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The signature cocktail was the moonshine mojito because Melissa likes mojitos!  (Gin would ve been more 1920s appropriate!)  Melissa had the signature cocktail served in mason jars to fit the theme.  They used almost all Boulder beer for the wedding so our guests san antonio hotels riverwalk could enjoy sampling Boulder s fine breweries.  They had bottled Coca Cola for the kids.
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The bride hand drew the Save the Date and the groom edited it, using the model of WPA posters (from the 1930s).  They also found a template online for the wedding invitation, so they printed it themselves and Melissa hand wrote all the invitations.  Melissa and James also collectively created the wedding san antonio hotels riverwalk program.
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Melissa and her mom got fans for the guests since they knew it would be a hot August day in Boulder.  One of Melissa s volunteers (the bride is a Volunteer Coordinator) brought her some wood from their old barn, which James used to create the sign that said Melissa + James Wedding .  One of Melissa san antonio hotels riverwalk s best friends and her husband set up a digital camera on a tripod with instructions written out for the photo booth beside the car.  The bride's mother collected photos of Melisa and James and hung it on a part of a bird cage.  Melissa s mom also made the Seating san antonio hotels riverwalk Chart, which was an old map with 10 different WPA postcards of National Parks that Melissa and James have been to (such as Yellowstone, Great Smokies, Tetons, and more).  This was to commemorate Melissa and James four month road trip around the US that they embarked on a year after graduating from college. Melissa s mom got a wood burner from Hobby Lobby and carved the signs that said Mel s Speakeasy , Outhouses , and Step Back 1920s on old fence posts bought at the flea market.