Stock the Bar Party...April 5, 2014

We finally moved into our AMAZING new house and because we sort of overlooked my birthday as well as my hubby's birthday, we decided to throw a combination of a birthday party/housewarming party. We came up with a "stock the bar party" because we have an ACTUAL bar but no alcohol or bar accessories. What better way to fix that then with a stock the bar party! We of course wanted to stay with our love for vintage as a theme so we went with vintage bar decor including vintage beer cans, vintage wine decanters, old windows, vintage soda crates, and more. We had a Baked Potato Bar with all the fixin's as well as a Bloody Mary Bar...which was probably the best idea EVER! Who knew there were so many ways to make a Bloody Mary amazing!

Baked Potato Bar...decor provided by Country Chic Wedding Rentals. Fixin's included sour cream, butter, cheese, chives, and of course...chili!

We used our interchangeable bar with the bar sign as a focal point for the Bloody Mary bar. We used our old windows, vintage soda crates, cake stands, and our mason jar drink dispensers to jazz it up too. 

Can't go wrong with instructions!

For dessert...we saved the best for last. Cupcakes were provided by Heavenly Delights Cupcakery... Alison, the owner, whipped up some s'mores cupcakes, salted caramel cupcakes and cookies 'n cream cupcakes. Pretty much everyone that had one said the cupcakes were "to die for", "DELICIOUS", "best cupcakes EVER",or just simply "amazing".

Cupcake display with vintage wine decanters and vintage beer cans.

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Mmmm....cupcakes!!!! Salted caramel is on top.

S'mores cupcakes by Heavenly Delights Cupcakery

Cookies 'n cream cupcake by Heavenly Delights Cupcakery

We needed to provide a little fun for the guests, so what better way to do that than with a photo booth. Vickie Tullar, owner of Vic's Photobooth Co. is who we went with. She exceeded all of our expectations and then some. She provided amazing service at an amazing price, and I loved that her vintage look fit nicely with my vintage look and wasn't just "any old photobooth". 

Vickie hard at work!

Vic's vintage style photo booth complete with vintage trunks, lace curtains and plenty of fabulous props!

Vickie offers custom photo strips and many other custom items to make your event memorable.

The event was a complete success. Everyone enjoyed all the good eats and good fun but most of all each other's company. I look forward to many more functions in our new home. If you have any good ideas, please leave me a comment and I'll see what I can come up with next.