Wedding Blog

Although Mr. Eggplant and I are not wine drinkers, we received an early gift from one of Mr. Eggplant’s uncles. He belongs to a wine club and gifted us with wine for our reception wrapped in personalized labels with our names. We now have enough wine for 35-40 dinner tables to receive one bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon each.

Yes, they are just the tiniest bit cheesy, but I think they’re pretty cute and it was quite thoughtful of UIL Eggplant to give us such a generous gift. Our Chinese banquet venue is allowing us to provide our own alcohol without a corkage fee, which is unheard of at most reception sites (but that may just be because the restaurant owner is family friends with Mr. Eggplant’s relatives). Our Saturday reception venue charges a corkage fee of $15/bottle–typical but expensive–so we’ll be providing the personalized wine on day two of the wedding celebration.

For those of you who want to personalize your beverages a bit, these sites are great resources:
http://www.winelabel.com/
http://www.myownlabels.com/ML113.asp
http://www.bottleyourbrand.com/shop/category.asp?idCat=13

Or you could go the DIY route like Miss Lemon and her fabulous label projects!