Almost every girl as a child wanted her wedding to be like a fairy tale. The girls are growing up, and their dreams are becoming more and more come true. You can choose the theme of any fairy tale or Disney cartoon for your wedding, but in this article we will look at an Alice in Wonderland style wedding. A wedding featuring famous characters from Lewis Carroll's book will amaze everyone who happens to see it and attend it. A riot of colors, flights of imagination, magical shrinking cupcakes and rosti-buns will not leave anyone indifferent. Follow the White Rabbit… Advice: Decide which “Alice” is closer to you. Classic Disney-style Alice or Tim Burton's insanely weird Alice. This will help maintain the integrity of your wedding style.
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Invitations
There are a huge number of options for creating invitations! Give free rein to your imagination. Remember, or better yet, reread/rewatch Alice in Wonderland. Use fairy tale details in your invitations. For example, make invitations in the form of packages that are read out by a white rabbit. Don't forget about details such as red roses, red cards, garden greenery and cards with the inscription “Read Me”, which will be a reference to those same sweets and bottles.
An interesting detail can be the keys and images of keyholes attached to the invitations. It is not necessary to look for real keys; you can easily replace them with drawn ones.
Also add character pictures to your invitations. These can be illustrations from a book or everyone’s favorite images from cartoons and movies.
You can also remember the crazy tea ceremony that Alice attended, where she met the Hatter and the March Hare. If you decide that your wedding will be like that same tea party, then feel free to write in the invitations that you are expecting guests for the “Crazy Wedding Tea Party.” This will definitely impress your guests!
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Duchess
I must change for the evening croquet at the Queen's.
Anyone who called luxury vulgar has probably never dealt with it! So, Wonderland does not tolerate pettiness, pettiness and smallness. And if you really really want to create a wonderland in a separate apartment, then you will not spare any money or effort on it. Hence the moral - if you are inclined to count money, then give up Wonderland. Better just order pizza.
Books of wishes
The image of a wedding in the style of “Alice in Wonderland” should be thought out to the smallest detail. Every detail must match the style of the celebration. This also applies to wish books and their replacement analogues.
- Classic book of wishes. It can be decorated in an antique style or have a faded color. The book may contain quotes from a famous book. As for illustrations, it is certainly a rabbit, a card deck, a hat and other characteristic attributes.
- Wishes frame. A wooden frame of wishes will fit perfectly into this wedding style if it is filled with wooden card suits with wishes printed on them.
- Wooden figurine for wishes. This can be a figure in the form of a deck of cards or a certain suit, a rabbit, a teapot and other objects accompanying a famous book.
- Tree of wishes. On such a tree, guests can hang not the usual leaves with wishes, but card suits with warm words printed on them.
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Festive table menu
Everything here is much simpler than with registration. The main dish on the table is mushrooms. Let them be stuffed, baked with vegetables, stuffed with a variety of ingredients.
For dessert, various cakes, ice cream, sweets, cookies in the form of keys, cards, and hares are suitable. The most important drink is tea. As for alcohol, champagne and martinis would be an ideal option.
Bride's image
The “Alice in Wonderland” style look combines fantasy and English style from the 19th century. Blue wedding dresses are suitable. Lush, short... To your taste. Do you want to wear a white dress? No problem! Tie a lush blue bow around your waist and you are Alice.
If you want to be more original, experiment with the images of the Red Queen or the March Hare and the White Rabbit.
Shoes
The fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" was written in the second half of the 19th century during the Victorian era. This means that all the nuances of steampunk wedding dresses apply here too. Lace-up ankle boots, lace... All this will suit you perfectly. If you choose the image of the Queen of Hearts, then choose shoes in red shades. An excellent and original solution would be shoes decorated with red hearts or white ballet flats. Plastic hearts or painted ones - it's up to you.
Hairstyle
Let's remember what Alice's hair looked like in the cartoon version and in the movies.
Disney's Alice has a bow on her head and flowing hair. You can play up this image however you like, using bows of different shapes and sizes. Wicker wreaths and hairpins with flowers, small hats and crowns - all this will help create the image of the Alice girl who once chased the white rabbit.
