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"Western Wedding Planning Tips And Ideas"___________________________________________________________________________________________
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If your planning a western wedding you might want to also consider these locations... * Country House * Farmhouse * Ghost Town * Historic Landmark * Historic Building * Old Country Church * Old Western Town * Ranch or Rustic Barn * Rustic Cabin Wear a themed old west wedding dress or wear a modern dress with a touch of western. Add a white cowboy hat and white satin cowboy boots. Choose a western style tuxedo for the groom. Add a bolo tie, cowboy boots and a hat, are appropriate for the groom. While the groomsman wear jeans, western vests, boots, and a western hat. Have the groom dress in old west clothing as a cowboy or sheriff. Arrive at the ceremony on horseback, hire a horse drawn carriage or wagon to arrive at the wedding. Decorate the reception area with old horseshoes, hay bale, milk cans, western blankets, quilts, picket fences, or lasso rope and wagon wheels. Make a wanted poster of the bride and groom to decorate the reception. Add old western style signs for extra charm. Decorate your wedding reception to look like a western saloon. Have gambling tables and saloon girls for waitstaff. Provide a hand rolled cigar station for your guest and take old fashioned photos to take home to remember the day. Fill mason jars full of colorful wildflowers to create a natural romantic effect. Place candle lit lanterns or potted cactus on each table. Hire a live country band, folk band, or steel guitar to a full bluegrass band. Add a fast fiddle and banjo music to liven up things. Give your wedding cake a bit of western flair. Sit your cake on a western rope cake base for your cake to rest on. Use picnic style seating for the guests covered with white tablecloths. Stack bales of hay to place the appetizers on or use for a buffet line. Serve your guest barbecue chicken, ribs, and brisket. Accompany the barbecue with corn on the cob, coleslaw, baked beans, potato salad, biscuits, cobbler and homemade ice cream. Put beer and bottles of soft drinks in large galvanized tubs for an outdoor western feel. Serve sweet iced tea, lemonade, and margaritas. Give your guest personalized barbecue sauce or salsa. Fill bandannas with beef jerky ot cowboy coffee and tie with twine. Miniture potted cactus, shot glasses and horse shoe key chains, make great western favors. Arrange for an old fashioned hay ride to transport guests to the reception or rides during the reception. Depart the reception together on a horse. When the evening is coming to a close, have a warm bonfire with hay bale seating around the fire. Provide marshmallows and skewers to roast for those who want to sit around the fire. Hand out sparklers to the kids for a fun and memorable night.
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