There are 4 big things that John likes that would go well on a garter: art, penguins, the Washington Redskins and the Miami Dolphins. To be fair, the Skins are more something that he picked up from me, and he continues to root for them because of how unwise it would be to sit beside me and root against the Skins.
So here are my ideas:
1. Mondrian Squares. (Source). Artistic, symmetrical, colorful. John is an artist, and he would love this to be included somewhere in the wedding (besides our paper products, which I'm sure he will do an absolutely amazing job with). If anyone has any idea where I could possibly get Mondrian Square fabric, that would be great, because I'll be honest... I have no freakin idea.
2. Penguins. (Source) John's favorite animal. We're having a penguin cake topper, a penguin groom's cake (more on that in a later post) and I might be getting him penguin cufflinks. Most breeds of penguins mate for life, and we really like that symbolism as we start our life together! Plus, I can see him being really excited about making that discovery at the reception. His brother (also a huge penguin lover) would be totally jealous. I don't want to over do the penguins, though. I'm not sure at which point you go from cute to weird, and I don't want to find out by crossing that line.
My team and his team, sewn together on one garter. He jokingly promised me this year, after the end of the Dolphins season, that next year it would be a Dolphins-Redskins Superbowl, and it would destroy our new marriage. We can live in harmony! Sort of. Until we play each other. But in the mean time, it could work!!
Thoughts? Opinions? Which one do you like best?
I def. think you should do the redskins/dolphins idea :)
ReplyDeleteI feel the penguin thing is a little creepy-I love hippos but wouldn't really want to see my FI wearing hippo boxers just for me, ha