DFTWbride2013
If I had a world of my own...
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2012
So, with new changes, comes more new changes! It's only logical. 
I hate to say it, but Alec really hasn't been much help. I took a month off from wedding planning because I was getting too stressed out and upset about his lack of concern with everything wedding-related. He's actually the one that wanted a wedding, not me, so why am I stuck planning it all by myself?
So in that time, I thought about the wedding off and on but didn't do any research, write anything down, didn't go out of my way to do any kind of planning. I guess it ended up being a good thing, because inspiration sure did strike!
We've decided on an Alice in Wonderland-inspired theme. We actually decided this a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to give myself time to really make sure it was something I would be happy with. I was watching Alice in Wonderland (the Disney cartoon version, it's one of my absolute favorites) and they got to the scene with the mad tea party. I love it! All of a sudden, I pictured the Whitehall room with pink linens, tea pot centerpieces, and brightly colored lanterns from the ceilings (instead of the shades of pink I was thinking of before). I love it! We're also going to have Alice and the Mad Hatter as guests. We're debating on whether we'll still have Mickey and Minnie or not. I'm still in love with the cake I posted before, which I found out is the "Original Mad Hatter" design they offer. It actually fits with the theme now! There's only a couple of things I'm still unsure of. We don't know if we're going to keep the chairs the room comes with, or if we'll do chiavari chairs. I also need to figure out if I'd rather do soft-colored flowers like light pinks, creams, and maybe blue hydrangea, or if I want to do something more bold like brightly colored tulips or something along those lines.
Tea pot centerpieces, something like this.
These were the chairs in Whitehall Room during our site visit. We were told they're the ones that come with the room. I wish I'd sat in one to see if they're comfortable or not.
I've also decided that to go with the theme, we'll have character names from the movie as our table names. I'm only assigning tables, not seats, so we decided to do a framed list instead of place cards. It will say something like "Welcome to Wonderland" or "Welcome to the Mad Tea Party" or something along those lines. Then it will explain how to find your seat. There will be 4 tables, so on the list will be 4 quotes from 4 different characters. Under each quote is a list of names. To find your table, you have to remember which character said the quote that your name is under.
For example: "Off with their Heads!" would be the quote, then 8 names listed underneath. Those people would have to remember that the Queen of Hearts said that, and then go find the Queen of Hearts table. I have to find a shorter and more clever way to explain that at the wedding, but I'm not worried about it just yet.
The ceremony is where I'm kind of stuck right now. The wedding pavilion is gorgeous, but I do want to add some decor. I had an idea of giving it touches to remind our guests of the scene in the movie with the royal courtyard, where they're painting the roses red. But what can I do with red roses? Maybe hearts somewhere? To be honest, I'm not sure yet, but it's a start. I'll just use this as an excuse to watch the movie again!
I also contacted our first choice for an officiant, Reverend Kevin Knox. He's available, yay! So that's all set. I can't even explain how stressed out I was just thinking of looking for another officiant if Rev Kev and his wife were both booked. I've heard such great things about them, and I love how they'll let you completely customize your ceremony. We're not religious at all so I don't want a cookie-cutter super religious ceremony. It would be awkward and not as meaningful since it wouldn't represent us.
I still haven't contacted Dara to schedule our photography and to find out if the date we want for our in-park photos is available. I really need to get on that, but I'm not looking forward to talking to her. I might do it Thursday or Friday. I wanted Alec to call but he can't even remember which parks we want or on what day no matter how many times we go over it, so it's another thing I'm left to do myself.
Oh, I also got our planning session and menu tasting scheduled last week! Our planning session is on September 14th from 9am-1pm, followed by our menu tasting at 2:30. I absolutely can not wait to get to go into the GF's kitchen like I've seen in so many other brides' pictures. I'll definitely be bringing my camera for that!
We've been working on looking through the lists and lists of food and we have our menus, I think. We just haven't gone through to decide what we definitely feel we need to taste. I'll post those separately.
I hate to say it, but Alec really hasn't been much help. I took a month off from wedding planning because I was getting too stressed out and upset about his lack of concern with everything wedding-related. He's actually the one that wanted a wedding, not me, so why am I stuck planning it all by myself?
