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After the hilltop ceremony, guests walked down to cocktail hour for this Virginia backyard wedding. We used the red barn as a backdrop for the gathering but set up everything outside of the barn.
Virginia Backyard Wedding Escort Card Display
The concept of the escort card display was one of my favorite things about this wedding. Overall we embraced a vintage Provencal aesthetic. We wanted the escort cards to look like vintage seed packets. Our stationer created cards that perfectly emulated that. The dinner tables were named after fruits, vegetables, and herbs, so the drawing on the card corresponded to the table’s name.
After we settled on what the cards would look like, I set about gathering the vintage items for this table display. I purchased pieces from antique shops all over Virginia and borrowed wine boxes from my favorite restaurant. The family sourced some accessories, and Holly Chapple’s team did an incredible job styling the whole display with flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
We set up the display during the cocktail hour so that we did not have any bottlenecks while guests moved around this Virginia backyard wedding.
Virginia Backyard Wedding Cocktail Hour
The quaint red barn was built on the property in the year-long postponement due to Covid. However, we did not use the barn for guests; we used it to house the catering team and the rest of the vendors’ storage and break area. But it was a quaint backdrop for the cocktail reception. We set up the bars under the barn overhang. The floor plan included scattered high-top and low-top tables in the grass and set up a vintage lounge by the copse of trees.
We focused the grazing table on French meats and cheeses, as well as tapenades and olives. There was also a roving raw bar featuring local seafood.
Check out more from this Virginia backyard wedding: The amazing video, getting ready at home, the hilltop wedding ceremony, and the wedding reception.
Photographer: Ken Pak https://kenpak.com/ @kenpakphotography
Planning and Design: Bellwether Events https://bellwetherevents.com/ @bellwetherevent
Florals: Holly Chapple Flowers https://www.hollychappleflowers.com/ @hollychapple
Videographer: NST Pictures https://nstpictures.com/ @nstpictures
Catering and Cake: Occasions Caterers https://occasionscaterers.com/ @occasionscaterers
Tent and Lighting: Sugarplum Tent Co. https://sugarplumtents.com/ @sugarplumtents
Rentals: Something Vintage Rentals https://www.somethingvintagerentals.com/ @smthingvintage
Stationery: Artisan Matchmaker https://www.artisanmatchmaker.com/ @artisanmatchmaker
Entertainment: Elan Artists https://elanartists.com/ @elanartists
Hair and Makeup: Amie Decker Beauty https://amiedeckerbeauty.com/ @amiedeckerbeauty
Fireworks: Digital Lightning https://www.digitallightning.com/ @digitallightning
Transportation: Dwayne Seldon Limo
Carriages: Shenandoah Carriage Co https://www.shenandoahcarriage.net/ @shenandoahcarriagecompany
Valet: Joe Lewis
Restroom Trailers: Johnny Blue https://johnnyblueinc.com/ @johnnybluewinchester
Generators: Temp Power https://www.temp-power.net/
