Want a country-style wedding with rusticity and charm by the bucketful? Envisioning a glorious ride for two around the hayfield? See yourself gliding down the aisle in a fresh-as-summer cotton eyelet gown?
Then you've found the right place to help you pull off that special event you've always dreamed of!
Back to the Land
Start with a palette of earthy tones: yellows and golds, tans and umbers, sage and russet, celadon and cinnamon.
Then, try building the theme around your favorite rustic flower (like sunflowers, black-eyed susans or daisies), or a carefree member of the insect world, such as bees, butterflies or dragonflies.
For a venue, try a cornfield or a wheatfield, barn or cabin. Tents can travel to all kinds of charming spots. Call around for camps and lodges that lightly booked and eager for business (though be aware that really remote locales may pose challenges for grandparents in the Lincoln Town Car ... not to mention tricky logistics involving electricity, catering, DJs and so on).
A Touch of Country
Fancy up wedding arches, rafters and other focal spots with branches, bundles of corn stalks and sheaves of wheat. If you're lucky enough to be holding your event in a barn or a lodge, wrap any rafters and pillars in elegant twinkle lights.
More great accents: ears of dried corn, grapevine wreaths, hanging lanterns, and gourds and pumpkins (carve out your monogram, then give them some glow with a votive or a battery-powered light).
To jazz up personal focal points like favors and place settings, start with raffia ties and cinnamon sticks, individual wheat stalks or lavender springs, or Mason jars, burlap bags and small pots of jam or honey.
Country-Style Centerpieces
It's simple to set the table with a little down-home glory. Candles are inherently rustic, so start there: tealights floating in water-filled mason jars, for example. Or tuck pillar candles into terra cotta pots, or place in glass cylinders filled with popcorn, dried peas or coffee beans.
Casual flowers make a big, joyous statement at a reasonable price. Try massing cheerful sunflowers in galvanized pails or watering cans. (You can even use a sunflower's enormous, friendly face as your ring pillow.) Or instead of sunflowers, try sprays of shasta daisies, lupine and viburnum mixed in with small green apples wired to birch branches, or stuck to dowels. Another popular choice: group colorful Gerber daisies into simple mason jars.
Speaking of birch branches, elegant bare-branch centerpieces can be set in any pot and anchored with Quik-Crete for sturdiness. They look especially lovely when lit with hanging votives. Then, warm up those dark corners and windowsills with evocative punched tin lanterns.
More Ways to Make it Country
Give your guest an adorable first impression by hanging escort cards from wooden clothespins on a clothesline strung near the entrance.
Want some drama when it's time to walk back down the aisle as husband and wife? Equip your best men with the goods to create an arch of pitchforks!
Finally, once it's time to eat, dress up the chair backs at the sweetheart table with dramatic sheaves of wheat tied off with russet ribbons or roses. And if your main meal's held outside, you could set the stage with homey touches like buffet or serving tables made from planks set on hay bales and sawhorses. As for the guests, set up picnic-style seating with checkered, gingham or eyelet linens.
Galvanized washtubs look gorgeous filled with ice and drinks in vintage-style bottles (think: Stewart's Sodas — and ask your local suppliers about their best-tasting microbrews.) Don't forget the oversized jars filled with fresh iced tea and cold apple cider.
Treat your guests to home-cooked soul food like pot roast and pulled pork, fritters and cornbread, apple cider donuts and fruit pies.
As for cake, try any of the Autumn-style flavors on for size (spice or carrot, apple or pumpkin ...). Decorate with your favorite fresh flowers, making sure they're unsprayed and organic.
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im gettin married aug 09. and the theme is county wedding. its outside under a beautiful old oak tree n a lil feild w a creek. the seating is on hay bales. my colors are yellow, baby blue(fathers are wearin, i have my dad n step dad walking me dwn isle) jungle green and sunset orange. every one in the wedding party will b barefooted, includin me. i will b riding up to the isle runner on a horse and we will be leavin on it as well. my reception is also outside and im lost on ideas for it. and for the flowers as well any ideas plz!!!!
jessica,
can you tell me what color the bm will be wearing? i am thinking sunflowers for your decor. also what time of day will it be held?
i am gonna give you a couple links to browse,
*rustic country weddings
i just ran across this party idea, you might love it….
