garter to go along with whichever keepsake garter you choose from the collection. It is just a plain, simple satin band, made to throwing to a group of rowdy, single men. If you want your toss in any particular color, send an email to info@lagartier.com or use the contact form on the Contact page. Photos of the newest La Gartier wedding garter sets to come! For now, below is a picture of what the Toss Garter listing looks like along with my favorite new quote. Happy La Gartier everyone!!
To Toss or Not to Toss? Wedding Garter Dilemma.
By: Sarah Dobson | Tuesday 4th of October 2011 06:26:11 PM
Being a wedding garter designer, I hear and read a lot about why women decide to stay away from the wedding garter toss segment of their reception. It is tacky they say. Most report an almost definite NO to the whole thing: having their entire wedding party watch the groom search up her gown, scrambling for one of her wedding garments, tossing it to his best male friends? A total Neanderthal practice they say.
Which I can totally understand. To be completely honest, I don't think I would do the whole thing either. Especially if there were teeth involved. Eeekk. However, as La Gartier has grown I have learned that many of today's brides are buying garters not because they want to do the whole garter toss thing or not. They are buying them just to have them. That is, more and more often brides are buying garters just to have a memorable keepsake that they well cherish always, have yet another fabulous accessory, or pass on to their daughters. My garters are meant to be worn and cherished.....and also tossed if the bride so desires (I always offer simple toss garters at a minimal price to go along with the keepsake).
When I started designing wedding garters years ago the actual wedding garter tradition--the toss part---never even crossed my mind. I suppose I am lucky because I am finding that it isn't crossing my brides' minds either.
To toss or not to toss? Doesn't matter when you have a La Gartier garter.
I think I just came up with LG's first slogan:)))
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Couture Military Garter for the Military Bride
By: Sarah Dobson | Wednesday 21st of September 2011 12:47:44 AM
About a year ago, I came across the most unique pin in the back of one of my favorite antique stores here in Atlanta. I bought it right away thinking that it would be perfect for a military garter. (I did research on the pin and it is actually a pin rewarded to soldiers that jumped out of airplanes during WWII. I have no idea who this belonged to but can I please say, wow, what you must have seen in your life).
Anyway, I had just seen a friend of mine do a WWII inspired engagement shoot and I knew that there was a demand for military styled wedding garters. I had never seen a military garter done well however. You know, something designer....something of substance. The few military garters I have run across just include a military green color, camouflage or some sort of american flag insignia. About two weeks ago I put all of my work aside and decided to finally design the military garter the pin was meant for. Below is a picture of the final product. Behold, the first couture military garter. (Now there are two words that I never thought I would see together...couture and military). I can't wait to send this to someone who will love it!
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What is a Wedding Garter Set?
By: Sarah Dobson | Tuesday 5th of July 2011 10:11:17 PM
Lately I have had so many brides ask me this question that it seems to be something worth blogging about. A garter set consists of two garters: a keepsake garter and a toss garter. The keepsake garter is, as the name would suggest, the garter that the bride wears on her wedding day and keeps as a special remembrance of her big day. The keepsake garter is usually a bit heavier on the design side, with initials or embellishments or hierloom jewelry that symbolize something special. The second garter, the toss, is a garter that the bride wears for her husband to remove and "toss" to all of his single bachelor friends. The tossing of the garter is an age old wedding garter tradition dating back to..........well.........we will save that for another blog post. The "tossing of the garter" generally takes place during the wedding reception. It is the man's version of the bouquet toss if you will. The keepsake is usually worn above the toss, as the toss needs to be available to be pulled off by the groom. Most of my garters are keepsake garters for the bride to treasure long after her wedding day, although I do offer garter sets for a small additional charge. If you need a toss to go with your keepsake, just contact me or let me know in the "comments" section of the checkout process and I can create a simple toss away garter for you! Below are a few pictures of La Gartier garter sets to give you a better idea of what and how to wear them. Happy La Gartier!
La Gartier bride Monica Lynn Collier's garter set
La Gartier bride Erin Nicole Glatter's garter set
A garter set I designed for La Gartier bride Jarrity Zachary.
Here the toss is featured on the top and the keepsake on the bottom.
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The Jenna Wedding Garter
By: Sarah Dobson | Wednesday 4th of May 2011 10:38:16 PM
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