Thank goodness for the computer age. You can find just about anything you’re looking for when you go on the internet. I found many unique wedding ideas to work with for my ceremony and reception. There were suggestions for any type of wedding you’re planning on. They had ideas for themed weddings, like seasonal, country western, garden ceremonies and more. There were even some for destination weddings. I’d never even heard of a destination wedding until I went online. It sounds like a lot of fun, but we have way too many people that we’d have to leave off the guest list if we did that. So we will be sticking close to home. But I did like the storybook theme idea, every bride should feel like a princess on her wedding day, so why not make it more of a reality than a dream?
And that’s what I did. We had the most fantastic fairytale wedding, like something you would read in a magazine. My fiance was a big help in getting things going. He found a real honest to goodness castle, right here in Ohio. It’s been turned into a bed and breakfast and he arranged to rent the B&B for our wedding and reception. Everything was just coming together perfectly.
The dresses for the bridesmaids and flower girl were absolutely exquisite. The bridesmaids wore floor length peach colored satin dresses with sashes, and our little flower girl had on a beautiful little gown that came to her ankles with a lovely little flowered tiara. She was so adorable. My fiance took care of all the guy stuff, leaving me free to take care of my end of things. I found just about everything online, our unique wedding invitations that looked like that for a royal ball, our reception table supplies, and some very lovely wedding favor suggestions. All in the fairy tale theme I had chosen.
The castle we rented was just unbelievable. You couldn’t help but feel like a princess when you walked inside. Our ceremony was so romantic and he looked so handsome standing there beside me. After we said the vows we wrote for each other and the priest pronounced us man and wife we gracefully made our exit as everyone tossed confetti and yelled their congratulations.
At the reception we had a very long bridal table with candelabras on each end and a wedding cake that would make any king and queen proud. I found the most adorable little castle cake topper for our wedding cake and gorgeous crystal champagne flutes with bride and groom printed on them. Everyone had champagne flutes and wine glasses on their tables and at each table setting were favor boxes in the shape of royal coaches with a thank you gift inside. Even the wedding favors came in the storybook theme.
We danced and waltzed around the dance floor like Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. Everyone seemed to be having a great time and they were really impressed with the décor and the fact that we were having it in a real castle. They all complimented me on what a unique wedding this was and how authentic everything looked. The whole thing was just so unbelievable, and when we left the reception to begin our honeymoon, we left in a horse drawn carriage. Talk about your fairy tale coming true. If I hadn’t gone online looking for accessories, I probably never would have came up with this storybook idea. For our first anniversary we are going back to that lovely castle B&B and make it our second honeymoon.