Once you’ve set up the lighting and set the table it’s time to set up the drinks station(s) when Entertaining Sonoma Style ™!
Drinks Station for Entertaining Sonoma Style-image via Style me Pretty
Whether alcoholic or non, I usually like to set up drinks well away from the food. It helps me to spread people out, and to create a flow throughout the space. People tend to collect around food and drink, so the placement of both in your venue is important. Here are some tips and tricks to creating fun drink set ups:
- Separate drinks station from the food and dessert station, and place in a different part of the venue
Drinks station-image via Vintage Rentals
- If you have the room, separate the non-alchoholic and alcoholic drinks from each other
Separate alcohol from non-alcohol-image via be Different act Normal
- use a grease pencil, tags or some way to identify cups for your guests…one glass per guest helps with clean up
- If you can, have someone with a tray of drinks by the front door to greet your guests
- And/or have a bartender to help serve, and to keep an eye on over drinking
Use a bartender if possible-image via Style me Pretty
- Use unusual containers as ice chests to keep drinks cold, from wheel barrels to tin troughs, fire pits to planters
use unusual containers as ice chests-image via BHG
- Anything you can pre serve, or to make things as easy as possible is great for your guests
Pre Prep your drinks for guests-image via Letizia Golosa
- Freeze edible flowers or mint in ice cubes for a pretty touch for iced drinks
Get creative with the ice cubes-image via Kasia Sykus on Tumbler
However you choose to entertain, be bold, get creative and set up different stations to keep the flow moving at your next party. After all, Entertaining Sonoma Style ™ is all about having fun, isn’t it?
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