*hoedown wedding
*Celebrity Wedding
*rustic elegance
*real wedding
*real celebrity wedding ( they had just a few floral pomanders hanging from the tree)
Hi! I am getting married July of 2010. My colors are watermelon, black, and white. I love the rustic country theme and was wondering how to incorporate it into my wedding and reception. I am getting married at local park under a gazebo with a pond in the background. The reception is at the fairgrounds in the 4H bldg. My bridesmaids are wearing watermelon colored dresses. I am not sure the color is the best choice for the theme, but my home and taste reflect it greatly! Any help is greatly needed. Thanks to all of you!!
Obviously, you have to have a watermelon basket at the reception. Also, consider using watermelon vases . . . maybe not as centerpieces, but on your buffett table or another accent table. For decorating gazebos, I have 2 suggestions:
1) DO NOT put tulle or fabric around the top of the gazebo . . . one good gust of wind can leave it hanging in front of your face during the ceremony. Instead wrap it around the BOTTOM near the railings.
2)If you are using candles, consider the battery operated kind or put candles in large, deep jars
so the wind doesn’t blow them out. An easy way to decorate around the gazebo is to buy shepherds hooks and hang kissing balls on them, wrapping them around the hook twice (yes, because of the wind!). The size of the hook depends on the height of the gazebo . . . they should be seen by the guests who are sitting, but not so high as to distract from the bride and groom. Don’t fight with Mother Nature, you can’t win . . . let the pond be your biggest decoration.
I found a photo of an aisle similar to what I was suggesting for around the gazebo in my prevous post.
Thank you soooo much for your ideas, they are helpful. I was considering using the shephards hooks for the aisle markers and hang lanterns or something holding flowers. That was great to see you suggest that!! The pond will be fabulous for decoration. I was mainly concerned about how to decorate the gazebo haha!! Again thank you for taking time to help and send photos!!
You can go to a local home improvement store and get some flower boxes that hang over the railings of the gazebo . . . these can be easily removed - but you’ll have to go out and measure the railings.
Some more gazebo photos
Hello all!!! I am getting married Sept. 12, 2009. We are working with a very minimal budget but we have discussed that we would like a rustic country wedding. We found a moose lodge that is beautiful and has wooden walls and a hardwood floor but I am still struggling with decoration ideas for the ceremony which is outdoors and also inside decorations. My colors are Dark truffle brown and a burgandy/ wine red. Please any advice is great. I don’t mind making everything myself I just can’t seem to find any ideas that I like.
Thanks in advance,
The future Mrs. Leah Schultz
Hi, i just read your question and would like to no if you could pass on any info about country lodges or barns to get married in.
If you could help that would be great.
Kind regards
Melissa
leah,
here are some links….
*real wedding
*Lazy Moose Ranch Inspiration Board
*rustic lodge wedding
*Negeen and Bjoern in Inverness, CA
* Real Wedding Saturday: Kristin & Dan
*A Real Wedding, II
*red and brown wedding
*rustic weddings
check this site out for decor…
*wedding decor
*wedding decor
*rustic lodge wedding
( your gonna love this site!!)
i gave several decor ideas and i hope you find several things to use!! in your colors of course!! i would use a grapevine or rustic wooden arch to marry under. or find a beautiful spot and let nature be the decor. wrap candles in grapevine inside hurricane globes on on brown linens. surround with smaller burgundy votives in rustic holders and burgundy napkins. on tables have wooden signs with numbers of tables. loop grapevine here and there in the lodge with white lights.
Getting some great ideas from everyone’s comments. I have to say country is the most fun and versatile to plan. so many options to choose from that you can mix and match and it comes out looking spectacular. we are having roughly 40 people. so probably 5 tables of 8. How should i do the seating for everyone? let them sit where they want and mingle or something cute and creative so they know which table they will be at. it is mainly family. any ideas would be wonderful. i love to be different and think of creative things, but drwing a blank on this one. Help!
Hi my name is Chris and I am getting married Aug. 28th in central n.y. ceromony and reception at a nice resteraunt on the water. It is very casual, just family and a couple of close friends, around 40 people. we love anything country and rustic (our whole house is very country) so i would love to go with that for the wedding but dont know where to start. how do i incorporate that with getting married on the water? i am getting a very simple but pretty dress, nothing traditional and he is wearing a coat and tie. i am starting to stress out. only 2 months away.
also, i do have a couple old milk cans that i painted a country blue and a wagon wheel that is stained a couple months ago that i added candles to. how could i use these in the room?
and i have alot of country quilts in blues, greens and burgundies that i would love to use as well, any ideas?
