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What’s funner than fun? Creating a signature drink. What’s funner than that? Going through an entire bottle of Ketel One in order to perfect it.Last night, we headed to a friend’s house, where we tapped the skills of an ex-bartender to put together our “Something Old, Something New…” drink menu (the idea for which I blatantly ripped off of Mrs. Raspberry). First, however, I had to gather up some totally unnecessary recent purchases…

…cocktail napkins and

“love knot”crazy straws that look like this when looped:

Like I said, unnecessary. And believe me, I don’t want detail overkill at our wedding; I’d like it to be “well-edited”. But having only 70 guests has allowed us to indulge in a few of these fun extras. (Oh, and you’d better believe I’m going to take a straw over to our venue to measure it against their glasses so I can trim them, if need be.)

Arriving at our friend’s house, we saw she had set up a whole freakin’ mixology station for us to play at:

She quickly got to work shaking, stirring, testing, and tasting:

…and it wasn’t long before we had nailed an invention or two and settled on some classics. We’ve got…

SOMETHING OLD:

Pink Lemon Drop Martini

SOMETHING NEW:

The “Blushing Bride”
(a super secret mix of vodka, watermelon pucker, and some other yumminess that is written down somewhere)

We also settled on SOMETHING BORROWED: Prickly Pear Margaritas (my loose logic being that it’s “borrowed” from Mexico…?) and SOMETHING BLUE: The “Blue-Eyed Groom” (a wickedly yummy shot made with Mr. LB’s beloved Blue Curacao, pineapple juice, and something else I forgot). I used to joke that the only “something blue” I need is Mr. Lovebug’s eyes on me, walking down the aisle:

…and now it’s official.

Finally, as a non-aloholic option, we’ve got the “Sweetest Sparkler”:

(Which is really just Italian blood orange soda from Trader Joe’s.)

We then forced ourselves to drink all the leftover, discarded trials. Oh, and to practice our drunken wedding dancing:

We’ve got an open bar all night, including through the cocktail hour, and I know people typically stick with their favorite tried-and-true drinks. But it’s a option we thought would be nice to offer (I know I’d think it was cute), and we had a lot of fun putting them together. And that’s good enough for me.

By the way, if anyone can think of cuter, typewriter-themed names for these, please - have at it!

• Wedding Salon NY Show
• Living In Sin