Weddingbee Blog

Finding a venue in an old brewery couldn’t have been more perfect! With that out-of-the-way my Pretzel brain got working on some of the more minute wedding details. First up: monograms!

It seems like weddings and monograms are attached at the hip these days. I found no lack of inspiration on the interwebs, but it all seemed elegant, sophisticated, and refined… and oh so not “us”.

Not that Mr Pretzel and I can’t be these things… but come on- my moniker is a freakin’ Pretzel. That should tell you what kind of folks we are—Beer and Pretzel folks.

Enter the Pretzel Beer Label.

OK, It’s more like a wedding logo. The original design actually came to me long before Mr P and I were even talking about marriage. I found the awesomest, bestest, I-qualify-for-girlfriend-of-the-year gift for Mr Pretzel’s birthday. A customized wooden 6 pack.

An Example six pack (not Mr Pretzels)

Note the utterly awesome Jubelale being featured there… I approve.

I like to think of it as his very own party pack- throw in a mix of brews and we are good to go. Roberto Sand on Etsy collaborated with me to design one for Mr Pretzel based loosely on the Leinenkugel’s logo. It had a Mount Rainier looking mountain under the “Pretzel Ale” Logo. We decked it out with fun beer quotes and a couple skulls and crossbones.

Here is the best part. Pretend that Pretzel rhymes with ale. No really, just imagine how great a beer label would be if Pretzel rhymed with ale… cause it does—I promise. The font for Pretzel is Marcelle from Da Font. I purchased the banner image for a couple dollars - I can’t remember where.

So what does one do with a beer logo in a wedding? Well the first thing we did was order a custom return address stamp and used it on our Save the Dates.

But we’re also thinking about:

• custom napkins (hello Gocco!)
• coasters
• bar signage
• labels for our “cheap beer” i.e. Bud Light… sigh…
• favors

We’re still brainstorming where Pretzel Ale will make an appearance and I smile every time I stamp an envelope with our address.

Have you opted for a wedding logo instead of a monogram? What items would you “slap” your logo on?