Hold on to your hat if you love epic outdoorsy elopement inspiration as much as we do, because this post will blow you away! Photographers Couple of Prague captured real couple Olga and Jakub by Eibsee Lake and Plansee Lake, two crystal-clear bodies of water on the border of Austria, for this lake elopement shoot. Yes & Yes styled the couple in bohemian outfits from Zara – we love the lace and eyelet stitch white dress Olga is wearing. Bright feminine florals punctuated with peacock feathers and rustic stems are the perfect addition to tie together this adventurous look!
Whether it’s an open bar, a water station, or a fresh juice bar, drink stations are one of the most crucial and anticipated features of a wedding. These nine weddings channeled their creativity with drink station set ups that range from the DIY to the modern and unexpected!
1. A DIY Hand-Lettered Chalkboard Mixed With Vintage Pieces
Oversized metallic tassels, a vintage bar, and a chalkboard commanded a major presence at Laura and Dan’s Ontario wedding! The backdrop featured the couple’s favorite love poem by e. e. cummings, “since feeling is first,” and kept it personal by emblazoning a hand-drawn version of their wedding logo in the middle of the chalkboard. Between the petite floral displays and votive candles, we love the delicate touches that pull this epic drink station’s style together.
2. A Winter-Inspired Drink Station With Burlap, Kraft Paper, and Evergreen Decor
When Kate and Nikita were planning their wedding reception, their family of artists pitched together to create this amazing winter-inspired drink station! With a coffee station on one side and a water station on the other, guests were treated to the ultimate in hydration. Hand-foraged pine, magnolia, and cypress details from a local forest were paired with burlap sacks, Kraft paper, and bright linens to create an unforgettable winter forest celebration.
3. A Quirky Pre-Ceremony Juice Station With Upcycled Bottles
We’ve all heard of a pre-ceremony cocktail hour, but have you considered a creative juice station for guests to enjoy before your ceremony? Joanna and Mitch’s Australian DIY wedding featured the cutest pre-ceremony drink station with orange and cardamom juices. This quirky station was fitted with fresh-squeezed details like striped straws and upcycled milk bottles, and a large crystal juice dispenser added a gorgeous touch of elegance.
4. A DIY Wooden Pallet Bar with Tons of Florals and Copper Accents
If you weren’t already totally charmed by Joanna and Mitch’s upcycled juice station, their DIY wooden pallet bar will knock your socks off! As an exciting twist on one of our favorite DIY trends, this very handy bride and groom fashioned not only the bar out of pallets, but also the bar’s impressive wooden backdrop. To dress it up, they added a handmade cooper hoop and a stunning hand-lettered sign to the front of the bar. Joanna and Mitch then added the final touch of a personalized floral design by attaching fresh flowers to flower foam in the shapes of their initials.
5. A Self-Serve Prosecco Cocktail Bar with Custom Recipe Cards
If you’re looking for a low cost and incredibly stylish alternative to a full open bar, you’ll love this self-serve Prosecco cocktail station! Alanna and Scott’s low-key British Columbian island wedding deserved an equally cool drink experience, so they chose a self-serve format. Custom printed cocktail recipe cards hung from twine on this drink station’s minimalist white wooden backdrop. Guests were delighted by being able to shake and stir their own Prosecco cocktails, and Alanna and Scott were able to sit back and watch the wedding fun unravel!
6. A DIY Reclaimed Wooden Pallet Bar With Greenery and Terrarium Details
There’s nothing more special than getting a family member to contribute to your wedding’s decor, and this enchanting DIY drink station is no exception! The bride’s father reclaimed, stained, and assembled old wooden pallets to create the coolest bar for his daughter’s reception. A wooden armoire backdrop with open shelves transformed the drink station into a multi-dimensional experience. Candle-lit terrariums, greenery garlands, and a classic “Bar” marquee are the cherries on top of this amazing wedding drink station!
We can’t get enough of the mobile campers and trailers we’ve been spotting at wedding receptions lately, and this sleek 1969 Vintage Scotty Camper is one of our absolute favorites! Sweet Water Caravan, a mobile bar service based out of Ohio, brings instant vintage glam and sophistication to any outdoor wedding reception. Two real weddings featured on Junebug have used their services, and based on how stylish and accessible this drink station is, we expect to see it many more times to come!