If you can get permission from the restaurant, hang 3 quilts from a clothesline (not necessarily in the same area). Hang one and pin placecards on them in alphabetical order using
pearl pins. Use another to pin photos of you and your new husband (use copies, so you don’t have pin holes in the originals). Instead of a guest book, put out colored pieces of paper (colors that coordinate with the quilt) and pens and
have people write you notes or advice on marriage and pin them to the 3rd quilt. If the milk cans are big enough,
get some dried cat tails or other tall dried branches and place them at the entrance to the reception. Also, consider
using a quilt theme for your wedding cake, maybe you could
even use clothespins to hang a quilt as a backdrop for the cake. Since you’ll have a small cake, consider using a quilt theme . . . do the bottom layer in a quilt pattern, and place
wedding rings (like one on a wedding quilt) on the top layer.
Craft stores sell small tin milk cans, you could use them
as centerpieces. Cat tails, some wheat stalks, and a few country flowers in each would be a nice addition to your country theme.
Thank you so much Nancy. those are great ideas and i love the quilt theme. my mother has a ton of them as well. And i love the cat tails. Was thinking of using mason jars for the center pieces with flowers but i like the milk cans better. Thanks again.
I thought cat tails are both country and water related. . . and you can put any style flower with them
in your centerpieces. Good luck!
HELP!!! I am having a very counrty reception… We ran off to Vegas and got hitched, we are having a big pig pickin at our mountian cabin, very causual…. I need decorating ideas.. my husband and i are very outdoorsy,m we hunt and ride dirt bikes i want it to be kinda redneck with class…….
Also… any suggestions on doing a “sand ceramony” ???
I am open to all ideas…
brandy,
i would go with a wildflower theme. you can either fresh pick or head to a local flowerstand or walmart and grab up bunches of wildflowers. no specific color necessary. for containers you can get mason jars or any rustic container. washed soup cans are perfect!! i will give you a link soyou can see. i am thinking stringing lights overhead, whether its paper lanterns, or bulbs. for tablecloths consider any natural material like burlap ( be careful with burlap, the fibers may be annoying) branches in glass vases surrounded by votives are inexpensive and amazing. i would just put together some friends and gather up evergreens, pinecones, etc. i would use gingham tablecloths.
*Real Wedding: Davida & Chris
brandy,
*How to Perform a Wedding Sand Ceremony
thank you so much, i was thinking mason jars with votive candles, i was also thinking hay bales scattered for seating.. do you think that would work? maybe put burlap on top so save fro getting poked…
brandy,
yes, actually i was gonna mention the haybales and got side tracked. wonderful ideas!!
Well we are both from a really small town. He is a farm boy and we are both in Utah. We love doing things outdoor. Our garden reception is going to be outside of a little, gray rock church. It is quaint and secluded. Our style isn’t elegant. I would love to find some casual colors that will be fun and unique but classy at the same time. I’m not sure why this is so hard! haha Let me know if you would like any more information…
The hot color combos right now are brown and any color that
pops: brown and turquoise, brown and red, but personally,
I like brown with orange. Most things (ie: the bmaids dresses)
would be brown with beige and use orange as a highlight.
(Think of a Utah sunset!) Orange ribbon on the bouquets,
orange lining in the invitaion evelope, etc. I think of orange as
a ‘western’ color, and it can be cool or warm, depending on
how you use it. Good luck with your color selection!
ashley,
go here and check out some of the greatest weddings!!
* all weddings
google image casual garden wedding and also casual garden wedding board also try whimsical garden wedding.
google image farm wedding ( gives great pics)
*real wedding
*real wedding #2
* this is a great color scheme and perfect wedding
nancyann,
i google imaged denim wedding and found wedding dresses etc. then i imaged denim dress and found some really cute dresses, just not a whole lot. so instead i made you a board to show how completely gorgeous sunflowers are with denim.
Thanks for the help!!!! I only have two weeks til the big day.
Go to ebay and search for country wedding flowers spurs …
A lady makes custom bouquets. . . she uses sunflowers,
white and light blue flowers and white rope instead of ribbon.
They might give you some ideas.
