Love at The Ranch: The Pie Bar!

Cake did not make an appearance at our wedding. Instead, we served up a pie bar (by Denver's Teacup Bakery) for our guests to enjoy. All eight pies were natural and organic. We had the venue cut the pies into 12 slices, instead of 8, so people could enjoy multiple flavors. You'd want to too given these flavors: blueberry peach, cherry, apple, pumpkin, caramel apple, chocolate cream, lemon meringue, and banana cream.

Paula from Teacup was so cute when I went in for a tasting. She told me how she goes down to the farmer's market and buys the fruit at its peak (which was way before October). She froze it when it was at its best so our fruit pies would still taste seasonal.

Our calligrapher, Pretty Pen Jen, wrote out the pie types.

I collected the cake stands from garage sales, thrift stores, and Hobby Lobby.

Photo by Amanda Wilson

The card holders were purchased from Bliss & Bloom in the UK. I couldn't find anything even remotely close to them here in the States.

How did we get here?

Mr. CB and I road-tripped it to Colorado.

I spent a peaceful morning with my girls.
Followed by a rowdy bachelorette party.
Two days before the wedding, we fought.
Then, we made up.

On Saturday, Mr. CB recuperated while I hiked with friends.

We celebrated our rehearsal dinner.

Sunday Morning: The girls got ready.

And the guys got ready.

Mr. CB and I had our First Look.

Budget Breakdown: Bouquets and Bouts.

Potraits of the bride and groom.

Our wedding party braved the cold for photos.

We all lined up for the ceremony.

The wedding party walked (and performed hand shakes).

Papa CB walked Ms (soon to be Mrs.) CB down the aisle.

Our ceremony began with a song from Grandma Cowboy Boot.

And ended with a kiss.

We hugged and took some family portraits.

Then our guests to to see The Details.

I broke down our centerpiece budget.

Then showed you our photo booth!

After toasts, we fed each other pie.

**All images above by the ridiculously talented and awesome Tec Petaja, unless otherwise noted. Head to his blog for some serious eye candy.**

What? No Cake?!

That's right. Mr. Cowboy Boot and I are forgoing that tradition. "But what about the pictures with the cake? You won't have those?" My mom asked when I told her. "Eh," I replied, "Neither of us really likes cake all that much." Sure, I've loved the design of wedding cakes and even swooned over a few but their aesthetic beauty doesn't make up for their price tag--at least not at our wedding. But that doesn't mean no one will be eating sweets after dinner. 

In lieu of wedding cake, we're opting for a seasonally-fresh pie bar a la this picture:

Pie Inspiration Board by Ritzy Bee

Since it will be fall at the time of our wedding, pies and crisps will mark the season. Apples, peach, cherry, raspberry, you name it, we'll have it. Um, hopefully. We're still waiting for our venue to get back to us with the catering contract so we can finalize prices and the menu. Until then, we'll be dreaming about all of the various flavors of pie we can offer. To keep you drooling, too, here are some fun inspiration boards that contain pie (all from Snippet & Ink):

Are you finishing off the meal with an untraditional dessert?