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Elevated Summer Barbeque Wedding Ideas

Here are some amazing BBQ recipes to include in your wedding menu and brilliant wedding ideas that go with them your wedding!

Here are some amazing BBQ recipes to include in your wedding menu and brilliant wedding ideas that go with them your wedding!

When you think of weddings, the first thing that comes to mind is a massive celebration of love with the people who are close and dear to your heart. And when we think about wedding planning, wedding menu planning is an integral part of the planning process. The sole reason for this is quite evident and logical. A dazzling wedding will only be complete when you have a feast that every person on your wedding guest list will enjoy. A wedding guest list is a mixed roster of people, some may enjoy meat, while others may be completely vegetarian, and some may be vegan. That being the case, there’s always a chance for you to create a wedding menu that probably won’t be perfect for the different flavors that your guests may have. To avoid this you can come up with an amazing idea to help your guests enjoy the food that they love with a wedding BBQ!

BBQ for Weddings: The Perfect Way to Enjoy a Wedding

Before we get into the details and wedding BBQ ideas you can try, let’s talk about the brilliant versatility of the idea for your wedding! One of the reasons why we love wedding BBQs is that regardless of the season, wedding BBQs bring a summer vibe to your wedding. Apart from this, another reason why love wedding BBQs is that it is something that your guests and you can enjoy together! A good way to have a BBQ on your wedding day is by adding a BBQ station to your wedding venue, along with some pre-planned menu items. Or better yet, you could simply make your wedding a personal affair with your guests without pre-planned food or menu for your wedding guests. If a wedding BBQ is something that you want to try with your guests, then here are some amazing wedding BBQ ideas for you to try:

Burger Grill! 

Let’s start with a super common idea! Burger BBQs are an amazing way to bring people together. Also, burger BBQs are popular and something that everyone simply loves! A burger grill bar is something that will add a pleasant mix of smells and flavors to your wedding. You can have a prepare a burger patty for your guests to quickly grill their desired burgers. To add a touch of customization to your burger grill BBQ bar, you can add a station where your guests can make a burger patty as per their liking! You can have a spread of toppings, different kinds of cheese, and burger buns for your guests to enjoy and have fun with!  What’s more, you can have different recipes that are not just meat. You can create a burger menu that caters to the flavors of every person. Try adding some classic burger recipes with vegetarian and vegan burger options!

However, to improve your burger grill experience for your wedding guests you can decide on some amazing sides to serve with your burgers that are not fries! You can pair your burger grill with tomato and avocado salad, fired sweet potatoes with buttermilk, coleslaw or melon, and cucumber salad. A burger BBQ station can be paired with your wedding theme! To make your wedding BBQ station stand out, you can have a beautiful tent surrounding the BBQ station, and decorate it with twinkle lights. Another idea that we love is to create a faux tent for your BBQ burger station! You can also have signage or use burger props to attract your guests to the BBQ station!

Vegan Skewers! 

Vegan food menu planning can seem daunting at first, but once you look into the options it is exceptionally easy. You can have a vegan station for your weddings guests to enjoy! You can create a station and call it The Vegan-Nation or something quirky that speaks to you! For the vegan station, you can have multiple options, with vegan skewers as the primary attraction. Skewers are versatile and will give your guests something different to try out, instead of the same prepared food. With skewers, your wedding guests can try different vegan options and vegetables, which will give them a new flavor to try every time they have a skewer. You can have a glorious spread of vegetables and tofu, this will give your guests to try out something different and give them more options to choose from.

To improve your guests’ vegan BBQ experience, you can add a beautiful wall of sauces and toppings. You can have tiny jars, with delicate stickers, in the color of your wedding theme. Also, you can have chalkboard signage, helping your guests understand the sauces and different toppings at their disposal. Furthermore, you can add some more wedding decor details to make your vegan station look the part. You can pair the BBQ station with an elaborate table set-up so that your guests can find a spot to sit down and enjoy their vegan skewers perfectly well. You can add your wedding’s chosen theme or chosen reception party decor near your vegan station. Better yet, you can set up a bonfire space for your guests to enjoy their vegan skewers. A bonfire will add more colors to your wedding day’s celebrations and will add a better summer vibe to the day.