Hello, I’m trying to plan my wedding and i want to doa rustic theme. Using Stars, wagon wheels, camo any ideas?? Im not crazy about flowers, I like things that look like weeds and i love cactus. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tiffany,
i would have centerpieces of cactus instead of flowers. if you dont wnat to carry a bouquet consider carrying something sentimental, like a necklace etc. could ya tell me a bit more about your vision? the stars etc?
tiffany, oh yeah!
are youwearing camo or wanting to decorate with camo?
Consider doing terraiums with sand and cactus (a plus . . .
you can make them MONTHS before the wedding.) Add a second
color sand to match your wedding colors. Also, baskets can
be rustic. Have your bridesmaids carry small fan baskets with
wildflowers or wheat stalks, etc.
I live in Australia and having a rustic country wedding My colours are light browns mocca’s and dusty pinks i need some ideas for decorations. I also want to use hay bales inside the old hall for a lounge cocktail area.
ammie,
*Country Wedding Decorations: Keep Things Natural And Simple: Ideas For Your Own Country Wedding Decorations
*Cayucos Creek Barn Wedding in Cayucos, CA
*Elizabeth and David in Wimberley, TX
*Shawna and Zachary in Nye, MT
also google image rustic barn wedding then rustic barn wedding board ( i used barn because it will pull up more results) might i suggest going to a feed and seed store and picking up small or medium galvanized buckets for floral centerpieces. i would light color linen to brighten things up a bit in the old hall. like the dusty pink. if that isnt possible use beige it will blend perfectly with your colors. choose an array of pink wildflowers with a few white and very pale yellow with greenery( whatever looks like it came from a garden or a field). have brown napkins ( gingham or a rustic print if ya can find it, place silverware inside the napkin and tie with twine. even if you are having a more rustic elegance you can still do this little trick.
for favors have an old fashioned penny candy or fave treat wrapped and tied with twine ( if homemade attach a recipe card to the favor) grapevine looks fab with white lights in the mix, so does tree branches set in rented urns at entrance’s. let everyone drink at the cocktail area out of mason jars ( these are inexpensive, you can buy a case here in louisiana for 5 bucks. mix and match is great idea here especially with containers. so borrow all you can. if you need more help let me know!!
Im getting married Aug. 15 of this year. We live on the family tobacoo barn and we are thinking of having the wedding at an old tobacco barn thats not being used anymore. We will have to do some fixing up. Im needing some ideas on how to decorate it and everything else!! i have nothing yet!! i need some help, stressin BAD!!
stephanie,
google image tobacco farm wedding also tobacco farm wedding board. also google image and google search tobacco farm real wedding.i couldnt believehow pretty these real weddings were!! love it hands down!! also google image barn wedding and barn wedding board. this should work too.
*Beth and Mike ( at website type in beth and mike cause there are more parts to this beautiful wedding)
* My Dream Wedding
*Ticia & Scott in Pilot Mountain, NC
*Reception Stories
i posted some ideas that would work!!
stephanie,
think about using iced down washtubs to hold sodas and water and/or the idea of the punch bar.
thank you so much stacey!!
Use some small strings of lights to decorate doorways.
Consider using mason jars for centerpieces to put fresh
flowers in. Ball now makes 2 sizes of “Elite” jars which are
a little more fancy than plain mason jars. You may want to use
gingham fabric for the tableclothes. If the barn needs lots of
work, concentrate on the area where your head table and
cake tables would be and set aside an area for taking photos.
This could be the back of an old pickup truck with buckets of
seasonal fruit and flowers, or a bench or arbor or even
bales of hay with some buckets or jars with sunflowers.
Also, use hanging lights to accent this area and the cake table
and the dance floor. Also, you may want to get a generator
to accomodate for the lights, music, etc. Good Luck!
Found a cute website . . . could give anyone who is having a barn wedding some cute ideas:
http://www.vermontweddingprops.com/wagons/
Hi,
I’m getting married on Sept. 26, 09 and my colors are aqua, black, and white. It’s outside at a lake with gazebos. I need some decorating ideas to give it the country feel. I’m using lots of lights and candles and i’m using mason jars as my centerpieces. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
kay, consider lanterns they are very beautiful!! also paper lanterns in natural or colors.
*Cozy Country Night Wedding…
*English Country Romance
I think most fabric stores carry a “bandana” print that is an
aqua or teal blue with white or black. You could make napkins,
table runners, etc.
