Toasting Tips

You know what spring and summer mean right? CELEBRATIONS! This seems to be the most popular time of year for people to throw big parties. Weddings, Baby showers, Graduation...
Just in case you are expected to declare your joy at the next party by giving a toast, here are some simple suggestions for meaningful and light nod's to the guest of honor.

With the advent of every techie's dream, your sure to have your toast captured by every digital means out there. Unless you want to end up on YouTube or Funniest Home Videos, keep to these simple rules:
1. Keep it Simple- Get to the toast quick. Don't linger on things that others have no prior knowledge or interest in.
2. Keep it Sweet- Remember to be gracious to your guest of honor. There's a time and place for crude humor. Grandpa's 80th is not always the best place for the bathroom jokes...
3. Keep it Sober- Need I say more?? Who hasn't witnessed the awful mess of a bridesmaid or best man as they stumble their way through their train wreck of a toast? Too much alcohol before the toast, and your sure to spill the beans on something much too juicy for this crowd.

Some quick and easy toasts to help get your creative juices flowing.

LOVE & MARRIAGE TOASTS:
"Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner."-Amy Bloom
"Happy marriages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blossom when we love the one we married."-Sam Levenson

IRISH WEDDING TOASTS:
"May your home always be too small to hold all your friends."
"May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies and quick to make friends. And may you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.

GRADUATION TOASTS:
"As you leave the world of academia and enter the world of reality, remember the best way to change the world is to set an example for others to follow."
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."-Henry David Thoreau

ANNIVERSARY TOASTS:
"Here's to you both, a beautiful pair, on the birthday of your love affair"
"Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century."~Mark Twain