BBQ and Beer! 

BBQ and beer are eternal siblings and an all-time favorite! Regardless of the season and time, beer and BBQ lift spirits and make everyone exceptionally happy. And when it comes to adding a wonderful touch to your wedding, nothing beats a BBQ station and beer or cocktail table. The best thing about BBQ station and beer is that you can pretty much create whatever you want. Since we’ve already covered skewers and burgers, how about another all-time favorite? Yes, you guessed it, how about BBQ chicken or veggies and outdoor pizza ovens? You can make use of your beautiful outdoor wedding venue to have a BBQ station for vegetables and meats. To make the BBQ experience perfect you can add a table for beer and cocktails that you will serve at your wedding. A BBQ pizza with drinks is the perfect way to enjoy your outdoor wedding.

What’s more, you can add a seating area around the BBQ area for your wedding. You can have BBQ variations, for example, add your wedding’s burger grill, vegan station, and an outdoor pizza oven in the same area for your wedding. You can create a small area that steps away from the synchronized wedding theme you’ve chosen for your wedding. You can follow the rules of throwing an elated backyard BBQ. To create a wonderful area that suits your BBQ area, you should ditch the idea of keeping everything in sync, and add wooden benches and tables. Also, add some wonderful lights as wedding decorations. Also, you can make use of some lantern-inspired wedding decor ideas to light up the area. You can add some wedding cottage-core ideas for the area as well! For example, if you’re throwing a regal wedding, you can still create a separate area, which has a woven greenery entryway for your guests to welcome to the astoundingly wonderful BBQ area.

To add the final touches to your BBQ and beer idea for your wedding, you can easily make use of a beer dispenser, apart from serving beer pints at your wedding bar. But in the end, you can also have a beer keg or a dispenser for your wedding table set-up. This will help your guests to fill up their glasses whenever they want to. This idea works especially well for couples who love to brew their own beer. You can have a custom craft beer station next to the vegan station. For a wedding beer station, make sure that you consider the number of taps you will need, and the ideas to create a custom station. That said, you can easily decorate the custom beer station at your wedding with beautiful tinsels, and signboards. Or, you can make use of neon signage to make the beer station look attractive.

Peruvian Grilled BBQ 

Is any BBQ complete without citrusy flavors? Peruvian grilled chicken is the perfect addition to your wedding menu for a few reasons. Firstly, Peruvian grilled chicken is paired with a flavorful green sauce, called Aji Verde, and a delicious tomato and cucumber salad. And lastly, it is the perfect choice for a mixed guest list! The grilled chicken can be substituted with portobellos! This recipe is perfect for a wedding because it is easy to make and adds different tones of flavors to your wedding menu. If you’re going for an elegant wedding BBQ, then make sure that the choice of chicken pieces is well-thought-out, make sure that you choose the pieces that are easy to consume. You can pair the dish with some traditional Peruvian sides, like Peruvian mixed bean salad, anise bread, or fried plantains, as well to make your grilled chicken or portobellos taste amazing. To have a Peruvian BBQ, with chicken or portobellos, you can create an open stall. To decorate the BBQ stall, you can have anise bread, napkins, and cutlery displayed on the table. Another way to add a decorative twist to your BBQ stall is to have a small arch with greenery and seasonal flowers with a beautiful mirror sign for the BBQ stall. To add the finishing touch to your wedding BBQ stall you can create an elaborate display with mason jars with the green sauce, and the salads for your guests. Better yet, you can serve the salad options for grilled chicken or portobello in mason jars!

Grilled Tacos! 