Another idea . . . consider making rope wreaths (wind
rope into a circle 3 or 4 times) and use ribbons and flowers
in your colors. Small ones can be used in place of pew
flowers, or can be hung on the back of the bridal party’s
chairs. Rope can also be used in place of garland, if you
hang it in swags and tie sections off with ribbons or raffia.
Splatterware also could be used for vases (that spotted
pattern of plates, bowls, etc. that is used on camping
stuff). It also comes in a aqua (almost) blue.
I’m having a country wedding next month and here are some of my plans/ideas: I wanted it to be elegent and country as well, so my dress is traditional white but with camo underskirting and a thin camo band on the top of the dress(whitelaceandpromises.com). My cake is also a traditional white, but I purchased some camo fabric so that I can make a 2 1/2-3 inch band around the bottom of each tier. Also if you both hunt, I found an awesome cake topper at Cabelas.com of a man and woman dressed in camo/hunter orange and guns…it’s very cute. Also my bridesmaid’s dresses are orange with a 3 inch camo belt in the middle of their dress that ties into a bow. The groomsman are wearing khaki long-sleeved button ups with camo arms from deergear.com and the groom is wearing the same only the black version. They are also wearing white cowboy hats while the groom a black one along with cowboy boots. I’m not sure about what flowers I want yet so I don’t have any suggestions there. I do know the flowers will be in mason jars. I’m also serving beer and jungle juice, lol.
meg,
living in the south hunting is huge here!! the best flowers i can suggest is anything wildflower looking or since you are having orange in the color scheme. have a very pale orange or pale orange and yellow(you can get away with roses as long as they are the open and old fashioned) but gerbera daisies or just plain yellow, orange and white gerbera or shasta daisies would be better but tie it with lots of natural greenery(think blades of grasses, vines,leaves,berries,feathers, grapevine and of course….cattails(dont forget these, it will make the theme come alive!!)google image camo wedding, also camo wedding theme, then camo wedding board. i google imaged camo wedding flowers for xtra ideas.
hi i am wanting to do a simple country theme wedding in september and need ideas. my colors are marine blue and a lighter blue. our reception is at a country campground and i want something simple as far as decorating. i have thought about using mason jars with candles in them as part of the centerpieces or something. i like the ” old country store look” like cracker barrel or “famous daves” restraunt style enviroments. i need flower ideas also. this is my first wedding so im lost please help =) thank you!
hannah, gogle image camp wedding board. what about heading to a local feed store and pick up some small bushel baskets for centepieces. have mix and match platters etc. to fit the theme better and wildflowers/greenery(anything else would take away), hang some lanterns from limbs and have candles here and there. use gingham or lace tablecloths. buy some tin signs lemonade for 5 cents etc. and have iced tea and “ades” in large glass containers(like in naomi and larrys wedding). think glass jars filled with dime store candy and small paper bags waiting to be filled!! lemons and limes for decor would look real great! have a bonfire and smores. have mason jars for adults to drink from. plastic for kids. brides.com and theknot.com has some great rustic real weddings. google image and search wildflower wedding theme also rustic wedding board and country wedding board.
*A Wedding
*Naomi & Larry: Part II
*Reception Decor: Picnic Style
*country wedding theme
*Real Weddings(check these out especially davida and chris)
hannah, here is another link…
*Reception Stories ( all the country ones)
just pay careful attention to the decor when you go in the places again. all of this should be super budget friendly. buy the blue and white gingham cloths and have white and a mix of blues for the flowers, i would add a pop of yellow, red or burgundy though to the flowers so it will add even more to the theme. not much. i think i would choose yellow and add lemons to my decor. google image outdoor rustic wedding also barn wedding board and barn wedding. all of these have great ideas for country decor. dont forget the washtubs iced down for sodas, water etc.
*BH&G: country wedding
*A True Montana Wedding
*RealSimple: Weddings also check out the supermarket flowers)
thank you so much for your help, it really helps! if you come across any other ideas feel free to tell me =)
Love all the ideas about Western Weddings/Receptions. I am catering, decoration, etc. a wedding in June. The bride wants a western wedding but her mom said that the western part doesn’t have a place in the church (it’s a religion thing and I respect that very much) so she is doing the traditional wedding with all the frills and lace then the reception is going to be Western. It’s gonna be quite a challenge to get the transistion and yet tie them together but I love the challenge. Keeps live interesting
Anyway, just though I see if anyone had any better ideas than I do 
.
