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Feb 22, 2011 12:04 PM
justincredible;687174 wrote:Bet they'll feel like shit if you decide to get drunk and stab a guy.

well played
Feb 22, 2011 12:04pm
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Feb 22, 2011 12:08 PM
The last (and only) wedding I was in, the groom got us all monogrammed cufflinks. I thought it was pretty cool. Speaking of which, I need to find out where those suckers wondered off to.
Feb 22, 2011 12:08pm
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Feb 22, 2011 12:19 PM
I got my guys a soft sided cooler. It was a personal one that could be used as a lunch bag/or hold a 12 pack. They all had their initials on them. They were about $30/piece and pretty nice actually. I also threw in a 12 pack of their favorite beer, so they had plenty to drink before the wedding and on the party bus.

I wanted to do something different. I thought about the Louisville Slugger idea or something sports related, but my wife's brother and brother-in-law aren't HUGE sports guys like my cousins and buddies were, so they would have had to have had something different.
Feb 22, 2011 12:19pm
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Feb 22, 2011 12:36 PM
Fab4Runner;686590 wrote:My brother was in a wedding in August and the groom had a caricature drawn that included him and all 8 groomsmen. It turned out really well and they all LOVED it. My brother has been in probably 7 or 8 weddings and had never gotten anything like it.




Edit: He had it matted and framed for them as well.
justincredible;686602 wrote:I did their shirt and tie, a bottle of wine, and the following:



Obviously the individual picture was different for each guy. Since I had played team sports at some point with almost all of them I thought it was cool to kinda throw back to those days with the team photo. They all thought it was great.

These are great. Where did you get them done?
Feb 22, 2011 12:36pm
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Feb 22, 2011 12:38 PM
I had 8 groomsmen in our wedding. Since we were golfing at the day of my bachelor party, I got them each a personalized golf towel with their last name on it and customized golf balls with my wedding date on it. Every time I golf with one of them they still to this date (quite a few years later) have the towel on their bag.
Feb 22, 2011 12:38pm
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Feb 22, 2011 12:58 PM
I am gonna do the caricature thing. Fiancee's dad is an artist
Feb 22, 2011 12:58pm
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Feb 22, 2011 1:03 PM
Fab4Runner;686590 wrote:


Is the dude in the middle sporting Tiffin U gear?
Feb 22, 2011 1:03pm
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Feb 22, 2011 1:37 PM


Is the dude in the middle sporting Tiffin U gear?
Yes.

Fab's brother, in the OSU gear I think, went there and most of those guys did too I'm pretty sure.
Feb 22, 2011 1:37pm
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Feb 22, 2011 1:44 PM
Sonofanump;687257 wrote:Is the dude in the middle sporting Tiffin U gear?
Haha I noticed that too. I went to Tiffin and that dude looks pretty familiar.
Feb 22, 2011 1:44pm
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Feb 22, 2011 1:46 PM
TBone14;687225 wrote:These are great. Where did you get them done?

I found a local artist on craigslist.
Feb 22, 2011 1:46pm
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Feb 22, 2011 1:55 PM
justincredible;687305 wrote:I found a local artist on craigslist.

Nice. How much did that run you? I checked a couple sites that did it online and it was ridiculous. $375 for 6 people and all you got was one print, not framed and the file.
Feb 22, 2011 1:55pm
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Feb 22, 2011 1:59 PM
TBone14;687318 wrote:Nice. How much did that run you? I checked a couple sites that did it online and it was ridiculous. $375 for 6 people and all you got was one print, not framed and the file.

I paid her I think $175-200 which included the (digital) individual files as well as them all together with the background. It also included a big sketch of just my wife and I (with our dogs) in our wedding outfits that we framed. It was the original drawing, not digital. I had to buy the frames and pay to print out the digital prints but I got the frames on sale and the digital prints weren't expensive. It was wayyyy less than $300 for everything.
Feb 22, 2011 1:59pm
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Feb 22, 2011 4:56 PM
Sonofanump;687257 wrote:Is the dude in the middle sporting Tiffin U gear?
Iliketurtles;687300 wrote:Haha I noticed that too. I went to Tiffin and that dude looks pretty familiar.


Yep my brother, the groom (he is the one wearing the Tiffin U shirt) and I believe all but one of the others went to Tiffin and played baseball. The groom works for Tiffin U as well.
Feb 22, 2011 4:56pm
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Feb 22, 2011 5:00 PM
TBone14;687318 wrote:Nice. How much did that run you? I checked a couple sites that did it online and it was ridiculous. $375 for 6 people and all you got was one print, not framed and the file.


I will see if I can find out who did theirs and will let you know.
Feb 22, 2011 5:00pm
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Mar 1, 2011 1:34 PM
TBone14;687225 wrote:These are great. Where did you get them done?


Finally got the information for the guy that did the pic I posted.

Kevin McGinn [email protected]

Hope that helps!
Mar 1, 2011 1:34pm
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Mar 1, 2011 1:54 PM
Fab4Runner;687472 wrote:Yep my brother, the groom (he is the one wearing the Tiffin U shirt) and I believe all but one of the others went to Tiffin and played baseball. The groom works for Tiffin U as well.
Haha that's pretty crazy and pretty awesome. Your brother is a pretty cool guy he is a person I always look forward to talking to anytime I go back to Tiffin for events and stuff. I had fun tailgating with him this past fall at TU homecoming game.
Mar 1, 2011 1:54pm
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Mar 1, 2011 1:57 PM
Iliketurtles;695943 wrote:Haha that's pretty crazy and pretty awesome. Your brother is a pretty cool guy he is a person I always look forward to talking to anytime I go back to Tiffin for events and stuff. I had fun tailgating with him this past fall at TU homecoming game.
Sorry I did make that kinda confusing...my brother isn't the groom but he is one of his best friends. They just went to TU together. But yes, the groom is a cool guy....loves to kick it!
Mar 1, 2011 1:57pm
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Mar 1, 2011 2:15 PM
Fab4Runner;695946 wrote:Sorry I did make that kinda confusing...my brother isn't the groom but he is one of his best friends. They just went to TU together. But yes, the groom is a cool guy....loves to kick it!

Ah I gotcha haha.
Mar 1, 2011 2:15pm
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dave

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Mar 1, 2011 2:23 PM
I got my groomsmen an engraved bottle opener, bottle of their favorite liquor, and paid for their hotel rooms. Not cheap but most of them were in grad school or just out of school and I know how much it sucks to pay for 2 nights of a hotel.
Mar 1, 2011 2:23pm