Basil gin martinis were made even more festive with "Eat, Drink, Marry" straw flags.

Servers presented these cleverly named cocktails—Big Apple Bromance, Just Married Julep, and Marry Me Margarita—on lacquered trays.

This bride and groom served their favorite drinks to wedding guests. A tall Gemini, the bride's signature drink (made with St. Germain liqueur), stands beside the groom's Old Fashioned.

Two signature drinks were served at this wedding. One cocktail, the "Cherry Bomb," contained the area's famous cherries. The second beverage, a "Thai Mojito," paid homage to the couple's Thailand honeymoon.

At this sweet Southern affair, the bride and groom honored their heritages with two signature cocktails- - A British favorite, Pimm’s Cup and Tennessee Tea.

At this California wedding -- where the palette was purple and gold -- “The Lady Dee” offered the perfectly colored refreshment for cocktail hour. Composed of vodka, soda, and Chambord, and served with a twist, it was accompanied by printed cocktail napkins designed by the groom.

Going along with their Circus theme, the groom’s friends concocted this signature drink for Jon and Jenna's reception. The "pink elephant" is a blend of vodka, fruit juices, and grenadine and capped with a pink plastic elephant.

Tasha and DW served vodka gimlets paired with playful printed cocktail napkins at their New York wedding.

Dark and Stormy cocktails, a Floridian favorite, were served with napkins featuring the couple’s custom logo.

This Southern duo served a “Blushing Bride” cocktail at their Charleston wedding. Their signature drink, made of vodka and cranberry, was garnished with a wooden stir stick imprinted with the same bird design used throughout the reception.

In addition to mint juleps, clever twists on classic cocktails were served at Chloe and Matt’s wedding. These creative cocktails include a Ghost of Mary (a pale version of the bloody one), a Bernini (essentially a Bellini that playfully borrows from their shared last name), and a modified sea breeze that substitutes Campari for cranberry juice.

Food editor Elizabeth and wine connoisseur Stephane chose to serve a French liqueur made from Alps-grown elderflower on their big day.

Christine and Peter kept it simple with a sprig of lavender that doubled as a drink stirrer. For coasters, 4-inch squares were cut out of ivory, green, and lavender canvas with scalloping shears.

After meeting at a horse race, it only seemed fitting for this couple to have traditional mint juleps at their wedding. Devon and Dan paired their preppy libation with monogrammed napkins fashioned in pink and navy.

To incorporate their color scheme, Elizabeth and Barton chose blue mojitos garnished with mint sprigs. Blue paper umbrellas inspired by Elizabeth’s eyelet dress finished off this bright cocktail.

For their quirky California wedding, Eunice and Daniel enlisted the help of sommelier Jeffrey Porter to create a signature drink. Marital Bliss, a blend of St. Germain elderflower liqueur, Hendrick’s gin, lime, and soda was served in vintage inspired glasses and topped off with grosgrain ribbon drink flags.

Guests sipped peach-mint iced tea and strawberry lemonade, which were paired with graphic printed napkins and simple wooden stirrer sticks.

In a nod to Mark’s South African heritage (South Africa is a leading producer of mangoes), a refreshing, sweet cocktail made with frozen mango puree, simple syrup, rum, lime juice, and crushed ice was served. The couple chose cocktails napkins featuring their initials in a matching orange shade.

At this Jamaican destination wedding, bride Jaime incorporated her favorite color, pink, into the signature drink.

To accommodate their guests and make life easier on the bartenders, Jayme and Chris chose to have just three special drinks offered at their wedding— a mudslide, a Tom Collins, and a blackberry sour.

Guests at this California affair were greeted with pineapple-and-raspberry cocktails as they arrived at the reception.

When guests arrived at this couple’s nuptials, they were treated to lavender lemonade, fresh strawberries, and boiled peanuts (a Southern favorite).

At this Jackson Hole wedding, the couple served Huckleberry lemonade in Mason jars before the ceremony. An alcoholic version during the cocktail hour became Kristina and Jesse’s signature drink.

Lena and Joshua served fruity drinks at their playful wedding -- a thyme-vodka lemonade; a puree of strawberries, rum, and ginger; and a seltzer-honeydew sparkler with Midori.

Paper flags that read "mabuhay," Tagalog for "all good things," wave from bamboo skewers in this cocktail, made with mango, ginger ale, and vodka.

Martha created the "Menning Mimosa" cocktail for this bride. A mix of orange and lemon juices, prosecco, and Grand Marnier, this refreshment was served with For Your Party's eco-friendly embossed napkin.

Guests drank pomegranate champagne with red striped straws at this New York wedding.

This New York couple served brightly-colored Cosmopolitans at their wedding as a nod to the city.

Michelle and Devon chose their favorite drink, a mojito, to serve to their guests. This drink, made with rum, mint, sugar, and lime juice matched the color scheme perfectly.

“Thoroughbred Coolers” were served during the cocktail hour at this Saratoga Springs wedding. The couple paired the cocktails with letterpress coasters in two designs.