Tacos are the perfect addition to your wedding menu, especially if you love Mexican food! Tacos make for the perfect addition to your wedding menu solely because they are easy to consume. Tacos are exceptionally customizable as well, which gives your guests room to enjoy different flavors easily. What we love about a taco BBQ is that you can have two ideas with one dish, and we’re not even counting the numerous customization options! If you already have a BBQ stall at your wedding, then executing a grilled taco stall will become easier. All you need to do is have the taco station close to your BBQ station. You can have a wedding taco truck, which will serve delicious tacos for your guests. You can come up with some pre-planned recipes that will be readily available to your guests. Then you can speak to the caterers and add some customizable options, including vegan and vegetarian taco ideas. To showcase the option of grilling tacos, you can simply add a sign to let your guests know of the option. Your wedding menu can include a deliciously flavorful recipe, such as a grilled steak taco with chimichurri sauce, which can even have a vegan substitute! What’s more, you can add some decor ideas to the taco truck, for example, you can add string lights to create a faux tent, or add flower arrangements similar to your wedding decor on the truck!

Grilled Romaine Salad! 

Another fun addition to your BBQ wedding ideas is a grilled romaine salad! What we love the most about this BBQ recipe is that it is tremendously customizable. The recipe includes grilled lettuce leaves. The lettuce is charred, but it is the right kind of crunchy and right kind of soft, which adds a lot of texture to the leaves. In its simplest form, romaine salad can be just about the grilled lettuce leaves, with a dressing of vinegar, parmesan cheese, and olive oil. However, to make the recipe luxurious, you can simply add some boiled eggs, lemon, meat skewers, or vegan options. Other than this, you can add more toppings to the recipe to make it a completely new dish! For example, you can add bacon, blue cheese, miso butter, or pork! What we love the most about the salad is that it is amazing how you can pair the salad with other food items. For example, if you already have grilled chicken on your wedding menu, then this salad can be paired with it. Apart from this, you can make some changes to the salad dressing.

The ideas above will help you to add bright flavors to your wedding menu. You can either use one of the ideas we’ve listed out, or you can have all of them for your wedding BBQ corner. However, before you decide to throw a wedding party with outdoor BBQ ideas, you should consider the wedding menu. Ask yourself if you want an entire BBQ wedding menu, complete with entrees, sides, and starters, or would you like to add a few BBQ options to enjoy the pretty outdoors? For an outdoor wedding idea, you should ensure that the wedding decor and reception party seating arrangement are taken care of. That said, you should consider talking to your wedding planner if you have one, and discuss your ideas for the reception party with your partner before solidifying the plans.

Ways to Elevate Your 2022 Wedding Decor with Round Table Setting

Thinking about having a round table round-up for your wedding decor? Check out our blog for amazing ideas and details!

Thinking about having a round table round-up for your wedding decor? Check out our blog for amazing ideas and details!

 

It’s a wonderful feeling to fall in love. Everything appears to seem even more beautiful, and for quite a few people, life actually becomes enriched. For some, love is about finding a deep-seated connection that just activates. Love at first right. For others, love is like a perfectly brewed tea. It starts slow, requires certain conditions which are met quite unexpectedly and seamlessly, and the result is the warmth of being with someone who is able to find a whole universe in you. Of course, it’s a two-way street, and their universe becomes yours too. We fall in love with them every day when we wake up. It might not be the cliché depiction that is often portrayed in movies or TV. We find a glimpse of it in the little moments as we spend time with our loved ones. In moments such as cooking food with them and they hand you the exact thing, you were looking for without telling them so. In moments such as cozying up with each other while haggling over which movie to watch. We also find it in moments of stress and fights, and the amends that we make with them, or they make with us. We find their love and our love for them in our everyday life. It’s as simple as that. Love starts as a noun, but transitions into a verb as the relationship progresses. With all the ups and downs, just like the boiling tea that’s being brewed into something perfect, love transcends the labels. Love becomes something else entirely for those two people in that relationship. Perhaps, that’s why everyone has a different definition of love. It’s subjective. And when it’s time, we begin to think of finally solidifying the relationship even further. For most people, that way is marriage.

