If you are looking for some Country Themed wedding inspiration than you are in the right place. A year ago today a very special little boy invited us to attended his mom and dad's wedding - it was my good friend Shan's special day, and there was no way we were going to miss this big day. It was beautiful! The theme of the wedding was Country Glam. This was their invitation. Isn't it cute how their son invited the guests? Such cute wording for the invite.
It was a wonderful day. The party was great and the bride looked absolutely stunning. Since I did not blog about it last year (we did not start the blog until November) I thought I would do it a year later. My friend found a lot of inspiration online and brought it all together to create a beautiful country themed wedding. There were a lot of wonderful ideas!
I tried to help out whenever possible. The Thursday before the big day I went and helped set up. One of my jobs was putting together the seating chart. I really like what she did it was such a great idea - she attached the seating chart list of each table to some old windows and placed them on top of some bails of hay. Here's the finished product ...
As guests walked into the venue, the seating chart was directly to their right.
Right after the ceremony I was asked to head to the reception site to look after some last minute details -plug in all the lights around the venue and light up all the candles on the tables. Once I was done I had a bit of extra time before guests started to arrive so I took some photos of all the details as a lot of time and planning went into them. The lighting in the building was not the greatest so I must apologize in advance as some photos are not the greatest quality.
The bride and groom had a sign welcoming guests at the entrance gate and then there were signs throughout directing guests were to go. Guests were able to bring campers and tents and camp out after the big party, which was perfect for out of town guests!
As guests entered they were instructed to sign the guest book and a "Rough Road Ahead" sign. Such a great idea!
Men With Knives catered the wedding. They prepared a very delicious meal consisting of pork roast, roast beef, assortment of salads, and roasted new potatoes. They did an amazing job on the meal especially the pork roast!
The flowers used on the cake (artificial) and in the bouquets and centerpieces were Gerber Daisies. They looked beautiful!
The cake was created by a friend of the couple and was served right after dinner for dessert. Such a great idea. At our wedding we served ours during the late night buffet and not much of it was eaten {meant we had more of it to bring home and freeze}.
The reception venue was decorated with antique items throughout. The Bride and Groom each had their corner were something significant to them was displayed.
The past meets present was the theme of the bride's corner. The corner was decorated with antique items that her father collects, mirrored dressers, and handmade quilts. When you were in the bride's corner it was like you were stepping back fourty to sixty years, but when you looked into the mirrors you were back in 2012 looking at her wedding day celebration! It was very interesting seeing some of the antique items, especially the old camera.
The Bride's Mother's and Grandmother's wedding dresses were on display along with the Bride's Mother's and the Bride's christening dresses. It was such a neat idea and a beautiful way to decorate the hall!
The Grooms corner had an old John Deere tractor ...
The tables were decorated with burlap runners down the center, Gerber daisy centrepieces, candles, and different coloured gingham napkins which added a splash of colour to the tables. Each table also had an anniversary card in the center. Guests were asked to write a message in the card and when the couple celebrates their 1 - 14th anniversary they will open the card and see all the messages. For example, on their 4th anniversary they will open table number 4's card. Another neat idea!
Along the top of the following photo you can see the photo display they had which worked nicely to fill up the empty wall space. Initially the bride was going to do a slide show, but then decided to take this rout, which I think worked out perfectly (this was another thing I helped with setting up).
In the back right corner of the above photo you can see the candy station. It was a big hit for both the kids and of course the kids at heart! I really like how the bride chose to display it!! An antique scale sat on top of the dresser and it was labelled perfectly for guest to see!
Here's the head table.
Here's the head table.
I absolutely loved the bridal party's wine glasses. Perfect for a Country themed wedding!!
The bride had these beautiful candelabras also on the head table, aren't they just gorgeous, I believe they were from Michael's?
At each place setting guest had a s'more treat. Such a GREAT favour idea for a country wedding!! The bride hand wrote each tag.
The Details throughout we're impeccable and I just had to do a blog post about this wonderful day! It was such a lovely wedding. We are so happy we were able to be a part of Shan's special day!
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