Thanks,
Marty
Here is what a dear friend’s daughter did. They were married in the Episcopal church. The ceremony was formal-while gown and veil for the bride, black tuxedos and tails for the groom and groomsmen. For the reception, which was western themed, the bride changed to white cowboy boots. Here dress had a train that buttoned up to a bustle. The groomsmen changed to black wranglers, black boots and black string ties. The dance floor was ringed with bales of hay. Center pieces were mason jars with wild flowers and old cowboy boots from a collection by a church member. Guest were told to wear denim. Being Texans, the brides dance with her father was “I’ll Waltz Across Texas with You” and the one with her groom was “May I Have This Dance for the Rest of My Life”. Then relatives led the invited guests in a grand march where everyone from grandparents to kids and babies in arms participated. Barbeque was served. Bride and groom departed to everyone waving sparklers in the black night. One of the most fun weddings I’ve ever attend.
WE DID A MORE COUNTRY WEDDING. TRY RAFFIA INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL RIBBONS AROUND HAND TIED BOUQUETS. THIS SMALL TOUCH CAN HELP WITH THE TRANSITION. WE ALSO DID GRAPVINE WREATHS IN THE WINDOWS WITH PAPER RIBBON BOWS AND THE MEN HAD RAFFIA ON THE BOUTS. JUST A FEW IDEAS.
Hi Everyone,
Im getting married in June on the 5th, 2009. One of the thing I have done I took old shot gun shell and made light out of them. I took and drilled a hole in the side of them and then cut them down the side and placed white lights in them the hole hold the line in place, they look really great. We have built a deck out of old barn wood to help give that rustic look and thats where we are getting married on. And two it will help add the rustic look to our wedding pics a well. We are going with the red and white checked board tableclothes and mason jar with candles and flowers in them. We are placing bandanas in the middle of the tables and then putting our flowers or candle on them. We are have hay bale for our guest to set on. I am make a scrapbook of our guest book that way it will be something that is looked at more then once. What I did was use the colors of my wedding and take and place that color over half the page for wher the picuter will be and the other side will be for the guest to give ther best wishes at and sign in. I did this on the front and back of each page and if you dont have enough page just print more or get more so you have enough for all your guest. I hope this helps any one that needed some ideas for there wedding date. I know this page has really helped me so I wanted to try and help someone else as well. Good luck and have fun this is your day.
brides, here is a great wedding i ran across, the dress is ethereal and rustic at the same time. wow! here is the link also, there are a couple more pics with info!
*rustic fairytale wedding
Also, I am having an ice cream bar along with the cake. I am a huge fan of ice cream so we thought this would be an out of the ordinary idea that people might think is fun. Has anyone ever seen this done or have any advice/ideas about this. Also, any places to get all the toppings? We are going to have about 150 guest. Thanks ladies!!
meagan,
this is a fantastic idea!! i see it in weddings alot. your actually borrowing from an old fashioned traditon. my mom got married in the 1960 and ice cream was part of the reception( but only cake and punch with the possible little sandwiches accompanied) where i live we have sams wholesale club. if you have one they have ice cream toppings. i dont know much about costco or wholesale places in your area. but that would be where i went. or walmart in the candy aisle. i would keep it simple. like containers of oreo crumbles, m&m’s, nuts, sprinkles, i wouldnt go the berry route, will stain outfits( on this i would have disposable but pretty bowls, napkins, and spoons, i promise for this it will be easier!) or have buckets of ice creamaxe the toppings, for ice cream cones which guests REALLY LOVE, or assorted ice cream bars which you can get everywhere( popsicles, chocolate covered ice cream, fudgecicles, etc) i did see an idea where you can rent a real ice cream truck for a little while at a reasonable rate, it pulls up with the music and guests just line up, ice cream really does make you happy!! another idea is offer milkshakes, chocolat, cavanilla, and strawberry in disposable paper glasses with straws and lids, have someone whipping them up. guests would love this too!!
meagan, forgot to post your link!!
*Victorian Ice Cream Social: Setting up the Ice Cream Bar
*New Jersey Bride - Wedding of Shalini Ramasunder & Scott Buckel
ask your caterer or your venue have they ever hosted these, chances are they have. i would see how much they charge, cause this is a pretty bid thing cause it can be messy and they will have the equipment to keep the ice cream cold.
