Please Don't Stop The Music: Themed Weddings

The Center is mixing it up a little and revealing a "Please Don't Stop The Music" post on Friday instead of Wednesday.

These First Dance songs lend themselves to the themed wedding posts earlier this week. Enjoy, and tune in next week for another round of wedding inspiration spots!

Glamour

We recommend "Everything," by Michael Buble for your first dance at your glamorous reception.

Whimsical

 

Dance with your darling to "When I'm 64," by The Beatles at your whimsical wedding reception.

Rustic

 

In keeping with the "back yard" feel of your rustic ceremony, we suggest "Ho, Hey!" by the Lumineers for your first dance.

Themed Signature Drinks

In honor of Wedding Inspiration week, we have collected a few drink recipes that would be a perfect compliment to themed weddings.

 

Recipe and photo from www.liquor.com

Glamorous Wedding: Moët Golden Glamour Cocktail

According to Liquor.com, this elegant cocktail was the official cocktail of the 2010 Academy Awards. It would be perfect of an evening of glitz and glamour.

Ingredients

4 oz Moët & Chandon Imperial Champagne

.25 oz Navan Vanilla Liqueur

1.5 oz Passion fruit juice

 

Garnish: Mint sprig

Glass: Coupe

 

 
Whimsical Wedding: Elderflower Fizz Cocktail
This bubbly, floral drink is a wonderful addition to whimsical wedding cocktail hour. The bright and subtle notes play very well together.

Ingredients

1 oz Lime sour (two parts organic lime juice, one part organic agave nectar)

.5 oz Square One Organic Vodka

.5 oz St-Germain

1 tsp Organic agave nectar

Gruet Brut sparkling wine

Garnish: Organic thyme sprig

Glass: Champagne flute

 

 

Recipe and photo from www.liquor.com

 

Rustic Wedding: Back Yard Tea Cocktail
With tea and lemonade both involved, this cocktail would be the perfect signature cocktail choice for a country or rustic wedding!

 

Ingredients

 

2 oz Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum

1 oz Iced tea

2 oz Lemonade

 

Garnish: Lemon wedge

Glass: Highball

Themed Wedding Inspirations: Rustic

Looking for some decoration inspiration? Look no further! In honor of The Center's blank canvas space, we will be highlighting themes that would go over beautifully at our venue over the next week.

Rustic

 

 

You delight in the simplistic style and warm comforts of rural living. Even in the heart of the city, you want your wedding guests to feel like they're celebrating on the porch with their nearest and dearest.

 

Picture this: Your guests enter The Center and take in the scent of apple pie candles in lanterns on the travertine. The dome is lit light orange to look like sunset and everyone gathers around the bar for a local brew and wander over to the guestbook, sat beside distressed wooden picture frames filled with wonderful memories. They delight in the spacious wooden dance floor and string lights hanging above, as well as the lavender in your romantic, simple, floral centerpieces. Everyone will dance the night away and leave feeling happy and warm, with wonderful memories of your big day.

 

 



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Photo by Izzy Hudgins Photography

 

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Photo by Yvonne Wong

 

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Themed Wedding Inspiration - Whimsy

Looking for some decoration inspiration? Look no further! In honor of The Center's blank canvas space, we will be highlighting themes that would go over beautifully at our venue over the next week.

Whimsy

 

You are joyful and whimsical and you want everyone to share in your peace and happiness.

 

Picture this: The lights of Fountain Square are dancing outside of the ballroom window, while inside your guests delight in your bouquets of bright, mismatched florals, your table of petite sweets, and your lights twinkling in strings above the dance floor. The colors and lights play along the walls of the ballroom, while your guests enjoy a signature cocktail in the ambient dome room, below a dome lit with a gorgeous shade of your choosing.

 

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Wedding at The Center 

 

Photography credit - Melissa Jill (Pinterest find) 

Image from 100layecake.com

 

 

 



 

Themed Wedding Inspirations: Glamour

Looking for some decoration inspiration? Look no further! In honor of The Center's blank canvas space, we will be highlighting themes that would go over beautifully at our venue over the next week.

 

Glamour

You enjoy the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood, the sights and sounds of the city, and your dream wedding is sophisticated and shimmering.

 

Picture this: your wedding in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, overlooking Fountain Square. The city lights and sights are the perfect compliment to your glamourous evening in a modern, elegant venue. The champagne Chiavari chairs, spacious dance floor, chic florals, and gorgeous, bejeweled decor leave your guests in awe all evening, as they enjoy cocktail hour in the dome room and then move into the ball room for dinner and dancing the night away.

 

Courtesy of Cincinnati Wedding Magazine. Photo by Annette Navarro

 

 

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Courtesy of 100layercake Photo by Photographer: Kristen Marie

 

Courtesy of 100layercake Photo by Photographer: Kate Romenesko Photography

 

 

Designs by http://www.jenniferborkowskidesigns.com/

 

Event at The Center

Kenzie's Closet Dress Drive

 

The Center Cincinnati is excited to announce that it is teaming up with Creative Invites and Event and Curate Boutique to host a dress drive for Kenzie's Closet! 

Kenzie's Closet is a magnificent organization that makes it possible for young ladies from low-income backgrounds to attend their proms. They receive a gorgeous dress of their choosing, a bag, and shoes at no cost to them.

The Center was so touched when we learned all the ways that the volunteers and employees ensure that each client feels like a star when she enters into Kenzie's Closet, we could not wait to get involved!

We would like to extend an invitation to all of the ladies out there to sort through your closets and bring a gently-used, prom-style dress into Curate Boutique between November 15th and November 25th. (Perhaps an old bridesmaid's dress?!) When you do, two wonderful things will happen. 

1. You will receive 20% off a new dress at Curate Boutique this holiday season.
2. You will be helping a young woman attend her prom, when she might have skipped due to financial worries.

 

 

There will be a kick-off party on November 15th at Curate Boutique in Hyde Park. Think fall fashion, fun, and refreshments! Bring in your dress or monetary donation and mingle. We can't wait to see you there!

Pumpkin Pie Cocktail

Halloween's just around the corner, and with all the spooooooky jack-o-lanterns around town, we need a drink.....made from the leftover pumpkin, of course! Silliness aside, this pumpkin pie cocktail is delightfully spicy and sweet, and the perfect drink to serve to your friends while you hand out candy or host a costume party. Enjoy this treat!

Ingredients (makes one drink)

1-1/2 ounces spiced rum
1 ounce pumpkin purée
1 teaspoon (0.3 ounces) Grand Marnier
1 scant teaspoon (about 0.2 ounces) simple syrup
Splash of bitters (such as Angostura)
Dash of nutmeg
Dash of cinnamon
Dash of allspice

Directions

1. Pour all contents in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake thoroughly.
2. Strain into a martini glass straight up.
3. Garnish with nutmeg and cinnamon.

Recipe and photograph from http://www.yumsugar.com