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Tim Burton's Alice is curls. These are easy to do yourself, using curlers or a curling iron. However, we still recommend that you consult a specialist. Perhaps he will recommend a much more interesting version of this hairstyle.
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If you want to use a hat, try to match it harmoniously with your outfit, bouquet and of course, the groom's hat and boutonniere.
Makeup
Makeup can be almost invisible. After all, Alice was a little girl. But you, as an older girl, are allowed to experiment. Be magical, gentle. Pastel colors for more delicate natures and burgundy lips for more sensual “Alice”.
Manicure
When creating a manicure, add details that reflect the wedding theme. These can be images of heroes, card suits, sparkles, bows and locks with keys.
Accessories
There is no need to overload the image with details. If your hair is tied up, you can wear earrings in the shape of keyholes or keys.
Bouquet
As you remember, the main flowers in the book were roses. The same white roses that Alice suggested painting with red paint. There is a variety of two-color, white and red roses “Empress Farah”; but finding them will be difficult. Why not follow the path suggested by Carroll? – Paint white flowers with red paint.
Of course, not only roses will suit your Alice-style wedding look. These can be peonies, daisies, and any flowers in general. The main thing is that the bouquet fits harmoniously into your image. For example, use the same flowers as for the groom's boutonniere.
Since the wedding is fairytale and crazy, your wedding bouquet can be made from buttons. Add themed paraphernalia and voila!
Remember how Alice shrank and ended up in Wonderland when she was very tiny. All the plants seemed gigantic to her. This fragment can be included in your wedding. Replace the bouquet with one flower. True, the flower should be larger than your head.
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Images of Wonderland
What's a themed wedding without matching outfits? The image of the bride Alice is bright, mischievous, with a quirk. You can even fully get into character by wearing a baby blue dress with a lace apron. Or you can simply choose a dress of heavenly color and gird yourself with a snow-white ribbon. At such a themed wedding, the Svadebka.ws portal considers even short or even asymmetrical wedding dresses appropriate.
The veil should be “exchanged” for the famous ribbon in your hair. True, it is better to choose a color not black, but, for example, the color of the dress. You can complement the look with a flirty top hat.
As for shoes, shoes a la the Victorian era would be an excellent option. And to complete the look, you can add daring striped leg warmers.
The most important thing in the image of the groom is to determine who he is. Mad Hatter? Or maybe a purebred Cheshire cat? Or is it a mysterious white rabbit?
Elegant English trousers, a long-tailed frock coat, the famous top hat, a fashionable neckerchief, a vest, always with a pocket watch on a chain, striped leggings. This list can be supplemented, but even from what is presented, it is easy to create a fairy-tale image.
Groom image
You have already guessed that the image of the groom will be copied from everyone’s favorite character in this wonderful book, the Mad Hatter. First of all, you need a cylinder. You can decorate it yourself or turn to professionals. In addition to the hat, you will have to get a frock coat (or a jacket similar to it), a vest and a watch on a chain. It doesn't seem complicated. The main thing is to arrange everything correctly, choose accessories and a boutonniere. The groomsmen can also wear matching top hats or matching neckerchiefs. It will be best if everyone is dressed in the same or similar costumes.
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Images of the bride and groom
Alice or the card Queen – which image is closer to a beautiful bride? Having chosen a romantic and sweet image of Alice, you need to choose a dress in light blue tones with a large bow at the back of the waist.
The hairstyle can be done in a style that is closer to the main character of the wedding ceremony:
- curls like in a Tim Burton movie;
- smoothly combed hair, decorated with a bow, like in a Disney fairy tale;
- straight strands, as in the cartoon by E. Pruzhansky.
If the bride is closer to the Queen’s style, the outfit can be designed in red, white and black colors, using motifs of masks, cards, white and red roses, card figures and symbols of royal power.
