A Fantasy Fairy Tale Wedding
Royalty and romance: aren't these at the heart of every union?It's no wonder that the fairytale wedding — also known as "Happily Ever After" or "Dreams Do Come True," to name just two — never goes out of fashion.
Spotlight on the Princess Bride
That might mean a voluminous ballgown from Lazaro or Mary's Bridal Princess Collection, complete with petticoat ... or a design modeled after a particularly beloved princess from Kirstie Kelly for Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings.
But even when the gown is an A-line with a sleeker silhouette, fairytale brides usually go for a substantial veil, floor-length or longer.
The, the hair's often a half or full updo, but formally styled, dripping with romantic ringlets. And the shoes? Never an afterthought, they're something deliciously feminine, strappy and sparkly (though you can even walk down the aisle in clear 'glass' slippers).
And if you want the full-out princess look, straight from the pages of an oversized storybook? Add opera-length gloves, a tiara and a sparkly rhinestone choker.
Dressing The Royal Retinue
Bridesmaids, as often as not, are wearing something with at least at a touch of pink! A string of pearls makes a treasured gift for each of your girls.
But what about the men? American grooms find it hard to look past the usual black tux, which fortunately looks stunning next to a princess bride. But a white tuxedo has a bit more fairytale flavor, and it's well worth considering.
After all, no man one wants to look like a fashion victim fresh from prom, but Calvin Klein and Jean Yves Formalwear offer some elegant choices that just might put to rest any Prince Charming's qualms about style faux pas.
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Just because you're having a fairytale wedding doesn't mean your invites need to sport castles, but they should be something special. Just choose an elegant, timeless font and style (letterpress is always a gorgeous option). Or go custom: you can never go wrong with beautiful ribbon to wrap up a made-just-for-you pocketfold design, with a few quality rhinestones placed by hand.
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Setting the Scene
Like other fantasy weddings, the fairytale wedding starts with draping, and lots of it: draped walls, head tables, cake tables, sweetheart tables, you name it. Luxurious linens are the name of the game.
In addition, this theme pretty much determines where you'll hold the reception: a ballroom. (Unless, that is, you're lucky enough to be able to book an actual castle, or live near one of America's castle-style buildings.)
Fortunately, a good ballroom will do some of the decorating work for you: look for regal curtains, dramatic molding and sparkly chandeliers.
A fairytale wedding is not the place for humble, easy-to-talk across centerpieces. Here, you need the drama that only height and heft provide. Go for towering eiffel vases filled with dramatic fantasy foral arrangements, leggy topiaries, or tall clear cylinders wrapped in satin ribbon and filled with floating candles.
Other ingredients in your toolbox: lots of silver (candelabras, silver cake plateaus), plenty of pinks, classical symbols (swan or double-swan ice sculptures are perfect here), and pearl or rhinestone accents as brooches or bouquet ornaments.
Also: sparkling monogrammed cake toppers, whimsical "I DO" letters for the cake table, and buckets and buckets of rose petals. Plus, every princess bride needs a really cute card box, whether it be a magic pumpkin or a sassy hot-pink hat box. A giant Storybook guest book would be a cute touch, too.
Roses for a Rose
Flowers for fairytale weddings tend to the traditional side.
Occasionally you'll see exotic orchids, but mostly what fairytale brides prefer (in bouquets, especially) are classical choices like roses, peonies and stephanotis. If carrying a hand-tied bouquet, she might have crystal bouquet picks, or choose the larger cascading style.
Plenty of flowers are key for pulling off the fairytale look, but don't overlook the important of candles for setting the mood. Keep them simple, but group large masses together for maximum effect. Floating candles in clear cylinders offer more of a visual punch than regular votives.
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A Fashionable Entrance
Drama's essential to a fantasy wedding, so plot out your high points. Find a way to make a grand entrance at the ceremony or reception: a spiral staircase and spotlighting, page boys, or a trumpeter. Take the time to learn a romantic waltz with your Prince Charming and throw in a few stylistic surprises, so all eyes stay glued to you through your first dance.Outfit your guests with beautiful paper cones they can use to shower you with rose petals as you leave the church (another popular choice is sparklers). Travel from church to reception venue via horse-drawn carriage ... or even pumpkin carriage, available in a few metro areas.
A Royal Repast
Fortunately for your guests, Cinderella food means elegant 'comfort food': cream sauces, poached mushrooms and wine. Consider Oysters Rockefeller, and a roast beef carving station. For a touch of the country squire, serve crispy roast duck or Cornish game hens, and plenty of champagne.The Sweet Strains of Love
A bit of intimate floor music will really set the mood, so see about booking a harpist or string quartet, at least during the ceremony or dinner. Later on, ask the DJ to queue up a few songs from Disney's Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast soundtrack albums. Other soundtracks with tunes worth a spin: The Princess Bride, Shrek, Anna & The King, and Ever After: A Cinderella Story.
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I just ran across this gorgeous white pumpkin centerpiece idea from BH&G … too cool … perfect for a bridal shower! From here (link)
Hello Yadi,
I have The Cinderella Pumpkin Cake Stands available for purchase at Cinderella Fantasy for your daughters Quinceanera. It can be shipped directly to you.
~Adina~
I am planning my daugters Quinceanera, it is a cinderella theme. We live in Southern NJ, I am trying to find a pumpking cake stand and also a pumpdin carriage seat. Does anyone have any idea where I could find them, buy or rent, It dosen’t matter. I just want this day to be very special.
