When most people think of Disney animated films, they think of their childhood. Some people might argue that those are kids' movies. I'll admit, I grew up with Disney too, but I don't know if I'll ever be too old for Disney.
I've never been one of those girls who knew exactly what she wanted for her wedding. Some girls know their dress, color scheme, and details before they even meet the right guy.
Wedding ideas hadn't come to me until I met the right guy. I started imagining a wedding that was very us (because a wedding should be something you both love, not just the bride). My fiance and I met at a comic book convention, and we do a lot of super hero and sci-fi costumes together. Most people assume we're going to have this geektastic wedding.
We knew we wanted to have a theme, but we also wanted it to feel like a wedding and not a convention. We wear costumes at conventions all the time, so we didn't want to have costumes at our wedding.
After our engagement happened at Disney World, I naturally starting thinking of doing a Disney Fairytale themed wedding. I ran the idea by my fiance first, and when I told him how I wanted to incorporate details from The Princess and the Frog, he was totally on board.
Whenever we watch The Princess and the Frog, we always talk how much their relationship reminds us of ourselves.
Themed weddings don't have to be over the top and cheesy. Even though our theme is based off of a cartoon movie, I have full faith that we can make it elegant. If you focus on the details, themed weddings can be memorable and unique!
And if people don't get your theme, who cares!? The wedding is really for the bride and groom. Do what makes you happy!
This Thomas Kinkade painting has been my main source of inspiration for our wedding. It highlights some of the most gorgeous imagery from the movie. Our colors are dark purple and olive green. I want to incorporate the fireflies (twinkling lights), glowing water lilies (center pieces) and we're going to incorporate the frogs, and the draping tree moss...but I don't want to give all my secrets away.Our venue for the ceremony and reception (Royalty West Banquets) actually looks like a castle. Although we never see a castle in The Princess and the Frog, we thought it was a perfect setting for our fairy tale wedding.The water lilies in the movie are simply magical. When our theme was decided, I wanted to make glowing water lily center pieces for the reception tables.After watching and re-watching The Princess and the Frog several times, I noticed the center pieces at Tiana's Place are actually water lilies (which only made me want to do my center piece idea even more).I love the color bottles hanging from the tree where Mama Odie lives. We're planning on incorporating colored bottles in the ceremony.
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We aren't fans of the groom blending in with the rest of the groomsmen in the same color suit, while the bride gets to stand out in white. My fiance thought it would be great to wear a light color suit to coordinate with my dress. A 3-piece tan suit would be the perfect nod to Naveen's human attire.I love wearing flowers in my hair, and I've never been a huge fan of veils. So on my wedding day, I'll be wearing a flower fascinator, which will be a subtle tribute to the Tiana Disney Designer Doll artwork. And of course I'll be wearing a ballgown. Toys on a wedding cake?....Yes please!!! Sadly there aren't any official wedding cake toppers for Tiana and Naveen, but the playset toys are small enough to use as cake toppers. I bought these figures at the Disney Store, and I'll be using the human figures of Tiana and Naveen to make our cake topper. I don't think our cake will have awesome scenery like this one, but I have full faith that it will be a beautiful cake!I want our guest book to actually look like a story book, so I started messing around with a drawing of Tiana and Naveen, and altering it to make the characters look more like my fiance and me. It's a work in progress, but I want the final version to look really nice, and less like a coloring book picture.
Yay for themed geeky weddings!! :) I think your wedding is going to be so lovely! And wow, that venue looks amazing, not sure what the inside looks like but the outside certainly looks perfect for your wedding. :) SO EXCITING!
They have loads of pictures of their building on Facebook, just imagine the space without seat covers (I'm not a fan of seat covers lol). It's surprisingly a very affordable venue also. So far our ceremony and reception are under $6,000 combined for the size wedding we're planning.
I'm a Graphic Artist whose hobbies happen to include making miniature food jewelry, dressing up in costumes, going to geeky conventions (comic, sci-fi, anime, etc.), watching a lot of Netflix, and playing Nintendo DS.
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Yay for themed geeky weddings!! :) I think your wedding is going to be so lovely! And wow, that venue looks amazing, not sure what the inside looks like but the outside certainly looks perfect for your wedding. :) SO EXCITING!
They have loads of pictures of their building on Facebook, just imagine the space without seat covers (I'm not a fan of seat covers lol). It's surprisingly a very affordable venue also. So far our ceremony and reception are under $6,000 combined for the size wedding we're planning.