A country-themed wedding should be casual and simple, from decorations to the bride and groom's attire.
A country-themed wedding is a good choice if you want to keep your wedding simple, relaxed, inexpensive and rustic. It takes you into old-fashioned and pastoral settings by creating a casual and natural atmosphere. Arranging a country-themed wedding is an easy task. You just need some creative ideas to make it one of a kind.
Venue
An outdoor venue can be a beautiful location for a country-themed wedding. You can choose a garden or large green fields surrounded by nature. Make sure you take into account the season factor and reserve a second option when selecting an outdoor venue because you don't want your guests to be drenched in spring rain. You can consider renting a barn, cabin, farmhouse, country inn or old warehouse for an indoor venue. An old church might also make a good venue for a country wedding.
Decorations
Country-themed weddings call for simple and inexpensive decorations. Place a white picket fence, gate or arch decorated with fresh flowers and silk garlands for an appealing entrance. You can decorate the venue with handmade quilts, hanging lanterns, scented oil lamps, honeysuckle vines, floral garlands and white lights. Birdhouses, straw hats, baskets, bundles of cornstalks and gourds can add charm to your country-themed wedding. Consider using picnic tables covered with checkered tablecloths or quilts. Canning jars filled with water and fresh wild flowers or terra cotta pots of flowers with candles can be placed as centerpieces. Rustic flowers such as sunflowers, daisies and black-eyed susans are perfect for country-themed weddings. Instead of using a gift table, consider a wooden garden cart decorated with flowers for collecting gifts. You need music to entertain your guests, therefore, hire a band to play country music and have a square or line dance.
Bride and Groom Attire
Country weddings are casual and simple, which require the bride and groom to wear comfortable and casual clothes. Brides can consider wearing a loose-fitting white dress with frills, lace and embroidery. Grooms can wear an informal suit with a string tie or a tuxedo. If you want to give a western country look, the bride could wear a long-sleeved top and a long skirt, and the groom can wear jeans and a checkered shirt, along with cowboy boots and a hat.
Details
You can send handwritten wedding invites to your guests or get a custom-printed photograph of a country scene on invitations. A buffet is a perfect fit for a country wedding. Feature fruit, cheese, crackers and crusty bread for appetizers, and for the main course you can consider grilled chicken and vegetables, pasta or salad. Or offer barbecue entrees, such as roasted ribs, burgers, hot dogs and steaks. Iced tea, lemonade or apple cider can be served as drinks. Consider choosing a simple autumn-flavored wedding cake decorated with fresh or silk flowers. You can place a country-style mailbox along with note cards at a prominent place for your guests to give their best wishes to newlyweds. You can entertain your guests by setting up games such as a potato sack race or apple bobs. You can send your guests home with country-style wedding favors such as miniature cowboy hats, molded candles or jars of home-canned jellies.
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