I heart(er) my garter

As I mentioned before, Mr. Snow Cone and I have decided we're doing the traditional bouquet and garter tosses.  I have my bouquet all straightened around, which is 50% of the toss battle.  I can't really do a garter toss without a garter, now can I?

Fortunately, the garter-less garter toss will not be occurring at the Snow Cone wedding.  That's right, I've secured my garter, armed and ready for tossing.  When brainstorming garter options, I knew I wanted something specific, so it was just a matter of tracking down someone to execute my vision.  After doing a couple dozen Google searches, I came across Let's Dance Garters, a small company that offers a huge array of garters with a boatload of customization options.

I found this set, which immediately caught my eye:

Image via Let's Dance Garters ($24.95)

But I decided that if Mr. Snow Cone withdrew a garter from underneath my gown that only paid homage to my university (which is probably one of his least favorite colleges, at least sports-wise), he'd have a cow.  And, to be perfectly honest, what initially led me to this garter site was the fact that it sold a certain other collegiate garter as well:

Image via Let's Dance Garters ($24.95)

Just as doing my school alone would ruffle Mr. Snow Cone's feathers, doing his school alone didn't 100% sit well with me.  I decided to give the company a call and see if there was any plausible way to smoosh two schools into one garter set.  I described my vision hesitantly, keeping my fingers crossed and my hopes high.  As soon as I finished my description, the woman on the other end of the phone exclaimed, "Oh!  You want one of our mixed-marriage garter sets!  We do those all the time!"  Perfection.  A few quick detail decisions later, I placed my order.  Less than 48 hours after that, I found these beauts waiting for me:

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And here's a close-up of the center of each garter in the set:

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I was so pumped with the finished product that I immediately showed it off to everyone and anyone who made eye contact with me.  The overwhelming response?  "Oh, he's gonna die when he sees those!"  My thoughts exactly.

Did you use customization with your garters?  If you could give a shout-out to any team via your garter set, which team would you pick?