...t of wedding planning for me besides finding the perfect venue was finding the perfect caterer. I honestly had no clue how much catering services would cost so I experienced quite the sticker sh...
... I have several glass pieces that will create a wonderful Candy Bar! Some items were gently used once for a wedding candy bar and packed up. Now ready to go for the next celebration. Some stil...
While FH & I were
at Ikea today..
We picked up these
Light Pink Beverage Napkins
to use at our Bar at the wedding.
We got 50 napkins for $1.49!
... our reception hall and snapped a few photos of the facility in a non-set up form. However they did have the bar area setup and the kitchen closed off behind a curtain. I really like our decis...
Here are our Napkins for our bar!
I actually picked these up at Target.
They were on sale for $1.50 per pack
when I was there last week.
We got 2 packs of the Damask
and 1 ...
... the wedding favor. I think I have just about all of them that I will need. I can't wait to fill them with purple and green candy of all sorts. I found little mesh draw string bags in the perfec...
I want to thank all of you for emailing me. I've been so busy but not forgotten! These are my latest creations of another order of Tiffany White Chocolate Marshmallows. This order was esp...
... the Reception. I considered a cigar roller but they are rare...and quite expensive in New Orleans so I think this would be a cute alternative.
I'd love to hear some of your thoughts and ide...
...your photo or monogram.
Personalized Bubbles
Personalized Fans/Fan Programs
Programs and Invitations
Menus
Escort Cards
Banners...such as your names, Candy Buffet Banners, Jus...
... the cake cutting and the serving of the dessert bar!
We're already doing froo froo signature cocktails... would'nt people rather not drink and then eat supper? I know I'd rather eat, then drin...
...on a budget.
It only took Jacob and me only a day to decide this was definatly the place we wanted to do it. And with some influence from my family we decided that 10.01.11 is a fun date. It...
... These are a great way to add a personalized touch to your candy bar/buffet.
I can customize them in any way you can imagine. I can even add your picture.
They are also great bridal sh...
My Fellow Brides to Be you know these jars are very expensive...the least expensive I've seen so far is about $30 for the large apothecary jar.
I have 9 containers and scoops available fo...
My Fellow Brides to Be you know these jars are very expensive...the least expensive I've seen so far is about $30 for the large apothecary jar.
I have 9 containers and scoops available fo...
I know this is a never ending debate amongst us brides and I have heard some great theories/calculations (for instance the average drinker consumes 1 drink per hour & you need 3 container...
... I wanted to make a specialty drinks menu for the bar.
So I went to the dollar store and found a cheap frame but it wasn't how I wanted it. So when I was in Michaels today I bought some crack...
The hall that we found we get to supply our own liquor which is one of the things my FH wanted to do. So I found a list it says it's good for 100 guest's if you have light drinkers.
Beer- ...
... the cake {making myself}, flowers, DIY decorations/centerpieces, invitations, and attire!! And too top it all off they had one June date left so we are officially getting married June 11, 2011....
... AFTER HEARING EXACTLY WHAT THE PEABODY WANTED FOR THE BALLROOMS I DECIDED AGAINST THE LOCATION INSTEAD ITS NOW BETWEEN TWO LOCATIONS, ONE WITHIN GREAT DISTANCE FOR ALL MY GUESTS AND IT HAS A ...
... Thi so cool! I found this ideas when I was looking at caterer website. Matini luge (also call martini slide) look very great and you can personalize them with manograms, lighting, shape, etc....
A local favorite. Riesling, Chardonnay & Merlot. YUM…
...mall wedding cake, mostly for the tradition of it. We'll also have a long display of smaller desserts & then my mom just came up with the cool idea of a cheesecake bar...I've been drooling o...
...menu photo on WBC so if this belongs to you, let me know so I can give credit where credit is due!...
So we just updated our mashed potatoes to a Mashed Potatoe Martni bar!! How cool is that?? So our guest will get their mashed potatoes in a Martini glass, and they can top it with whatever th...
... the wedding reception. This came in handy for our WBC sister here and with these placed on her tables and bar the guests knew exactly what was on the favorites that night. Very organized with t...
... I am one of the lucky/unlucky ones who has to make my own bar, find workers and stock it!
I was looking for how much punch would suffice for toasts and I came across this page that had a lot...
So my mom has sort of taken the front seat finding candy for our sweet bar. I'm SO EXCITED! It's going to be so much more overflowing than I even expected, haha. She's amazing. I'm SO glad th...
... My husband thinks it a good idea to have a self serve bar. The hotel is letting us bring our own drinks and we really cant afford a bartender. So far I found that they are charging $100 to $1...
So a few days ago I blogged about the candy buffet that I didn't plan on doing at first but was looking more and more appealing... oh it's full blown on now! I came home and talked to the FH ...
... the reception. We have a couple of tents and the bar will be near the entrance of the main door/flaps. I'm so ready!
Signature Drinks Are:
Orange Cadillacs
Chocolate Martinis
Long Island...
