This Couple Had an Intimate Shabbat Dinner and Western-Themed Welcome Party Before Their Wedding in Austin, Texas

Prior to their Sunday wedding ceremony and reception, Taylor and Brad kicked off the weekend with a Shabbat dinner on Friday and a welcome party on Saturday evening. In true Texas fashion, the theme was “Boots, BBQ and Bourbon.” To hint at the boot-scootin’ good time that was in store, the wedding invitations included a die-cut insert resembling a cowboy boot that provided all the details for the prewedding event. Appropriately, Taylor and Brad showed up to their “Resh Rodeo” welcome dinner (inspired by the groom’s last name) clad in bedazzled and dark leather cowboy boots respectively. (Brad also donned a bolo tie and cowboy hat.) “To say I’ve been mentally designing our wedding stationery since before we were engaged would not entirely be a lie,” remarks Taylor. Taylor’s stationery business regularly designs wedding invitations for other to-be-weds, but this time she dreamed up creative details for her own special day. Western-inspired typography on the boot card reappeared in the day-of stationery and brought cohesion to the rustic fete.