The Wedding 09-12-15

Mickey and I recently got married in Morgan Hill, CA on 09-12-15, our 12-year anniversary. Before we even got engaged, a lot of people would make jokes about a Batman-themed wedding because everybody knows how much I love Batman. I kind of considered it after seeing some gorgeous inspiration from When Geeks Wed. Deep down I knew it wouldn't be Batman-themed, though. The wedding wasn't just about me and my obsession after all. Also, let's all be honest, a Batman-themed wedding sounds really dark.

That's not to say that I didn't add a bit of Batman flair wherever I could. :)

Batman music doesn't really lend itself to weddings, but growing up with Batman: The Animated Series, I had to squeeze it in somewhere so I actually had the Batman: TAS theme song playing during the bouquet toss. That was kind of fun and made it seem like way more of an action scene than it was. A girlfriend of mine caught the bouquet with one hand while holding a drink in the other. It was epic and I was so proud.

The excitement in this photo is so palpable. It makes me so happy.

Speaking of music, Mickey had the great idea of having him and the bridal party walk out to the Game of Thrones theme song during the ceremony. I loved it! I was hiding in the back waiting for my turn to walk down the aisle so I'm really excited for the raw footage from our wedding so I can actually see the bridal party walking out. I'll be sure to share that once we receive it.

The few Batman-related items that made their way into our wedding include my garter(s) and my silk robe for getting ready. I adored these details. Our wedding colors were navy and Tiffany blue/teal with aceents of coral and khaki/tan so the yellow/black were outside of the color theme, but they were just the touches of Batman I needed for myself.

#batmanandwhiskey at its finest

Mickey and I had a full open bar, but also served specific wedding cocktails. The groom's "cocktail" was a Coors light with a shot of Jameson which he cleverly called the "Tu Step" (i.e. Two Step) because his real name is Anh Tu. Tell me you don't love that. My drink was a Batmanhattan! The drink pictured below isn't a Manhattan, but it shows the Batman straws that I also made available at the bar for guests to use in case they wanted to embellish their Batman-themed or non-Batman-themed cocktails.

The last bit of geekiness from our wedding came in the form of our custom Funko Pop cake-toppers. These were custom designed to look like us by Tom Shultis. His Facebook page is linked below in case you're interested in seeing his other work.

These toppers weren't blatantly Batman-related as you can see, but they meant a lot to us because Mickey and I are both huge Funko Pop collectors. For any of you who collect these things, you'll know just how addicting they can be. It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Once you Pop, you can't stop." I stick to all Batman-themed Funko Pops of course. Earlier on in the wedding planning stages, Mickey had the great idea of getting customized Funko Pop cake toppers for our big day. It was a perfect idea and they turned out AMAZINGLY.

Do they look like us?

We've already had several people ask us about Tom's work because they're interested in the same types of toppers for themselves and we've referred them to him. He of course doesn't just do cake toppers so I'm encouraging you again to check out his stuff. His usual custom work is super impressive and detailed.

That covers the geeky details of the wedding! I've submitted this to When Geeks Wed, too, so I hope they share our wedding soon. :) Here are some bonus wedding photos just because I'm in love with my wedding dress and Mickey looks so clean in that suit.

Since we're on the topic of geeky love, next post will have to be about how Mickey proposed. I love telling the story and giving him credit because it was super cool, unique, and thoughtful all at once. I'll share with you all soon!

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Photos: Eric Le Photography. Eric is a friend of ours and an amazing Bay Area photographer! We would highly recommend him. Check out more of his work on Facebook, which includes our engagement shoot and some other photos from our wedding.

Custom Funko Pops: Shultis Customs. Tom is extremely talented. Check out his work.

Batman robe: Hot Topic

Batman garter: Aussie Wedding Garters (Esty)

Bridesmaid robes: Victoria's Secret

Wedding dress: Moonlight Bridal. I've actually seen something similar from Haley Paige who I'm a huge fan of. I think the dress I went with is a bit more affordable, though.

Groom's suit: Indochino

Venue: Willow Heights Mansion, Morgan Hill. This is a very helpful, very gorgeous, very professional all-inclusive venue.

Hair & Make-up: Michelle Nguyen, San Jose

Flowers & decor: Deluxe + Design + Decor

Hellooo!

Welcome to Batman and Whiskey!

I've finally decided to start a proper blog about my Batman collection... and my obsession with Batman.

This blog was actually initially started years ago as battiff.blogspot.com where I would post any picture of my Batman collection I could find time to take or forage from the depths of my private Facebook account. Some of my friends have seen it. It was frantic and messy and, quite honestly, ugly because all I wanted to do was document as much of the collection as possible. I actually wanted to figure out a way to share all the Batman stuff I owned starting with a Facebook photo album when Facebook only allowed 120 photos per album which evolved into battiff.blogspot.com. The blog dropped off because I got lazy and the collection overwhelmed me. I gave up on trying to post everything.

I've decided to take a different approach, a more relaxed, conversational approach via batmanandwhiskey.blogspot.com. I started this blog for several reasons:

1. Battiff was taken on Facebook and Twitter. Not lying. That was a legit reason this blog changed URLs.
   Somewhat unrelated, but you know there's a character limit for Twitter handle names? It's 15 in case you're curious. BatmanandWhiskey is 16. If I were talking about Japanese or Scottish whisky, it would have been perfect, but I digress.
2. I have a day job in digital media planning a.k.a. advertising a.k.a. Mad Men stuff. Over the last few years, I've seen a lot of advertising being done through what we call "social influencers." Basically, people get paid to post and write about stuff they like on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Vine, YouTube, blogs, etc. I'm no Justin Beiber (before he was picked up by Usher that is), but my understanding is that I could make a few bucks on the side if I could keep up posting regularly enough. I just had to find a topic that I could keep up writing about. Notice I said "regularly." I'm not making any promises, but this first post is a pretty good start, right?
3. Almost 2 years ago, I started my own hashtag on a whim. #Batmanandwhiskey started with the Instagram post below. It initially started as #whiskeyandBatman because I wasn't thinking, but eventually went back to prioritize. I thought it was fun, kept it up, and it made me realize how often I'm surrounded by Batman... and maybe whiskey, but that's not the point. I decided to extend the concept to this blog.

#TGIF. Sometimes all I need is #whiskey & #Batman. You think I could get that combined hashtag to become a thing...? Whatever, I'm doing it. #whiskeyandbatman #manhattans #batmanandwhiskey

A photo posted by Tiffany (@tiff_th) on May 23, 2014 at 5:59pm PDT

(You'll see that I really like to make lists from my blogging style. I think it has something to do with my love of organization.)

Overall, this blog is still going to be treated as a way for me to (slowly) document my collection while giving me the opportunity to tell a story behind every Batman item I share. Some posts may involve whiskey, but most probably will not.

If you do decide to have something like an Old Fashioned, though, hopefully you swing by my blog at the same time and make it a Batman and Whiskey moment. :)