Congrats, you’re married! While you take what will feel like one million pictures (trust us, it’s all worth it), your guests will be busy drinking and schmoozing during the cocktail hour. Most cocktail hours are pretty traditional, mostly staying within the bounds of wine and passed apps, but if you’re looking for more ways to keep your guests entertained (or distracted in case pictures run long), we have some ideas!

Eat Outside the Box

Cocktail hour is the perfect time for some non-traditional snacks! Keep the classy for the formal dinner and break out the BBQ sliders.

Insta Worthy Decor

We’re talking neon signs, flower walls, or picture perfect decor. Give your guests something to insta-snap about.

Lawn Games

Throwback to your summer camp days with some good old fashion cornhole and horseshoes (they play those a summer camp, right?). Guests may enjoy the blast from the past, and because it’s so low effort, they won’t get all sweaty.

Caricatures

People love a good caricature artist. The fun pictures will keep people entertained, but they’ll also serve as a wedding favor your guests will actually keep.

Photo Booth

Now this one is different from the insta-worthy decor. Photo booths are their very own beasts. You can go glam and have your very own black and white Kardashian-inspired shoot or keep it silly with fun props and cardboard cutouts. Either way, your guests will love making memories.

Lounge Area

Wedding lounges are trending, and we’re in full support. A cozy place to sit and a stylish furniture moment, yes please!

Get A Tattoo

Kinda. If it fits your vibe, layout some customized temporary tattoos. If you do this, though, make sure that you have some neat way for guests to apply the tattoos; everyone running back and forth from the bathroom is a no go.

Drink

We know this one is a no-brainer, but turn cocktail hour up a little with signature cocktails! Make up a punny name, and create a concoction of your very own.

Did you do anything special during your cocktail hour?

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Happy Monday, y'all! Today we are so excited to finally share our Autumnal Bohemian Editorial!

This past fall, we ventured out into Oak Cliff to find the perfect tree-filled grove and setup a dreamy scene for the bohemian bride in all of us.

We chose super saturated tones like emerald, navy, and amber and accented with matte black and brass. We tied in lots of mixed textures and patterns with vintage rugs, an amazing low table from Beautiful Event Rentals, and vintage glassware.

We were so excited to bring in as much texture as we could with the flowers! Both the garland runner and the bride's bouquet are full of blooms in shades of amber, berries, and fall foliage!

Our model, Taylor, is actually a former bride of ours! (See her wedding here!) Her company, Gypset Creative, also designed the full paper suite that we died over!

Hello Flawless rocked the beauty business with this messy, relaxed up-do and a smokey amber eye. Paired with this stunning gown from Lovely Bride and emerald jewels from our favorite Shapiro Diamonds, and this bride was ready for a wedding night under the stars!

And, of course, we couldn't have done it without our amazing photographer, Chelsea Q. White, who captured everything so beautifully. There's just something about her film images that make us all misty eyed!

Be sure to scroll through the full gallery and see the full vendor team below. And thank you to the Perfect Palette for featuring our collaboration!