... Me and the girls went out to Boot Scooters one night (the only country bar in town) not thinking I'd find my future love. After a few drinks and dances later this tall, good looking, black co...
...your wedding photos!...
... the honeymoon before the rehearsal. I tried to sleep in today, but my parents were loud and the phone kept ringing all morning, but I did make it till 9. Maybe tomorrow I can make it till 10 or...
... and reception. Lots of booze!
\CHECK/
All the booze, hired bartenders and the liquor license! PAID-BABY! Time to partay!!!!
Our 325 guests will have the time of thier lives! Toot-Tooot!
...
WE ARE HAVING A LIMITED OPEN BAR, THAT MEANS THE DRINKS WILL BE FREE FOR THE GUEST BUT WE WILL ONLY OFFER WHAT WE SUPPLY TO DRINK. SINCE IT WILL BE LIMITED OPEN, I WANTED TO OFFER GUEST A WRI...
...rink budget be?
Also, when should you open the bar? right at 5pm or after dinner? some people wait till 9pm...what are you guys doing for your weddings?
Thanks for the input!...
... the Invitation Section
I call these: Buck & Doe Invites on Blue
Remember that all invitations come in your choosen colors!
Email me at: Partyshakers@yahoo.com
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I need some suggestions ladies.. I got these popcorn containers for the popcorn bar I am going to have at my vintage wedding at a State Theatre (they are a very hard plastic and very nice, no...
Soo we were thinking and talking and thinking..
Unless you gave birth to the bride or groom or in the wedding its a cash bar for all the guests?
Is that reasonable?
I was thinking ab...
...on a budget and our original plan for bar was to have butlered cocktails at cocktail hour, table wine made by MIL, drink tickets for 3 bar drinks (beer, rum, rye, vodka), and cash bar after that...
... our budget. I contacted them and told them what I want and they quoted me 16.99 pp!!! WOW It was really outta our price range. So I told them thanks but no thanks. They then told me tey would b...
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Hey! I know I'm posting a new entry rather quickly here, but I'm wondering. I've looked online and no one seems to know where it's possible to buy all pink starburst. Pink starburst is on...
... the reception! I have no idea where to start! I'm going CRAZZZZY! It's tough because we are only having 30 people (our choice to have a very small wedding) and all the banquet rooms are MASSIVE...
I 'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT AS ELABORATE AS THE FIRST PICTURE BUT I WANT TO ADD A FEW LOUNGE SEATING AND COCKTAIL TABLES AROUND THE BAR. HOPEFULLY I CAN SET UP OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM. I ALSO WANT ...
...your reception? It's a budget saver for sure!
I was fishing along on another website and this was posted by someone called Prettykitty. Instead of paying up to $3.00 a cupcake, why not bake you...
I found the really great trees for either the bar or a guest table, not sure where i will put them but i love them!!!
...sert flowers or thinly sliced fruit (we've used nasturtiums, lemons, and limes) around the bottle, filling one third of the carton. Pour water into the container, just covering the fruit and flo...
... our honeymoon.
Jamaican Sunset
-rum
-pineapple nectar
-orange juice
I've had this before but it had a different name. I just need to work out the proportions. I'm a chemist so I need t...
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... our reception. Since all of the alcohol for our signature drinks were included in our bar we didn't have to pay extra for them, I just had to buy the nectar. So, that is one more thing that I c...
... our reception. I didn't want to do a candy buffet, but something really different. Angel loves nuts and our family does to. So, I want to have the Nut Buffet Bar for our guests! It's a little m...
Technically a Bellini is white peach puree and Prosecco. That’s it. However, it seems that today people loosely associate the term Bellini with just about any fruit and Prosecco combination.
...
We are doing an open bar, but we thought it might be nice to try to defray some expenses by having a donation jar for those who want to help us out. It's been brought to my attention that som...
Love these light up bars that I rented for my wedding. The white screens can change to different colors but I am going to keep them the same color that they are. This way they will go with t...
Here is an alternative to a candy bar, very cute idea
... and reception location this weekend so we could get a few ideas of where we want things and what we need to buy decoration wise. Every time we visit our site we fall even more in love with it! ...
I have been reading a lot of blogs about this topic and decided that I need some more opinions. We cannot afford a completely open bar. There is definately no room for this. Some of the blogs...
... our honeymoon location (which should be tropical. :) ) Any other ideas for this one? Kinda a toughie...
Something Brewed: Keg Beer
I just think its such a cute idea and hopefully there wo...
...ther DIY project for the wedding. It actually seems to be really easy and inexpensive, and will fit in perfectly with our reception location. We have a few buffets and mantels that I would love ...
... OUR RECEPTION BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SET IT UP. DO I PLACE THE GLASSES FILLED WITH PRE-MIXED DRINKS? DO I PLACE IT IN GLASS BEVERAGE DISPENSERS, OR CHIC GLASS PITCHERS NEXT TO THE DRINKING GLA...
...d my dress will be new. However, I don't know what to do for the rest of the stuff.
I saw a site that recommended having drinks named the someting old(rum and coke), something new(mojito), so...
