Your signature drink should reflect your likes and loves – and if you love fruit smoothies or shakes, then go ahead, and serve them too as your signature drink!

{ fruit smoothy shooters | Four Seasons Hotel | San Francisco }

Glassware changes your presentation – love these shooter glasses for this presentation of the smoothy drinks for guests to help themselves too!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Wedding Planner & Designer
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Now, before you start thinking I’m a lush (LOL) – I actually love using shot glasses in a more untraditional sense!

Shot glasses are a perfect single serving glassware item, that can be used in many ways. I love getting creative about our cocktail hours and incorporating fun and unique ways to use a shot glass!

In the traditional sense, offer your guests a signature shot instead of a signature drink – like Christine & Gavin did with their peppermint schnapps with candy cane embellishments (a perfect way to warm up at a winter wedding!). A signature shot can be less expensive than a full signature cocktail – just make sure you have a cap placed on the quantity you offer guests.

In a more untraditional sense you can use a shot glass to create single-serving sizes of your favorite foods!

At the recent wedding of Candace & Peter - you’ve seen our cookies and milk - our groom loved his cookies and milk, so we had to find a way to incorporate it into the day. With so many kids in attendance at their wedding, this was a perfect cocktail choice!

Need some more ideas for what you can serve in a shot glass…

1. butternut squash soup with mini grilled cheese sandwiches on top
2. sweet potatoe fries (cut shoe string style)
3. yogurt dip with cubed fruit on kabobs set on top
4. cocktail sauce with a 2 shrimp hanging on the edge of the glass

Shot glasses are easy for guests to manage & is the perfect size for small portions. And they are easy to dress up too for presentation.

Get creative when thinking about how to present the appetizers during your cocktail hour! It’s a perfect time to infuse your personality by sharing your favorite foods with your guests!

What other food and beverage items can you think of that would work well for serving in a shot glass?

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
www.nuanceoccasions.com

Holidays are often a busy time around my home, as we always have holiday season weddings to fit around all the normal festivities too!!

So if you are in a time crunch, I wanted to share my most favorite holiday cold punch to serve to guests in the holiday season. Afterall, who wants to waste away the holidays slaving on food preparations!

Refreshing Cranberry Fizz
2 parts cranberry juice
1 part gingerale

Mix in a large dispenser like the one from Z Gallerie or serve in a pitcher – add a couple frozen cranberries and lemons floating for embellishment! It’s so refreshing and soooooo very easy!!

Enjoy hosting your friends and family this holiday season!

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.486.5310 ext.1