How will the groom appear? The prototype of his appearance is the Mad Hatter performed by Johnny Depp:
- stylish hair;
- a cylinder with a wide ribbon or other decorations;
- vest and tie;
- large watch chain;
- cropped trousers and striped leg warmers;
- shirt with luxurious cuffs.
The scope for imagination when creating the image of the groom is limitless! You can think about several changes of clothes for the groom, when changing a tie or hat will bring the effect of surprise and surprise to the celebration!
Decor
If your wedding begins not with the registry office, but with on-site registration, you will need a wedding arch. If the ceremony will take place in a garden or park, you can simply arrange it near a large tree decorated, for example, with a clock. When decorating an arch, use elements such as roses, keys and locks, clocks, white rabbits, huge flowers and mushrooms, and even top hats.
The degree of stylization of a wedding can be different - from a slight hint of the plot with the help of details to a complete transformation into the heroes of a fairy tale with the help of costumes and makeup. Whichever option you choose, remember that the main decorative details for such a wedding should be a watch on a chain, playing cards, tea china, hats, tags with the inscriptions “eat me” and “drink me”, vintage keys and images of a rabbit. If it is possible to do a photo shoot with live, rather than drawn, rabbits, then it would be ideal.
Pay special attention to the decorations: the more red and white roses there are in the interior, the better. Let this be an allusion to the episode where the gardeners repainted the rose bushes in the garden. Flamingo figures will also fit perfectly into the wedding style. Your main task is to create an atmosphere of light madness, so the more unusual the better. These could be chairs of different heights and colors, large alarm clocks on tables. Don't forget about the clock, there should be a lot of them in your wedding decoration. Remember how the Rabbit hurried to give the duchess the gloves or how the Hatter and the mouse Sonya quarreled with Time? You can attach place cards to your keys. Keys can also be used in the bride’s bouquet and other decorative elements. You can mark seats for guests with playing cards. Let each guest be assigned a card of a certain suit and value. If you have more guests than there are 54 cards in the deck, you can come up with additional suits, such as red clubs.
A suitable place for a wedding in the Alice in Wonderland style would be a beautiful park or garden in the English style. This place is perfect for off-site registration and subsequent tea drinking. If the weather is not conducive to gatherings in nature, choose a suitable cafe or restaurant. The decorations and general design will be made from it into a real English garden.
The Zazerkalye restaurant in Moscow has already been decorated for a wedding in the style of Alice in Wonderland.
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Decor
Having fallen down a rabbit hole and undergoing several metamorphoses, Alice finds herself in a wonderful land full of colors and unexpected encounters. Amazing creatures live here - the Mad Hatter, animated cards, talking animals - the White Rabbit and the March Hare, the Dormouse mouse, Bill the lizard, the smiling Cheshire cat, the blue Caterpillar, the Quasi turtle, the Griffin. They will help you create the right atmosphere and stir up the right associations in the memory of your guests. Download photos from the Internet or draw and cut out character figures from paper. Use soft toys: put a jacket on the rabbit, place a fake hookah next to the caterpillar.
Photo wallpapers with forest views, large posters or huge playing cards (whatman paper, paints) are ideal for the background. Let strange birds, insects and animals “live” here and there - anthropomorphic, with human features (in clothes, with canes, in hats and glasses). To decorate the ceiling - garlands of inverted paper drops (rain from bottom to top), cardboard chess, and playing cards. To enhance the main focus of a themed party, make some of the decorations very large (as if Alice has shrunk), and some - tiny (Alice has grown larger).
Place and hang a lot of different clocks near one of the walls, preferably bright and unusual ones. It’s great if you can place a clock near the table - a crazy tea party is in full swing! Draw and cut out butterflies, huge colorful buds, and strange mushrooms from paper. Abstract and surreal elements and flashy colors are appropriate.
