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How To Create An Outdoor Drink Station

Happy Friday friends! Today starts the World Market Friends & Family Sale so I thought I would share how I recently transformed their wooden potting bench into an outdoor drink station for my Mother’s Day brunch with MacKenzie-Childs. If you missed yesterday’s post about the brunch, you can see all of the details here—> Backyard Brunch for Mother’s Day

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Scroll through this post to see how create an outdoor drink station!

outdoor drink station

The margaritas & mimosas sign is from Etsy.

mimosa station

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Outdoor Potting Bench (aka drink station) | Gold Stemless Champagne Flutes Set of 4 | 2qt Plastic Floral Embossed Beverage Dispenser | MacKenzie-Childs Courtly Check Enamel Wine Cooler, Ingenue Ice Bucket & Scoop, Flower Market Galvanized Beverage Bucket, Flower Market Galvanized Herb Pots with Tray & Courtly Check Enamel Pinch Bowl

flower pots

How adorable are these MacKenzie-Childs Flower Market Galvanized Herb Pots with the matching tray? I moved them inside and put them on my window sill above the kitchen sink and looks so cute there for the spring and summer. I like to fill them with water and fresh flowers as opposed to actually planting anything any side of them.

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Outfit: Similar White Dress | Amina Tan Sandal | Jewelry c/o Julie Vos

This drink dispenser is perfect for outdoors because it’s plastic so you don’t have to worry about anything happening to it.

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MacKenzie-Childs Gold Check Flatware – 5-Piece Place Setting, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Serving Bowl, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Charger, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Dinner Plate, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Salad Plate, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Napkin Ring, MacKenzie-Childs Parchment Check Two Tier Sweet Stand & MacKenzie-Childs Blooming Tumbler c/o MacKenzie-Childs

How fun are these colorful boho style pillows against my black and white cushions. I actually bought this black and white fabric on sale at Hobby Lobby and had my seamstress make me these custom black and white outdoor cushions knowing that I would be styling them with these bright and colorful MacKenzie-Childs pillows. I also love how they complement my Courtly Check dishes.

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Pillows: Bukhara Pillow, Tangiers Lumbar Pillow & Tomcat Pillow & Small Booxwood c/o MacKenzie-Childs

(pictured above: me & my mother-in-law)

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Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Occasional 3 Seater Bench | Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Occasional Bench | Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Occasional Armchair | Round Natural Wood Vallarta Outdoor Dining Table | Aqua 9 Ft Replacement Umbrella Canopy with Fringe | Elementi Workshop Granville Table Cast Concrete Propane Fire Table

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Large Boxwood Obelisk c/o MacKenzie-Childs| Floral Wreath by The Sweetest Grace | Personalized Door Mat

Backyard Brunch for Mother’s Day

Hey everyone, if you follow me Instagram, then you know I finally revealed my new backyard space this past weekend just in time for a co-ed Cinco de Mayo baby shower that Blake and I hosted for our friends. I had so much fun decorating the space and it turned out beautifully. So beautifully that I didn’t want to take it down so I left half the colorful decorations up and invited my mom and mother-in-law over for an early Mother’s Day brunch. I of course nixed the taco signs and incorporated my new MacKenzie-Childs pieces into decorations and tablescape. You’ve probably seen me use some of these classic MC pieces before in other dining tablescapes that I’ve created like this bridal brunch post and my friendsgiving post. I can always count on MacKenzie-Childs to a little a glam and whole lot of print and color to my overall design.

table setting

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MacKenzie-Childs Gold Check Flatware – 5-Piece Place Setting, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Serving Bowl, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Charger, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Dinner Plate, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Salad Plate, MacKenzie-Childs Sweetbriar Napkin Ring, MacKenzie-Childs Parchment Check Two Tier Sweet Stand & MacKenzie-Childs Blooming Tumbler c/o MacKenzie-Childs

floral chair

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Outfit: Similar White Dress | Amina Tan Sandal | Jewelry c/o Julie Vos

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Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Dining Table | Sevilla Bench | Gray Cane Woven Serasa Outdoor Dining Chairs Set of 2 | Outdoor Chair Cushions | Natural Rattan Fallon Cocoon Chair with Cushion

While I love MacKenzie-Childs’ bold statement pieces, I also love the Sweetbriar collection that I got for my wedding especially when I have a lot of color already going on in the background like I did here with the balloons and flowers. This balloon garland was leftover from my Cinco de Mayo party, but I put together these flower arrangements to tie in Mother’s Day. I purchased three different bouquets of flowers from my local grocery store and arranged them in these three vases to use as the centerpiece. 

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Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Occasional 3 Seater Bench | Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Occasional Bench | Whitewash Sevilla Outdoor Occasional Armchair | Round Natural Wood Vallarta Outdoor Dining Table | Aqua 9 Ft Replacement Umbrella Canopy with Fringe | Elementi Workshop Granville Table Cast Concrete Propane Fire Table

How fun are these colorful boho style pillows by MacKenzie-Childs against my white cushions? I love the texture of them too! I would keep them indoors because they aren’t meant to take on weather, but they’re super cute to bring outside for special occaisions.

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Pillows: Bukhara Pillow, Tangiers Lumbar Pillow & Tomcat Pillow c/o MacKenzie-Childs

(pictured: Me and my mom)

My Floral DIY Chair:

To create this adorable picturesque chair, I used my Natural Rattan Fallon Cocoon Chair with Cushion that I purchased from World Market last year and wrapped it greenery and flowers from World Market. The first time I added some floral swag to the chair was for a baby shower that I hosted last month and then I decided to use it again for the Cinco de Mayo themed baby shower we just hosted over the weekend. All we did to change it up was purchase more colorful flowers from Hobby Lobby and use green floral tape and wire to attach the flowers. It’s such a fun way to incorporate more color into your decor. Plus you can always reuse it and change up the color schemes.

My backyard space isn’t completely finished yet so make sure to stay tuned for my updates on Instagram stories. Also, tomorrow I’ll be sharing my margarita and mimosa station for Mother’s Day with MacKenzie-Childs on the blog!

Balloon garland by Animated Art Balloons

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