In order to celebrate their heritages, the couple decided on a menu to illustrate three different cultures: German, Italian, and Cuban. This was the most exciting part of planning the wedding. The chef was very flexible and willing to try different things.
We had three food stations, and one table for plates/the salad.
Cuban Food Station:
Pork Loins sauteed in a black bean, tomato, corn salsa
Arroz Amarillo
Italian Food Station:
Minestrone Soup
Penne pasta with turkey sausage
German Good Station:
Marinated Bratwursts with purple potatoes and red cabbage
Keeping with our international theme, we had Irish Cr�me coffee with whip cream, and Cuban Coffee.
The couple also had special pottery goblets as their drinking cups.
Staying with our international theme, each table was named for a different country. The common thread was the word love. Each table had love spelled out in it's country's language.
Ex: Amor for Spain, l'amore for Italy.
The place cards correspond with the country's love word.
The head table had Love: The International language.
Our wonderful cake was made by Sheila's Sweets, based out of Winchester, VA. It was three-tiered and based on a picture from a Martha Stewart book. The layers were : irish cream with chocolate filling (top), lemon with raspberry feeling (middle), and marble with icing filling (bottom). HMMM!!!!
The guest book was a scrap book, decorated with the same blue/glitter fabric the bride put on the ring box. Each page had a music manuscript. Guests were asked to sing in. This represents how our family and friends are the manuscript of our lives. Each page was adorned with a Chinese love stamp and music notes.
Guests were also asked to sign on a photo matte that would later be framed for the couple's home.
The reception room, the Mountainner Room, was decorated with white lights and tulle around the room. The main entrance was also decorated with lights.
Each guest found at their setting a CD favor, the reception menu, ,a camera with directions, bubble decorated with glitter fabric and a blue ribbon with the couple's name and wedding date imprinted on. The centerpiece was a three-glass-tubes with blue rocks and floating candles.
