The Winter
Wonderland Wedding
A beautiful
setting for a winter wedding would be in an old church that you can decorate
your self one that is in a secluded area would be good. The bride should
arrive in a horse driven coach pulled by white horses decorated with silver
and white ribbons, wearing a long plain gown with white imitation fur trim
is a nice start to creating your wonderland look add to this some gold
and silver beads down the side and you have the dress that would make snow
white weep, you should get some gold or silver shoes and instead of having
a bouquet you should have a nice white muff.
For the bridesmaids and the
maid of honour a long white gown and a straight cloak with silver fur trim,
for the bridesmaids and you can have the same for the maid of honour just
make the cloak have a gold trim.
The groom’s suit could be a
nice white velvet tuxedo combined with a gold vest or a silver waistcoat
with a silver bowtie, the groom’s best man could also wear a white tux
with silver bowtie to co match with the groom.
Planning your invitations is
a nice pass time you could have a cool winter feel i.e. white cards with
snowflakes and use gold writing so that it stands out or light colour card
with italic words any one would fit in well with a winter wedding.
The decorating of the church
could be done by getting some silver and gold balloons and tie-in them
to the seats, sprinkle some sparkly confetti down the isle and getting
some bunches of flowers sprayed with silver glitter and tied with gold
bows with hanging tassels. The church will set your special day and tell
the fairy tale of your wedding for years to come.
Back at the reception the head
table should have a long white tablecloth and for the centrepiece you could
use a clear bowl with gold ribbon around it with the inside of the bowl
you can get white Christmas balls and gently spray them with glitter. Have
silver and gold snowflakes over the tables, get some plane white helium
balloons with gold streamers spray some of them with silver glitter and
mix and match them, tie them to the back of the chairs.
Get hold of some tall twigs
and paint them white put them in to baskets that are also white with silver
bows around them and have sparkle lights hung amongst the branches. A really
nice touch but quite a pricey one would be to have a big ice sculpture
in the centre of the head table this makes a nice attraction and looks
spectacular.
For the wedding cake you could
have a theme cake or an effective simple one this could be a 4 tier cake
with artificial flowers around it in silver gold and white with a wonderland
bride and groom on the top of the cake or a theme cake that shows a story
i.e. have the cake tiered up and have a log cabin on top or a slay with
the bride and groom inside it. No matter what kind of cake you like you
should try to match it up with the colours of your theme.
The gift table is recommended
that you set it up in a nice and plain style as there will be a lot of
colour on the table and you don’t want to over do it a few balloons should
do nicely.
Some wedding flowers and bouquet
Ideas for your bouquet a long stem red rose with gold strips hanging down
from it or an all white bouquet with gold or silver ribbon, you could use
a nice decorated candle with gold flowers and red and white ribbons this
would also look a nice touch for your winter wedding.
For the wedding favours you
could get some silver and gold cloth and sow them up leaving a hole open
at one end insert some ribbon around the top and fill it full of potpourri
and tie the ribbon in to a bow, or get some candles with your names stuck
on them and the date of the wedding this makes a nice little keepsake.
Make small snowmen and fill them with sweets or chocolates this would be
a great item to have and really fit in with the winter theme.
Other touches you could have
is a band that is dressed up in white with top hats, you could have the
dance floor decorated with snow flakes, for your first dance you could
have something like last Christmas as this would make the fill of all your
hard work. Or Secret Kingdom, from slipper and the rose. You can have any
song you wish these are some that would tie in with the theme and make
your dreams come true. You will feel like Cinderella at the ball and the
groom will be your prince there is nothing more romantic than this type
of theme it adds that little extra to your special day and the memories
you will have will last forever. |