Menu, sweet table and cake
Even if you invited guests to a “tea party in Wonderland,” you still can’t do a wedding without a traditional menu with hot dishes. Therefore, it is best to organize a buffet with hot food served separately. By the way, it will be great if the menu is written, beautifully designed and presented somewhere in a visible place. And it is imperative that the names of the dishes be fabulous, for example, “quasi-turtle soup”, “cod that does not crack”, “guinea pig in a bag”, etc. Be sure to put classic English sandwiches with butter on the table - these are what the Mad Hatter chews throughout the entire Alice story. A sweet table can fulfill not only its intended purpose, but also become a wonderful decorative item. One of the most important details of the story about Alice is the tea party. Flags and signs “Eat me”, “Drink me” simply must be there! They can decorate cupcakes and macarons.
The cake can even become the main character of the evening (after the bride and groom, of course :)). Here you can't restrain your imagination. Hats and bunnies, roses and card suits... The main thing is to find an excellent pastry chef who will create the perfect cake according to your plan.
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TOP 10 styles for weddings
The wedding scenario depends on the fairy tale chosen by the lovers. The most in demand are the following:
- “Cinderella.” The basis is the bride's fees and ransom. Prince Charming (groom) with noble nobles (friends) tries on an elegant shoe for Cinderella (bride). Of course, it is suitable only for the chosen one. The young couple gets into the carriage and follows to the palace, where the king (the groom's father) and guests are waiting for them. Guests' outfits must match the chosen theme. Classical dances (polka, mazurka, waltz, etc.) must be included in the evening's script. Movements can be rehearsed in advance. Wedding competitions should also match the fairytale style.
— “Alice in Wonderland” is an excellent choice for a dreamy girl. The morning of the bride and groom begins with the meeting of fairy-tale characters - the Cheshire cat and the rabbit. They invite lovers to a fairyland and accompany them, surprising them with various surprises, transformations and practical jokes.
— Tales of 1001 nights - the magical world of the east. The main part of the decoration is colorful carpets, draperies made of beautiful fabrics, incense and mysterious candles. It is worth surprising the guests with an oriental dance, let it be the first dance in the new status - husband and wife. At the end of the evening, the newlyweds can go on a honeymoon on an improvised flying carpet.
- “Sleeping Beauty” - many couples choose this beautiful fairy tale. A romantic bride price scenario, in the climax of which the groom must wake up his beloved from a magical sleep. After which the newlyweds organize a luxurious ball and a noisy feast.
— Elven wedding is a magical story of loving hearts. The decoration of such a wedding is organized in pastel colors. The beautiful bride appears before the guests from a large flower, followed by a marriage ceremony conducted by the queen of the elves, with all the guests dressed in appropriate clothing. This story is very colorful and incredibly tender.
— A wedding in a medieval style invites participants to become the heroes of the fairy-tale castle of Camleot. The witness can act as the wizard Merlin, and the witness can act as the sorceress Morgana. A presenter is suitable for the role of King Arthur. The main idea is the liberation of the beloved from the fortress by the groom and his friends.
The sorceress tests the brave knights for the sincerity of their feelings by arranging tests for them. After the princess is released, they raise their glasses to victory over the evil machinations, and everyone goes to the registry office. This is followed by a magnificent medieval-style banquet, which will be opened by King Arthur.
- Royal wedding - the culmination of which is the coronation of the royals. The wedding is accompanied by classical music reigning at a luxurious ball; various theatrical scenes are played out with the participation of professional actors who involve all participants in the event. Gradually, a single space is formed in which there are no spectators - everyone organically fits into the scenario, the central figures of which are the newlyweds.
— A wedding decorated in the style of “The Wizard of Oz” is an ideal choice for a celebration at any time of the year. The main shades of the event are gold, crimson and, of course, emerald. The script is based on the young people's journey to the land of Oz, where they will find happiness. The venue for the event can be a castle, a classic restaurant, an estate, etc. Elements such as magic star dust, shoes, bottles with potions, etc. are suitable as decor. As entertainment, guests can be offered a performance by a magician, star predictions, an impressive soap bubble show, etc.
A wedding in the style of a fairy tale is the ideal choice for young people who want to have a wedding that is not “according to the template”, different from any other. This is an original and interesting option worthy of attention.