Thanks
Yadi
Amber,
I heard this song on the radio the other day for the first time while driving in my car. I thought I was gonna loose it, and start crying. Wonderful song! Thanks for sharing.
I thought I would pass this along to everyone out there. It’s by Steven Curtis Chapman and is called Cinderella. I listened to it on the raido the other day and I couldn’t stop crying. This is definitely the song I will be dancing to with my father!
does anybody know where I can find a “Princess Kissing a Frog” wedding cake topper?
Magical Affairs Says:
April 1st, 2007 at 8:44 am
We have a one of a kind horse drawn Cinderella Carriage. We are located in Rhode Island but travel all over the east coast. Please visit our website http://www.magicalaffairs.com to see pictures. 401-397-8701
We are planning a Cinderella wedding & we need ALL the help we can get. I want to take a picture of my daughter in her wedding dress going down stairs with a shoe on a step, frame it & have it displayed on an easel at the reception. And, maybe a pix of the groom bending down with a shoe in his hand. Any suggestions for decorating the reception area would be GREATLY appreciated. Bridesmaids are wearing black & white dresses. We are thinking about having white tablecloths with black toppers. Ideas for inexpensive favors would be appreciated too!!! Thanks!!! :D) Pictures would be GREAT!!!
Is it ok to have about 10 bridesmaids when your groom only has 3 groomsmen?
In response to Judy:
I have a very similar situation. I got pregnant at the age of seventeen and was engaged to my sons dad, but then after wising up that he wasn’t going to grow up I gave the ring back. But I have been the biggest Cinderella fan my whole life, my friends think I’m kinda crazy over it, but I’ve always dreamed of finding my prince charming! And two years ago I finally did! We will be getting married on June 14th, 2008. Good luck and congratulations! May all of your dreams come true!
i don’t have any photos yet, we are getting married on may 3, 2008. I have been married before but it was at my aunts house at the age of 18 and everyone was mad because I was already pregnant. That day was a really bad day for me, we ended up getting divorced about 3 years later. Ever since then I have been searching and waiting for mr. right, well now he is here and he wants to marry me, alot of my friends tell me that our relationship sounds like a fairy tale. The way we met, the way he came down 2000 miles to get me and drive me back. Everything, makes it seem like a fairy tale. So my theme is a fairy tale dress, and hair style and so on. I don’t want anything big, something small by the ocean where there is a lighthouse maybe. Lighthouse because they help sailors find their way home in the old days, and well, I kinda feel like i have found my way home into the right mans arms. I have no parents they are both deceased, i have no one in my family that can help me pay for it, but i figured if i search around, i can find things for cheap. I thought that since his mom and dad did not conceive a daughter that his dad would walk me down the isle and his mom could help me get ready. Does anyone know where i can find things like this for a low cost, fairy tale wedding? In Long Island , New York, by the way I came from Texas to be with him. Thanks
Hi, I’m getting married in march 2009 and I live in one of the most boring towns in America. Gadsden, AL. I am having a huge fairy tale wedding and I need help. Does anyone know where I can find a carriage near Gadsden? Does anyone know a great outdoor place to have a ceremony? Does anyone know a great indoor place to have to reception? I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!
my email is tana8605@yahoo.com
Peachy, if they don’t love pink, what about light gray with a shimmer (silver, you know, but not the kind of silver that screams Studio 64 or Ziggy era Bowie or anything)? Gray is so hot this season.
Add a bit of shimmer and you have a very sophisticated color they’d probably look great in, especially in a good quality fabric, that’d still be at home in a fairytale wedding. Or … Champagne is a similar option. Neutral and classy, but still soft enough to look like a pastel.
This second one was actually held at walt disney world. This gorgeous couple’s bridesmaids wore champagne gowns that looked gorgeous with the deep red bouquets. The third pic is a small glass slipper ice carving at another couple’s disney wedding.
Okay, I just wanted to share some photos of a few lovely couples who went all out on their fairytale weddings. This first one’s a classic ballroom/gardens wedding, very traditional setting, with fairytale accents done VERY well. The bridesmaids wore pink, and carried bouquets of cream & fuchsia roses wrapped in pink satin. The flower girl wore a white dress with a wide pink sash.
Of course, the tables are gorgeously draped and covered in rose petals … and the traditional waterfall of roses on the cake is completely charming, it has a porcelain look to it that really captures the whole spirit of a fairytale wedding, doesn’t it?
I’m planning a wedding for 2009, just starting out actually. I’ve always wanted a cinderella style wedding, but i’m unsure where to start, can anyone offer suggestions to colors, accents and everything else? pics would be great as well! Friggup@yahoo.ca
to the lady looking for glass slippers: go to AdvantageBridal, look for the:
Cinderella Clear Pump
$49.95 Product Code TU-418z
HI THERE,
I REALLY NEED SOME HELP. WE ARE PLANNING A CINDERELLA WEDDING AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR INVITATIONS. SOMEWHERE WE SAW INVITATIONS THAT WERE LIKE AN INVITATION TO A BALL. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS? OR SOMEWHERE THEY HAVE CINDEREELA INVITATIONS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP
Peachy, that’s no big deal, all of the my bridesmaids are 30 and older, and I chose fuschia, which is very rich in color for the more mature color scheme, and it’s stil beautiful and appropriate for the fairytale theme, so maybe just look at numerous variations of pink, and I’m sure you will find a shade that works for you…..
I’m having a princess theme wedding next year, my bridesmaid are a little older (early thirties) and a few are concerned about wearing the pink-colored dresses that i would prefer…any suggestions as to color schemes to incorporate into a princess theme? other than pink?
~peachy~