I had my heart set on a garden wedding and reception, but after looking at all the different themes and the beautiful accessories there are to choose from, I wasn’t sure what theme I wanted to use. I thought about a beautiful beach wedding and reception and all the lovely ideas there are for it. Like tiki torches, floating candles and the sunset on the water as a background. I thought about all the fun everyone would have swimming and playing on the warm sandy beach. Dancing and singing, bonfires and seafoods, maybe even a clam bake. It all sounded so wonderful, like the perfect wedding and reception plan. I could almost picture it in my minds eye.
There was also a reception idea I found that sounded like a lot of fun, where everyone would be comfortable in casual clothes and be able to kick up their heels and have a great time. It was a country western theme. I mean there was everything you could think of to pull of the best down home reception party you could imagine. Cowboy hats and boots, cowboy boot glassware and the perfect western décor and wedding favors to go along with it. That sounded like a lot of fun to me too. We could use buggies pulled by horses as transportation from the little country church to the reception and maybe have hayrides too. Oh, that sounded like just the theme for us. Then I saw it. The most perfect wedding theme ever. It was a dream wedding to end all dream weddings. A beautiful storybook themed wedding and reception.
There was everything available from wedding décor to exquisite glass wedding favors for the guests. You should see the lovely wedding cake topper I found, and all the wonderful fairy tale accessories. We’re talking cinderella type coaches, beautiful castles and so much more. That was it, that was the theme I chose. I wanted to feel like a princess for my wedding and now I can make it happen. I found everything I needed to make my dream wedding come true. Even my invitations had a storybook theme, as did the place card holders, and gorgeous glass favors I chose. I picked out the most lovely and delicate thank you gifts for the ladies that attended our wedding, and my fiance picked out the gifts for the men. He chose these very unique shot glass wedding favors for them, with our names and the date of our wedding printed on them.
Everything in our wedding was so fantastic and I really did feel like Cinderella with the beautiful dress and veil and the very special tiara I wore with it. You know what one of my favorite parts of this wedding was, besides the ceremony I mean, it was the carriage ride from the church to the reception. It was so spectacular, and it was my handsome princes’ idea. We even had a long red carpet leading from the church doors to the carriage, and as we exited the church everyone was throwing rose petals and confetti. It was so wonderful, it was everything I dreamed of, and I made sure the photographer captured every single moment of it.
The reception was just as spectacular, and our first dance as husband and wife was a moment I’ll always remember. As my prince Charming waltzed me around the floor, I kept thinking how great it is that I could have the wedding of my dreams. I only plan to do this once so I wanted it to be everything it could be. And it was!