I looked at a lot of wedding options before I decided I wanted to have a themed wedding and reception. So, now all that was left was to do was decide what theme sounded like the one I’d like to have. The country western theme seemed like it would be lots of fun. I pictured a reception party barn dance for our wedding day. A beach wedding sounded nice for our summer wedding. We could party and swim until the sun sets on the beautiful blue water. There were a lot of themed weddings and receptions to consider. And they had every accessory online from decorations to a wedding server set to match every theme. Even though I found a lot of themed wedding ideas I liked, I chose the fantastic looking fairytale theme.
Once I estabished that I was going with the storybook idea, I started looking for accessories and supplies. The first thing I bought was the wedding invitations for our guests. After that I went on to the wedding décor and the other accessories I would need. I wanted a wedding fit for Cinderella. I started with the decorations for the church ceremony. We used satin bows on the end of each pew row and draped a tulle swag from row to row. Our unity candle had tapered candles in storybook holders on each side of our storybook unity candle, and several flowers in vases placed around the altar.
I also had a unique fairytale wedding guestbook for everyone to sign when they entered the church. Our fairytale wedding ceremony was everything I had hoped for and more. The flower girl and ring boy did a wonderful job at the wedding ceremony and really looked elegant in their wedding attire. We took a carriage ride to the reception, just like Cinderella and her Prince left their ceremony.
All the tables at the reception were sparkling with crystal and silver and the entire reception hall was lavishly decorated with flowers. Every table in the reception hall had gorgeous crystal champagne flutes with decorated stems to go with our storybook theme. Little castle place card holders were placed at every guests table. I also got the idea to purchase little carriage favor boxes and fill them with candies for each guest at their tables.
Despite the beauty of our reception tables, I think the bride and groom table was definitely the center of attention. It gave the appearance of royalty to the reception. Our cake of five gorgeous tiers, with a fairytale wedding topper, sat at the end of our wedding table on a smaller table. I found the most exquisite storybook wedding cake topper for our reception at the same place I bought all our other reception supplies. I saw a gorgeous wedding knife in a storybook theme with a very decorative handle. I really liked the wedding cake knife set, so now I wanted to make everything else perfect! Our wedding cake and topper were complimented by the lovely knife set next to it.
As soon as the bridal toast and the best man’s speech was over, my husband and I had our first dance as husband and wife. Our favorite song is by all for one and is “ I Swear” and that’s the one we danced to. After our song was over, couples filled the dance floor, for the next song. With all the photos that were taken, my storybook wedding album will be filled with memories in no time. Our guests let us know how much they appreciated the storybook wedding favors we had for each of them.
With the ceremony and reception party turning out as great as it did, I know you can have your favorite fairytale come true.