A marriage is more like a social contract that is recognized by the government. Thus, marriage and wedding are not really synonymous. A wedding is a celebratory event that is so special that people spend months and even years preparing for it. It’s a big decision to get married and have a big wedding to celebrate it. In a sense, a wedding symbolizes the union of two people who have fallen deeply into love. The involvement of friends and family only increases the joy and makes the event beautiful. Although, how one decides to have their wedding is up to them. After all, a wedding is a celebration, and how one celebrates is quite subjective. For instance, some people get married and celebrate secretly without throwing a big bash. However, a majority of people in most cultures love to throw a big wedding and invite everyone who is close to them. That way, they end up making memories that last long.

Apart from the wedding in itself, the exciting and, oftentimes, an intimidating journey of wedding planning and preparation ends up deepening the love that the couple has for each other. Getting all the details right along with keeping within a pre-decided budget helps the couple become more compatible. In other words, as the couple plans together for one of the biggest shared experiences that they will ever have in their lives, their compatibility with each other as well as their understanding of each other increases. Moreover, the importance of an amazing wedding cannot be understated as we’ve all once dreamt of our perfect wedding at least once in our lifetime. Thus, when the time comes, we try to make everything perfect about it. And a great wedding is composed of the little things such as the band that you hire or the tables and décor. Without these little things, a wedding will not feel like a celebration. If you want your guests to have a good time and get good pictures clicked, you will definitely have to focus on these very little things. If possible, take the help of a close friend or an event planner to take care of them.

These details or aspects have to be thought about individually. And if you’re thinking about the kind of tables or round table setting that you want to have at your own wedding, you’ve come to the perfect place.

Types of Wedding Tables

When it comes to wedding tables, it may seem that your options are quite limited. However, that is not true. With the right creative approach and implementation, you can bring your aesthetic visualization to the material. Of course, the shapes of wedding tables are quite limited, yet there are still many options in the market that you can consider. For instance, you can go with little square-shaped wedding tables with quirky tablecloths. Apart from that, you can also opt for a mix and match style with big rectangular tables and small squared-ones. That way, your guests can have the option to choose the table size in order to sit with their preferred people. For instance, you might have a group of college friends who might want to sit together. For them, you will be needing a big table. On the other hand, you might know a couple from work who would want a small roundtable with only two chairs. Whatever be your choice, however, it is important that your arrangement aesthetics and décor are on point. In the next section, the décor ideas for roundtables will be discussed that will give you a good idea of how to get the perfect aesthetics for your wedding. Apart from that, make sure that you don’t base your table ideas solely on the article. Take into consideration your budget as well as the theme and the size of your wedding. This will help you narrow down your choice. Moreover, make sure that you add your own personal touch and get your own preferred décor into the table arrangement. After all, it’s your wedding, and weddings are a once-in-a-lifetime event, in most cases.

The importance of wedding tables is quite significant as they occupy a lot of space in a wedding. Thus, they will be very much noticeable at the venue. Moreover, wedding tables are not only about décor. For your guests, they will be a utility; an aesthetic utility to be precise. When they eat there, they should feel as comfortable as possible. Yet, your aesthetics should also be incorporated into the whole arrangement. It’s all about balance.

Round Table Setting and Décor Ideas

There are lots of round table settings and décor ideas out there. You only have to get creative. Here are some ideas that you can use or may inspire you to find your own

Textured Linen Tablecloths

As mentioned before, round tables are the optimal choice for any big celebratory event, and most people do opt for roundtables. Textured linen tablecloths are the best option to pair with fancy roundtables. It will provide your wedding with an entirely different aura. You should also think about the color of the cutlery as well as the napkins before choosing the color of the textured tablecloths. Moreover, keep in mind the theme of the wedding before you choose the textured linen tablecloth. It should be subtle yet make itself noticeable; something sober that is in line with the aesthetics of the overall décor of the wedding.

Go Retro

If you really want to go out of the box, then you should perhaps think about retro round tables. The chairs, as well as the table, should be wooden, and you should go with the iconic white tablecloth and white napkins. You can choose the cutlery accordingly as well. Apart from that, remember that going too vintage might not sit well with the theme of your wedding unless the whole wedding’s theme is vintage.