So in that time, I thought about the wedding off and on but didn't do any research, write anything down, didn't go out of my way to do any kind of planning. I guess it ended up being a good thing, because inspiration sure did strike!We've decided on an Alice in Wonderland-inspired theme. We actually decided this a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to give myself time to really make sure it was something I would be happy with. I was watching Alice in Wonderland (the Disney cartoon version, it's one of my absolute favorites) and they got to the scene with the mad tea party. I love it! All of a sudden, I pictured the Whitehall room with pink linens, tea pot centerpieces, and brightly colored lanterns from the ceilings (instead of the shades of pink I was thinking of before). I love it! We're also going to have Alice and the Mad Hatter as guests. We're debating on whether we'll still have Mickey and Minnie or not. I'm still in love with the cake I posted before, which I found out is the "Original Mad Hatter" design they offer. It actually fits with the theme now! There's only a couple of things I'm still unsure of. We don't know if we're going to keep the chairs the room comes with, or if we'll do chiavari chairs. I also need to figure out if I'd rather do soft-colored flowers like light pinks, creams, and maybe blue hydrangea, or if I want to do something more bold like brightly colored tulips or something along those lines.
Tea pot centerpieces, something like this.
These were the chairs in Whitehall Room during our site visit. We were told they're the ones that come with the room. I wish I'd sat in one to see if they're comfortable or not.
I've also decided that to go with the theme, we'll have character names from the movie as our table names. I'm only assigning tables, not seats, so we decided to do a framed list instead of place cards. It will say something like "Welcome to Wonderland" or "Welcome to the Mad Tea Party" or something along those lines. Then it will explain how to find your seat. There will be 4 tables, so on the list will be 4 quotes from 4 different characters. Under each quote is a list of names. To find your table, you have to remember which character said the quote that your name is under.
For example: "Off with their Heads!" would be the quote, then 8 names listed underneath. Those people would have to remember that the Queen of Hearts said that, and then go find the Queen of Hearts table. I have to find a shorter and more clever way to explain that at the wedding, but I'm not worried about it just yet.
The ceremony is where I'm kind of stuck right now. The wedding pavilion is gorgeous, but I do want to add some decor. I had an idea of giving it touches to remind our guests of the scene in the movie with the royal courtyard, where they're painting the roses red. But what can I do with red roses? Maybe hearts somewhere? To be honest, I'm not sure yet, but it's a start. I'll just use this as an excuse to watch the movie again!
I also contacted our first choice for an officiant, Reverend Kevin Knox. He's available, yay! So that's all set. I can't even explain how stressed out I was just thinking of looking for another officiant if Rev Kev and his wife were both booked. I've heard such great things about them, and I love how they'll let you completely customize your ceremony. We're not religious at all so I don't want a cookie-cutter super religious ceremony. It would be awkward and not as meaningful since it wouldn't represent us.
I still haven't contacted Dara to schedule our photography and to find out if the date we want for our in-park photos is available. I really need to get on that, but I'm not looking forward to talking to her. I might do it Thursday or Friday. I wanted Alec to call but he can't even remember which parks we want or on what day no matter how many times we go over it, so it's another thing I'm left to do myself.
Oh, I also got our planning session and menu tasting scheduled last week! Our planning session is on September 14th from 9am-1pm, followed by our menu tasting at 2:30. I absolutely can not wait to get to go into the GF's kitchen like I've seen in so many other brides' pictures. I'll definitely be bringing my camera for that!
We've been working on looking through the lists and lists of food and we have our menus, I think. We just haven't gone through to decide what we definitely feel we need to taste. I'll post those separately.
We had them create a creamy tomato sace for us and it was amazing! 
Of course, if you are set on those, by all means! It is your wedding and you deserve to have everything how YOU like it 
This one was from Alfred Angelo's Modern Vintage bridesmaids line.
I'm really excited to have them do our video though, because I know it's going to be beautiful and I'll look to this video for the rest of my life when I want to relive my wedding day. 