Honoring the groom’s request, Pina Coladas were served to guests at this vintage-inspired wedding. Glasses were accented with flags designed by the bride’s cousin.

An adorable drink station was set up to help guests cool off before the ceremony. Event planner and designer Vicki Grafton of My Simple Details personalized the pink lemonade cocktails with mini origami cranes perched on the lip of each cup.

This wedding had a self-serve bar with the couple’s favorite drinks; jars held flavored water, iced tea, lemonade, and sangria.

Village Modern Foods helped the couple come up with a signature cocktail for the wedding. The result is a pink mixture of gin, lime juice, hibiscus syrup, and prosecco with a floating hibiscus blossom, dubbed the "Adam and Eve."

Freshly squeezed mint mojitos were served in mini Mason jars with tin lids and vintage paper drinking straws found on eBay at this Shelter Island affair.

Two cocktails honor the heritages of bride and groom -- Pimm's Cup, a British favorite, and Tennessee Tea, which Sharon created using Jack Daniels, Triple Sec, Coke, sweet-and-sour mix, and lemonade.

For this foodie-focused fete, the couple opted for fruity sangria garnished with fresh peaches and blackberries.

Guests were served bootlegs, one of the couple's favorite drinks, a mixture of fresh mint, lemonade, limeade, vodka or gin, and club soda.

At this California wedding, guests were welcomed to the ceremony with mint iced tea. The yellow cocktail was served in mason jars and complemented the couple’s color palette.

This pink signature drink was a lemonade based drink called the Chantilly Pink, a play on the bride” middle name, Chantelle.

Susan and Rob served their guests Southamptons (a mocktail of tonic water, Angostura bitters, and lime) and festooned the glasses with festive quotes from Plato, Dante, and even Ferris Bueller.

The couple's signature cocktail, similar to one served at an adored haunt, Mary Queen of Scots on Manhattan's Lower East Side, is made with rye, Champagne, bitters, blood orange, and maple syrup; the cocktail napkins were printed with an excerpt from a love letter Napoleon sent to Josephine.

At this Charleston wedding, the couple offered three signature drinks that kept up with Southern traditions: Kir royales, classic mint juleps, and strawberry soda made with vodka and muddled locally-grown fruit.

This quirky New Years Eve wedding featured liquor served in vintage decanters alongside napkins bearing phrases such as "Kelly & Lucas fell in love."

Lilly and Charlie served their guests Dark and Stormy cocktails with blue striped straws at their nautical wedding.

Elle and Kyle served their guests kir royale in its traditional glass: a Champagne flute.

Since the wedding was in Canada, the couple chose a Manitoba Caesar, Canada's take on a Bloody Mary. Consisting of Clamato, vodka, and a few shakes of Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces, it packs a potent punch.

Grace and Aaron stayed true to their Southern roots and served glasses of sweet tea at their ceremony. Adorned with welcome straws, these drinks were certainly sweet!

Befitting their Mexican-inspired menu, Anna and Colby’s cocktail hour began with margaritas and Spanish wines and beers. A signature libation was called "The Colby": the groom’s namesake drink of Maker's Mark and Mexican Coca-Cola.

For this New Year’s Eve celebration, the bride and groom went with a traditional cocktail: The Kir Royale, and served it with a twist of lemon.

The signature cocktail, a Peppermint Palmer, was the idea of the groom’s friend who owns a bar in Austin. The lemonade-and-vodka drink was mixed by the groom the night before.

The signature drink at Emily and Colby’s reception was a Venetian Spritz -- an intoxicating combination of Prosecco, Campari, and sparkling water.

Joey and Tony chose the B’s Knees as their signature drink. The libation was a play on the bride’s nickname for Tony, “B,” short for baby. A bar cart was stocked with moonshine, lemon juice, honey syrup, and watermelon lemonade, to serve two versions of the cocktail and each glass was finished off with a wooden stir stick sporting the drink’s name.

A Poinsettia, served in a coupe glass, was the custom libation of the night. It consists of Champagne, cranberry juice, and Cointreau.

When Allison first proposed the idea of a blue signature cocktail, she meant it as a joke. But after her father and fiance set to work blending the ideal cocktail (Stoli Razberi, blue Curacao, club soda, Sprite, orange juice, and a squeeze of lemon), there was no turning back, and the Blue Ribbon was born. A card under each charger plate encouraged guests to visit the bar for a taste of the special libation.

Because they weren't getting married in the United Kingdom, Aneta and Phil wanted to have a touch of home at their French fete. Pimm's Cups, an English summer libation, seemed liked the perfect fix. They were served in glass yogurt jars with striped straws during cocktail hour.

The bride’s brother brewed large batches of prickly pear margaritas, using simple syrup made of fruit the couple picked off cacti months before their big day.

A special cocktail, dubbed the Rose 'n' Gray, featured Triple 8 cranberry vodka, lemonade, club soda, and mint. A wood stirrer with the compass-rose icon from Rose and Gray’s stationery suite was the finishing touch.