*An Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social is a fun and inexpensive wedding party idea.
Oh my God! My friend just told me that she was searching stuff for her wedding and found a link to my pics on here! That’s my wedding with the ice cream! I had no idea that the pics were public on line!
It was a really big hit and I totally rec it! I hate the traditional formal pastries that people don’t really eat anyway. We had three flavors of ice cream and a crazy amount of toppings and everyone talked about it forever afterward! The one thing that was a little hard to negotiate was to have two people there to scoop the ice cream for the guests. the ice cream bar wasn’t part of the hall’s offering, but i said it was the only thing that i really wanted in terms of dessert so they caved for no extra cost - cheaper for them than all the crazy pastries!
shali b.,
you had a beautiful wedding and great ideas!!!!
I’m having a sundae bar at my wedding, partly because my family owns an ice cream shop and partly because my fiancee and i have an ice cream obsession. i’ve never seen this before so i thought it would be fun! if you have a local ice cream shop you could find out if you could rent some of their equipment for toppings, etc. also, we are having pies instead of a wedding cake, a more western tradition we thought. good luck with your planning, this was my first time on this site, i love it!
Hey everyone,
I have come to love this site and have gotten many wonderful ideas for our big day. My fience and i are getting married on May 2, 2009. We are getting married in a refurbished barn with the reception in a log lodge. The guys are going to be wearing jean, cowboy boots and suit jackets. the brides maids have black dresses that we got at jc pennys and i will be wearing a traditional wedding dress with my cowgirl boots! :)
Can anyone give tips on the hay bail bride and groom? My future husband has a haying company with his father and brother and thought this was a really cute idea and would love to do it. Just wondering if anyone who has done it would have any helpful tips.
Thanks!!
Hi, i am having a country wedding in december, and i am desperate for help. I havent gotten my invitations or decorations. My theme is marine blue, so if anyone could help me with this i would appreciate it. Thanks,
-Heather
heather,
are the bm dresses in marine blue? i would have girls in this blue and have guys in simple black suits ( i would not have blue vests etc. if you want color here have just marine blue ties for gm, have groom wearing simple black tie) since you are having a country winter wedding. use lots of winter greenery, it will give your wedding a more country feel. white flowers is what i would choose. add blue winter berries to girls bouquets. tie with a gingham or solid color country ribbon. you carry white bouquet with a white or pale blue lace or crouchet ribbon.
* Board #278: Budget Friendly #10, Winter Wonderland( i am in love with this board)
* Board #311: Winter Whimsyland
*Board #323: Sleighbells Ring( look at the hanging pinecones, I LOVE this idea!! could you imagine having a wedding arch covered in greenery and hanging glittery pinecones and all this can be free, if you live where you can gather it.? that would be soooo beautiful, then carry the pinecones as your wedding motif, onto your invites, cake, centerpieces, this is both country elegance) (google image pinecone wedding invite also pinecone wedding cake, also pinecone centerpiece)
i do love the idea of all white reception with white candles and pinecone centerpieces and evergreens, tie napkins or have runners of marine blue( it may be just a deep blue) and white or beige gingham, tie strips of gingham around napkins. this will pull in the blue.
*Board #189: Urban Rustic ( leading up to your pinecone arch, could be candle lined aisle)
branches would be beautiful incorporated in this scheme, especially on either side of the arch in urns or country butter churns and at back of aisle too. move to the reception by the wedding cake or well placed spot. for favors have something edible, like small or medium jars of preserves or honey tied with a gingham ribbon. place these in baskets on a table for guests to have with a sign that reads please take one. in your reception area use jars with candles placed here and there for romantic lighting. or use these on your table ( google image mason jar wedding)
Thanks you so much for helping me. I kinda liked the pine cone idea, it was differeent. and yes the bm dresses are marine blue, i like your ideas, please feel free to give me more ideas, i really need them. I havent really gotten much for the wedding so anything is useful. any tips too. thank you
-Heather
heather, google image rustic winter wedding.
*How to Plan a Country Themed Wedding
*A Country Wedding
*top {10} winter wedding details ( great details!!love the 1st board)
*Let It Snow ( just breathtaking!!)
*Elizabeth and David in Wimberley, TX ( i know this isnt winter but the garlands are ideal)
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