... Update on my birthday
No idea how many drinks I had, what I drank (my 1st was a UV Red & Sprite), what time I left the bar, who was all there, and how the hell did I make it home?
I...
...f my decor. I got up before nine and took my dogs for a walk, then got to work on the yard till one. That's another thing. I started walking my dogs for a half hour a day. Now I am at work and t...
...de
reception inside (prefer same place as ceremony)
great landscape for pictures
family style dinner (or buffet)
a room for the bridal party to get ready
and a bar
Ladies if you know ...
...s
"Honeymoon Fund- Bar by Donation"
or...
"Newlywed Fund- Bar by Donation"
etc...
Thoughts?
UPDATED April 6th, 2009
We are providing all the wine on each table (4 bottles each!...
...y my honeymoon!!!
I need help. What should I do???...
Okay ladies, what are you planning on doing for your wedding? Are you going with an open bar, cash bar, or something in between?
Well here are my bar bottle lights! I really love the look of displaying the wine and liquor area, including the punch fountain area.
test inner 5
...reen dresses will clash... I don't think. And I'm sort of considering switching them to Navy blue anyway. And the best part!!! It's called THE OXFORD! My granddad graduated from Oxford Universit...
These are so cute! Do you think this is necessary? Since we have to supply our own Bar and glassware, I thought that these may look cute for the bar. They are on the small side of 2 oz,...
Either this weekend or next weekend my girls and I will try and figure out what my signature brink will consist of.......
What about you ladies what are your signture drinks and are you wi...
... our reception. Many of our friends have done the same at their wedding receptions, so I feel safe that we're not going to offend anyone by not serving liquor.
We thought about doing a signa...
...ter (MOH) is convinced that you have to have a stripper at your bechelorette party. I really don't want one. I would sort of feel like I was cheating on Brandon for even being in the same room a...
I love this idea! Sometimes getting together something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue becomes more of a chore than anything else...
So with this new, fun and bri...
...$500 budget for both ceremony and reception venue (crazy, I know...)
It's actually quite a steal. For only $225 - yes, really that low - we can have an outdoor wedding in the field out back (...
... our cake table looks like, but I don't.
Like the head table, I want lights and maybe some flowers. No matter what we end up doing, I want the cake table, head table, guest table, and bar to...
...your videographer involved and go for a live guest book reel by having each of your guests express all of their sentiments on camera.
5. The Lighting
Why: The right lighting can help flatte...
... What kind of alcoholic beverages are you offering? My venue allows me to bring alcohol but I don't what to bring.... Help! TIA
Clarification- My venue provides the bartender, mixes, glasse...
... I went a bought 4 bottles of champagne to taste this weekend. Our venue is letting us bring in the champagne for the toast, but no other liquor. Strange Texas liquor laws that allow this, but...
...r my reception someday. I wasn't sure on the pricing, so I looked into it and there is a local Ice Sculpture company that makes them for $400! Yippee!
So it lookes like my dream will come tru...
...free reception... But have no fear I have a solution.
First I will start off with a signature Moctail (don't know what is will be yet but I'll figure it out) there will be alcohol free beer a...
So a friend who married like me subjested that instead of leaving the bar open like I planned, I should have a loonie bar or toonie bar. My wedding is quite relaxed and we are planning on spe...
... I've seen this at a wedding before and the guests loved it. All the napkins said something different. The great thing about these napkins is that you can customize EVERYTHING! The wording, th...
We are going to start the evening with dinner and a few drinks at Monroes then move on to the live band and beer garden at Donegans.
Can't wait :)
HOW CAN I HAVE A OPEN BAR AND SINATURE DRINKS AT AN INEXPENSIVE PRICE ?
I WANT AN OPEN BAR AND SIGNATURE DRINKS TO GO WITH THE WEDDING COLORS. ONE DRINK SIGNIFIES WHAT HE LIKES AND THE OTHER FOR ME.
The Imfamous Drunk Uncle
We've all seen it at one time or another. The Uncle who is all too happy the bar is open. They continually re-appear in the lineup for a drink and soon the bartender...
I've been on a total shopping rampage. I've bought soo many things in these last few days.
I found these lanters on Amazon.com and loved them. They are 14.95.
I will be hanging them ov...
... So..we are doing an open bar for the wedding. I was hoping to have a signature drink (still haven't found one that I really like for black white and yellow), but I really like some of these p...
We're planning on having a bartender/server or 2 at the reception but I LOVE the idea of serving tea and our signature drink out of these adorable beverage dispensers!
... Further to my Hpnotiq Matini Singature Drink blog and a fabulous question by sheloves in that blog got me thinking. Do I serve our signature drinks only at the cocktail hour? And if so do I o...
...g my reception at a place that allows you to bring your own liquor. This is wonderful for our pockets but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how much liquor we will need considering the...
... the reception. We will be serving beer, wine, champagne, and sodas and water. My question is should we have someone serve them for us? Or should we let them serve themselves? Shawn says let the...
