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BEAUTIFUL BAR CART Whether you’re throwing a bachelorette bash or hosting a girl’s night in before your big day - a pretty cart stocked with bar essentials allows guests to help themselves and makes hostessing a breeze. Follow these simple tips for a perfectly styled cart:
Refreshments You know your friends best: stock up on favorites, whether it’s wine, liquor or lemonade. Include a variety of sodas for mixing and some non-alcoholic options. Look online for fruit-infused waters as well as colorful limeade recipes. Tools Cocktail shaker, corkscrew, bottle opener, drink stirrers, jigger, strainer and ice bucket. Depending on the liquors included on your cart (and the bartending skills of your guests), you should be just fine with the basics. Glassware Wine glasses, highball glasses, martini glasses and short collins glasses are essentials for any bar cart. This is the perfect excuse to pull out cute glassware that just doesn’t get used enough stored away in the cupboard. Paperware Cocktail napkins are the easiest way to compliment your theme or color palette. Little touches like paper straws and cocktail picks are always crowd pleasers. A banner or hand-made bunting makes any evening a party. Don’t forget the garnishes! Guests can get creative with an assortment of sliced fruit. Better yet, make garnish kabobs to go with the cocktails you are serving. If martinis are your thing, don’t forget to include a variety of stuffed olives!
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