Fairy Tale Wedding Theme

The stars to having your own fairy tale wedding can now be at your reach with unique fairy tale wedding theme ideas. There are several details that you need to consider when planning a fairy tale wedding. Be sure to consider all of the following ideas:

The first step in planning any wedding is choosing and sending out your invitations, and if you're planning on having a fairy tale wedding theme, you'll want to make sure your invitations set the tone right away. For one, try sending out invitations in a scroll or sealed with wax for a whimsical effect. You can also incorporate fairy tale imagery on your wedding invitations, including things like fairy wings, glass slippers or magic wands.

If you are planning a small wedding and most of your guests live nearby, you could even enlist the help of a friend or family member to go door to door in a tuxedo to deliver the invitations in person. Ask your friend to make a formal announcement when the invitation is presented - something to the effect of "Ms. Bride and Mr. Groom formally request the pleasure of your company at their wedding" - just like in fairy tale movies!

Of course, you'll also want to choose a wedding location that fits with your fairy tale wedding theme. An ideal location for your fairy tale wedding is a historic mansion, a garden setting or a ballroom overlooking a garden. However, location ideas are not only limited to these venues. In fact, you can hold your fairy tale wedding anywhere as long as you emphasize your fairy tale wedding theme in your décor. Even the simplest community center or rental hall can be transformed into a fairy tale setting with the right decorations!

To really create the fairy tale theme, the bride should wear a lovely ball gown, paired with matching accessories such as a tiara or a pearl necklace. Wear a comfortable pair of clear plastic high heels to complement the attire. Meanwhile, the groom should don a black tux and a classic jacket. The attire chosen for the rest of the bridal party - including bridesmaids, junior bridesmaids, flower girls and groomsmen - should be equally formal.

For an indoor wedding, decorate your reception with fairy tale-like trappings such as pastel tulle, ivory decorations, satin ribbons and bows, bells, red roses, pumpkins, coaches and lest you forget, a red carpet. Also, you may want to consider setting up a palace entrance setting with a staircase on both sides. There are plenty of decoration and equipment rental stores that can help you achieve this allusion. Talk to your facility coordinator to see if he or she knows of any such stores, or search the internet to find one on your own.

On the other hand, an outdoor facility may be designed with a garden path with container candles on each side. Add arches and trellises smothered with flowers or decorate your gazebo with chairs draped in pastel colored tulle. Ideal colors for your fairy tale wedding include pastel blue, green, ivory, lavender, pink, yellow and white.

Moreover, other appropriate flowers that you can use aside from red roses are tulips, orchids, lily of the valley, lilac, ivy, irises, hyacinth, gardenias, camellias and baby's breath. These flowers can be used in many different places to truly give the feel of a fairy tale wedding, including in the bridal bouquets, on the groomsmen's boutonnieres, as part of the reception centerpieces or even as decorations on your wedding cake!

At the reception, ice sculptures that depict a glass slipper, a castle or a horse carriage also make great addition to your centerpiece as well. And whether you choose live performers, a DJ or play from a speaker box, go for music that matches your fairy tale wedding theme, preferably sound track or scores of the movie Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast or classical harp or piano music. Don't forget to dance to waltz music as well.

If your budget or cake artist allows, have your wedding cake designed like a towering castle. Or, you can have a layered cake adorned with roses, ribbons and bows and topped with castle or horse carriage. Put flickering lights around your cake to create that magical effect.

For your wedding favors, consider silver bell place card holders, fairy tale favor boxes or crystal bells and shoes for your guests to take home. While most of these items can be engraved with your name and the date of your wedding, you should also consider having the words "And They Lived Happily Ever After" added to your wedding favors in keeping with your fairy tale wedding theme.

Keep in mind that your fairy tale wedding theme should make everyone feel like royalty. With a little planning and preparation, you can create your own whimsical and fantasy-filled fairy tale wedding.