At our wedding this past March, we had to think long and hard about how we were setting up the bar. We knew we had to hire a bartender or two, as per our venue's rules. So that meant setting up a specific place for our guests to get their drinks. However, there are so many choices when it comes to alcohol at a wedding- do you need it? Do you go wild and have an open bar? Just beer and wine? The options are limitless.
What we decided to go with was a specified menu for drinks. We offered beer {from a keg behing the bar}, red and white wine, and three mixed drinks that we thought everyone would be happy with: margaritas, a vodka drink, and a whiskey drink.
I made up the menus {one on each side of the L-shaped bar} and the bartender stuck with our "rules" for the drinks. It worked flawlessly! :)
We did add some cute cocktail napkins that I ordered from this website. They were the perfect addition to grabbing a cocktail- cute, bright, and added a little color to the bar. Plus, they were personalized, which is always fun. :) Add votives and a jar of flowers {faux! I'll get to those in the coming weeks!} and it was the perfect bar.
But then, what about the non-drinkers? What about the kids? Do you want everyone having to run up to the bar, even to grab a water?? Nope.
We set up a separate table, next to the bar, where guests could "self serve" their water, lemonade, and iced tea. Cups were available and we used big glass jars to dispense the drinks. The jars without the spouts had big ladles in front of them, resting on fauz "grass" mats, made of plastic- to soak up the drips from the drink jars! It was perfect. Then we knew there were two places that our guests were able to quench their thirst. :)
Everything had labels on it, that I made from Martha Stewart stickers and label sheets from Michael's. It couldn't have been easier! :)
I think our bar and drink station were the perfect set-up. :)
{Except we had a looooot of extras. Better to be safe than sorry.}
I got married this past March, and I keep wanting to share all the little details of the wedding here on my blog. John and I got married at the most perfect red barn, down near San Diego, and it was the most breathtking backdrop for what I wanted my wedding day to look like.
So today, I am working my way from the outside in, and I'm going to show you the front doors to the barn, where all the guests came in to be seated. We also decorated the back doors, which were actually closed during the ceremony and that was the backdrop to where we got married.
{front doors}
{back doors & altar area}
{The wreaths in action behind us during our ceremony! Love!}
I wanted to keep the doors simple, but add a special handmade touch. I found this amazing wreath craft and knew I had hit the perfect decoration for the doors. We had ongoing craft nights to make everything for my wedding {thank you to all the fab ladies who helped me!!!} so this was one of the crafts we accomplished. Instead of a letter opener, we used a pencil to push the tissue paper into the styrofoam. We also used Alene's craft glue instead of a glue gun, but either would work fine. :)
This is an amazingly simple craft that you can do for any season. Use different colors of tissue paper to make a Halloween wreath {I think I will be doing a black glittery one for my front door next month!}, use Christmas or autumn colors, make a bright orange one for summer... the possibilities are seriously endless. It is easy and effective and your front door will be so happy.
So glad to share this special handmade detail of my wedding day with you! Stick with me as ech Wednesday I post something wedding-related :) I am thrilled to finally be sharing all of this hard work with all of you.
I also want to give a huge THANKS to our amazing photographer, Leylla, who runs Imagery with Impact. She took these fantastic photos and I will be forever grateful. If you live anywhere near San Diego, call her immediately. You won't regret it. :)
Happy Wednesday!!
xo!
