Ideas for a Texas Country Wedding

If you're getting married in Texas - or just want a good old-fashioned Texas-style wedding - you're sure to be looking for ideas for a Texas country wedding. From setting to attire, from flowers and arrangements to music and dancing, we've got some great ideas for a Texas country wedding that will be remembered by all of your friends for years as one of the most rollicking parties they've ever attended.

Ideas for Texas Country Wedding Decorations

Go for the gingham - blue, red or green checked tablecloths and napkins say country in a big way. Roll the napkins and tuck them into straw napkin rings with brightly colored raffia flowers. Keep your centerpieces natural and simple, too. Baskets of wildflowers with bows and ribbons are perfect along the buffet tables and at the banquet tables.

If you want something a little more 'country cute', you can fill watering cans with bouquets of wildflowers. Or, for a touch of the Old West, pick up vases in the shape of a cowboy boot to hold daisies, Queen Anne's lace and goldenrod.

Not a wildflower type of gal? Here's an idea for a Texas country wedding table centerpiece - a baby saguaro cactus in a painted Mexican terracotta pot. Pick a plant saucer that's about six inches wider than the terracotta pot, center the cactus on it, and surround it with wrapped wedding favors for your guests.

Music Ideas for a Texas Country Wedding

Country music, of course! But don't stop there. Pick a band that can keep a good two-step going for hours, and change it up with a mix of hard-driving Southern rock and cowboy ballads. If you're up for it, hire a band with a square dance caller, and get your guests up on the floor for a few rounds of do-si-do and promenades.

Food Ideas for a Texas Country Wedding

With all that dancing and foot-stomping, you'll want to serve hearty, stick-to-your-ribs fare. Keep the chili pots simmering, and fire up the grills for barbecue ribs, chicken and the best thick-cut steaks you can find. Make sure there's plenty of salad - potato, macaroni and fresh garden - with a variety of dressings.

Skip the champagne fountain for a Texas country wedding - it just doesn't work well with ribs and steak. Instead, fill a couple of huge cans with cracked ice and cold beer. Pick a couple of great table wines - in a jug, of course - from a bottler like Three Thieves, who pick up some of the best varietals on the bulk wine market and bottle them up in good old country jugs.