Welcome back for a completely elegant, vintage take on Alice in Wonderland for a Wedding. Aside from a jaw dropping venue which lots of you might think is a little aspirational, there is an absolute ton of UNIQUE here, which is exactly what we’re about here at RMW. This Bride was creative and did it her way.
And what a Wonderland she dreamed up.
All images courtesy of the ever talented Allister Freeman.
Floral Fancies
My flowers were thanks to Lily & May.
I asked for a natural vintage look and wanted them to look as if they had been picked from the garden. We used various varieties of roses, freesias & wax flowers as well as incorporating Rosemary and eucalyptus in the bouquets and table centers so they smelt wonderful!!
Due to the tea party theme my centrepieces were hand tied poses arranged in vintage teapots, so that my guests could easily take the poses away with them at the end of the night!
Classic Documentary
We chose Allister Freeman for our photography. We love his natural documentary style and the way he manages to capture all the emotions of the day so well in his photos.
Allister is also a thoroughly nice guy and we both felt totally at ease having him around us all day – which is very important!
Tea Party cake
The cake was made by a family friend. We separated the tiers and displayed each on a different height vintage glass cake stand.
Vintage Flair
We used a great company – Vintage Flair to hire vintage crockery. Our tables were set with a teapot flower arrangement in the centre and then each place setting was a teacup and saucer with a vintage napkin. Each table had a cut glass water jug with a ‘drink me label’ attached to keep with the theme & I made a little figure of each of the Alice in wonderland characters as table names.
Our table plan was actually lots of vintage picture frames grouped together and we even had vintage tablecloths to some of the tables!! The girls from vintage flair helped me with many of the ideas and even set everything up for me on the day.
We also had a hat dressing up box so that all our guests could try out various mad hats during the day & as James is a graphic designer he created all invites & menus to our own design.
Ring Me…
Yes well I went a bit over board on this one, making everything myself but it was well worth it!!! Each seat in the ceremony either had a hand made tissue holder (complete with emergency tissue) or bells for our guests to ring as we walked down the Aisle as husband and wife.
Then the favours for the wedding breakfast were hand made tea bags. The tea bag labels doubled as the place setting.
Dancing up a Storm in a Tea Cup
For entertainment we chose a disco – our guests love to chuck a few shapes on the dance floor!!
Our first dance was to ‘When I fall in love’ by Nat king Cole. James mimed the words to me as a joke early on in our relationship and after that it just became our song!
Putting a unique stamp on your Day…
I think it was all the personal hand made touches that made our day unique. Our guests loved our home made touches & really embraced our theme which meant everyone also had a great deal of fun – it’s a special day and its important that you enjoy it and make the most of it – we certainly did!!
Thanks again to Allister Freeman for submitting this elegantly unique and creative affair, and to James and Jane for letting us share their beautiful day! I am in total awe of the little characters Jane made to hold the table names – super skill!
Yours Wonderfully Truly,
Rebecca
xoxo
Love the floral colour scheme (I am very much in to dirty pinks and neutrals at the moment!) and adore the table plan idea, so simple yet effective. Bravo!
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A fabulously executed theme! Love all the stationary. Everything looks super stylish!
Beautiful!
Ooh, definitely one of the prettiest table plans I’ve seen, what a lovely idea!
Wow, love it – that’s a great way of doing the table plan, and the things they made themselves are among the loveliest and most unique bits of DIY I’ve seen in a wedding. Gorgeous!
This wedding is absolutely awesome!
Completely divine. I wish it was mine.
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beautiful and inspirational what a fab way to put the stamp on your day
Welldone! The homemade details look really professional! Also joining the queue of ladies who love the table plan.
I remain in awe of this little characters Jane made for the tables – is that something you do as a hobby Jane?
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Beauuuuutiful!
I’m in awe of all the little creative bits, you can tell that heart and soul went in to making this day so special.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
xx
ps did you use a pattern for the Alice in Wonderland figures? I’d love to make them for my friends’ little babies.
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its all so pretty you did really well. It all looks so tasteful. I’m so happy to see a wedding at Gosfield where you have done things slightly differently hopefully we can too and still have a theme or different ideas ‘in keeping’ with the house and its surroundings. Lovely xx
LOVE that table plan, completely different to anything I’ve seen before and so simple – saves having to faff about with bits of ribbon (being less than artistic myself that appeals enormously!). Loving all the quirky details too.
Wow! thanks for all your kind comments about my wedding. I totally enjoyed preparing for it!! As for the comments about my little creatures, i took inspiration from a toy i had at home, made my own patterns and got sewing!I love making things like that so if anyone needs any…….!!!!
This is quite similar to what I dream of achieving. So beautiful! Hats off to you xx
Absolutely love this look, the favour idea is great as is the table plan, really chic!
What a clever idea for the table plan. Love it! And the bells and tissue holders on the seats. How cute? Total gorgeousness. Love the vintage vibe of this day x
Love love love this xx
I am in absolute awe of those little creature creations! I’m also doing a tea-party theme and would love to chat with you about how you did this?!
Charlotte – if Jane doesn’t respond, please can you pass her my email address?
annacleggkay@yahoo.co.uk
Ta xxx
Hi Jane, i’m having an Alice in Wonderland themed wedding next year and just love love love your little Mad Hatter, White Rabbit ect. Any chance you make these for people? they would be the perfect finishing touches for my tables x my email address is kimberlyraines@hotmail.co.uk x
Hi Jane, the stuffed dolls are amazing! I absolutely love them, how did you do them I would love to learn how to make them. If you would contact me or let me know where I can find out how to make them that would be great. Your wedding looks so elegant and fun at the same time!
Very respectfully,
Mariza
texmexcuttiepie@aol.com
Hi, we are Ellen & Elizabeth from Vintage Flair who styled Jane’s wedding. If you would like to hire our china, tablecloths or picture frames to create this amazing look then please contact us at info@vintage-flair.co.uk or via our website at http://www.vintage-flair.co.uk. For more vintage ideas see our blog http://www.vintageflairltd.blogspot.com.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Elizabeth & Ellen xx