Soft Shades

If you’re planning to have an outdoor wedding, make sure that your roundtables are properly distanced from each other. After all, letting the guests have some more room and fresh air is the point of having an outdoor wedding. On top of that, choose muted colors and shades that will sit well with the greenery around. You can go for muted whites or blues for tablecloths. Light grey is another shade that you might consider, but it isn’t as popular as white and blue. However, the shade that you choose is up to your own preferences. You just have to make sure that the color of the tablecloth, as well as the roundtables and chairs, do not clash with the background scenery.

Add Vases

If you’ve already decided on the kind of roundtables, chairs, tablecloths, and napkins, you can always add some extra decorations. For instance, you might want to add flower vases to those tables. You should preferably choose small vases that will not become a hindrance to the guests when they converse with each other at the table. Alternatively, if you want to go for something that’s a bit more noticeable, you should look up tall centerpieces. These centerpieces come in various styles, but they all have one thing in common. There will be a bunch of flowers on the top that will provide shade to your guests on the table. Think of them as a small tree on your roundtable that is made completely out of flowers.

Create A Vibrant Contrast

Often, the aesthetics of roundtable arrangements as well as colors can get a bit monotonous. If you’re not that big of a fan of those same-old white roundtables and light-colored wooden chair aesthetic, you can go for something entirely different. For instance, you can go for a completely vibrant contrast such as textured blue tablecloths on wooden roundtables coupled with black metal chairs. The possibilities of color combinations and variations to aesthetics that will definitely catch the guests’ eyes are many. You only have to bring out your inner artist and visualize the perfect roundtable aesthetics that will make people go “Wow”.

Experiment

Time to get even more creative with post-modernist Roundtable aesthetics. If you’re comfortable with more experimentation and are open to unorthodox ideas, then you can also go the postmodernist way. To explain the postmodernist style defeats the whole purpose of that very style. However, let’s still explore a couple of options that can be considered postmodernist when it comes to roundtable décor. One option would be to spread the roundtables in an asymmetrical way with every chair, roundtable, and other add-ons in different colors. If you want to go beyond that, you can have roundtables as well as squared tables arranged in an incoherent manner. Apart from that, you don’t even have to go in regular wooden chairs. Bring in comfortable office chairs with back cushioned back support! However, ensure that sitting in those chairs and accessing the table should be comfortable for the guests. For instance, the height of the roundtables and the chairs should be in an appropriate ratio, so that the guests don’t have any trouble eating their food.

Balloons!

Any celebration is incomplete without balloons. On the surface, it might seem like an overused or a childish idea, but decorating your roundtable arrangement with balloons of different colors can look fascinating. This is especially true if the balloons are arranged by a professional wedding décor artist or an experienced event planner.

A Royal Wedding Needs a Royal Décor

If you’re thinking grandiose then what about royal decorations? Think of bronze utensils and golden tablecloths for your roundtables. Couple that with some handicraft wooden chairs with gold-plated metal back support. Of course, that might exceed your budget a little bit, but it doesn’t really matter if you’re going to have a small gathering and won’t be requiring too many roundtables and chairs.

Get a Professional to Help You Visualize the Aesthetics

If you’re still unsure about the kind of décor and roundtables that you want for your wedding, you can always go for an experienced professional. You can consult with your wedding planner. If you don’t have one, you can hire an individual who specializes in wedding décor. A professional’s touch always stands out. Moreover, the professional can also prevent logistical and silly errors from happening. And it will also take a load off of your mind as you’ll be delegating one responsibility to someone else. Planning a wedding is a big task, and it’s good to rely on professionals. However, you have to be in the loop as the vision of a professional and your own might not be in line every time. Thus, it’s important that you’re in constant communication with the professional, and they help you bring your vision to reality. Alternatively, they should provide you with options and you should make the final decision as it is your wedding, and it will be your memories that will be captured at the venues.

All in all, getting the perfect table décor at your wedding is about balancing sobriety and your personal creative touch. It shouldn’t be the case that your guests feel uncomfortable due to the creative liberty you take. But more importantly, you should not regret the table décor later on. It is your wedding and you should be making decisions as you see fit.