stock the bar Cocktail enthusiasts are sure to enjoy a stock-the-bar-bridal shower, where guests sip various (signature) drinks and gift the happy couple bar accessories, bottles of wine and other cocktail party essentials.
REGISTRY If you plan on entertaining at home, or think your life resembles Don and Betty Draper, craft cocktails with an at-home bar stocked with glassware, cocktail tools and accessories. Zola’s Starter Collections includes a Build Your Bar category with over 650 products curated for mixologists with a mix of traditional, modern and quirky designs. Shown here: Hammered bar accessories by Old Dutch and Crest 3 Bottle Opener by Fort Standard, both available at zola.com. GIFT As a decorative element on their dining room buffet or a party essential, the Cork (and brass) Tray, Ice Bucket and Bar Tool Set, available at Jung Lee New York, is sure to be a favorite gift of the couple. Sold as a three-piece set or individually. FAVOR Send guests home with a bottle of wine or champagne they'll enjoy for many nights, or maybe just one. Pinhole Press' Personalized Wine/Champagne Bottle Labels can be customized with a photo of the happy couple, their names and shower or wedding date. $9.99 for a set of 9.
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If the bride and groom are wine lovers plan this wine activity for the shower!
INVITATION For this non-traditional shower theme make sure guests know what’s in store with the Behind the Bar digital invitation from Paperless Post. As with all Paperless Post digital invites RSVP tracking is included. And by the way, there is no (cover) charge.
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