8. A Minimalist Drink Station with Cascading Florals and Steel Canopy
Guests couldn’t stay away from this show-stopping drink station at Samantha and Tony’s gorgeous Haiku Mill wedding, and we don’t blame them! Keeping with the couple’s cool minimalist style, a live edge marble bar sat on top of geometric steel legs and was surrounded by a massive steel beam canopy. As if that wasn’t already a stunning set-up, they took it to the next level with a huge floating garden fixture above the bar with cascading greenery, vines, and crisp white florals. Twinkle lights illuminating the space completed this drink station’s totally dreamy style.
9. A Self-Serve Scotch Bar, A Vintage Heirloom Table, and Plenty of Greenery
This Johnny Cash and June Carter inspired wedding in Michigan featured many nods to Southern hospitality, but this self-serve scotch bar takes the cake. Betsy and David set up their bar with a lush greenery garland, a DIY hand-lettered mirror sign, and classic scotch accoutrements like a crystal decanter and a silver whiskey pitcher. We love the idea of setting up a self-serve bar with the groom’s favorite liquor as a fun, boozy alternative to a groom’s cake that can be enjoyed by all!
Love the idea of expressing yourself through your wedding decor? Take a look at these 19 super sweet wedding dessert displays that will ignite your sweet tooth and spark your creativity!
Elizabeth and Nick prophetically first met while playing characters who get married in a stage production of The Drowsy Chaperone. We think their experience with saying “I do” on stage allowed this dynamic duo to throw the most spectacular party when their very own special day arrived! Drawing inspiration from The Drowsy Chaperone’s 20th century art nouveau decor, Elizabeth and Nick chose a dusty peach and deep cerulean theme and sourced a seriously impressive collection of vintage items like old clocks, compasses, and pearls galore to decorate the venue. The Markows Photography captured every amazing detail of this Pennsylvania Aldie Mansion wedding, including some stunning candid portraits of the couple!
I really wanted to look like a romantic painting, and basically drew my dream dress before I even knew it existed. My dress was Lovely Girl from Reem Acra, which I personalized by adding a small jeweled applique to the center of the waist ribbon. I loved the classic buttons up the back, the movement of the layered silk skirt, and how the illusion neckline made it look like tiny jeweled leaves were growing onto my body. I wore my mother’s bridal earrings and turned the charm necklace my father gave to me at birth into a charm bracelet. My shoes were my “something blue.”
Nick and I met playing characters who (prophetically) got married in a stage production of The Drowsy Chaperone, so the early 20th century time period has always been significant to our relationship. Pair that with our love for the outdoors, and you end up with something very art nouveau.
We wanted a historic venue that also felt connected to nature. The autumnal warmth of AldieMansion paired with the Tea Garden ceremony space and window-lined ballroom that overlooked the gardens made it perfect for us.
We had specifically chosen not to do a first look, because we wanted to share that moment with our guests. Nick’s heartfelt laugh-cry reaction was everything we wanted it to be and more. In lieu of a first look with Nick, I did a first look with my father. I’ve only seen him cry twice, and the rare emotion of that moment when he was rendered speechless was also a memorable one.
My wedding colors were a tranquil, vintage blue and burnt peach. Early in the planning process, we were looking at some antique maps and fell in love with the weathered pinks and blues. It was the same “cartographer’s colors” that were used in art nouveau and Maxfield Parrish paintings. We had the bridesmaids (and bridesman) carry lanterns instead of bouquets to symbolize love’s flame.
We had Nick’s tux commissioned by St. Laurie Merchant Tailors in New York City. I drew what I wanted and provided the brocade vest fabric, and they worked with us to come up with a beautiful cross between turn of the century gentlemen and modern slim-fit stud.
It was most important that our guests could enjoy our day as much as we did. You can art direct the crap out of a wedding, but if you don’t keep your guests in mind, your carefully-planned details will go unnoticed.
My mom and I are both designers, so we designed our own invitations and menus, sourcing ribbon from a French milliner. We hand-lettered 135 luggage tags with the guests’ names for the seating chart. We also hand-painted the seating chart display.
Our photographers were the single best decision we made in the entire wedding aside from the choice to get married. It was very important that the emotions of the day were captured, not just how we looked. Before, during, and after, we really felt that getting to know us and capturing those elusive moments was the Markows’ first priority. They were a positive presence throughout the day while somehow blending seamlessly into the background. Everything they captured was as genuine as it was beautiful.
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