Disney Themed Wedding

[minpin3]

My beautiful daughter just got engaged last month. Estimated wedding date at this time is Oct. 2012 after college graduation. I would love to give her a beautiful Disney themed wedding without actually going to Disney. Has anyone done this? How difficult was it?

Thanks!

 

[Brit_Jude]

Does your daughter have a favorite Disney movie, character(s), ride, attraction or park. If so then you could use that as a starting point for your inspiration. You could also let us know here too on the forum and I am sure people will help with more inspiration. From that you could get colors, designs, little touches for tables, etc

October is a great time for a fall themed wedding you could use pumpkin carriages from Cinderella as table decorations. Follow through with other fall colors and theme.

The Creative DISigns thread on the Disboards can help with a signature design to use throughout the invitations, name cards, programs etc

Have a look for some inspiration on the http://www.disneyweddingblog.com/ and the planning journals/trip reports using the links at the top of this forum.

You can also Google for Disney Themed Weddings and quite a few ideas come up.

 

[figmentfan0724]

minpin if you wanna see pics from our at home wedding with disney elements let me know!

 

[onelilspark]

Hi Figmantfan, I'm not the OP (obviously!) but I'm not getting married in Disney, but still would like to add Disney elements. Would you mind showing me the pictures as well? Thanks!

 

[mdoll4]

Haven't done it, but it sounds like a great idea. I could see it getting cheesy, but I think as long as you kept it pretty simple and clean, it would be awesome.

And congrats on your daughter's engagement!

 

[figmentfan0724]

Hi Figmantfan, I'm not the OP (obviously!) but I'm not getting married in Disney, but still would like to add Disney elements. Would you mind showing me the pictures as well? Thanks!

sent you a pm with the link!

 

[jtanddolly]

This can definitely be done. Sit down with your daughter and find out first what ideas she has for her wedding. She may want a "fairy tale" wedding reminiscent of Cinderella, she may want a fun wedding that is generic Disney, she may want something reflective of a disney movie, or she may not want disney at all.

1. Here is are a few examples of two different weddings with a Disney movie theme "UP":
http://belladestinee.com/blog/?p=1814

http://www.thoughtfullysimple.com/an-up-inspired-wedding/

http://www.disneyweddingblog.com/2010/07/wedding-spotlight-up-inspired-wedding.html

http://www.killmydaynow.com/2010/05/wedding-pictures-inspired-by-disney-pixars-movie-up-9-pics.html

2. If you wanted to do a general disney theme...you could still have the typical beautiful wedding but add little touches through printables like instead of table numbers and place cards...do "disney loves" and have different characters for each table like mickey and minnie, daisy and donald, etc.

Or

you could use different locations around magic kingdom (i.e Fantasyland, Main Street, Liberty Square, etc.)

Or

have a monogram that incorporates hidden disney images

3. I recently helped do printables for a "fairy tale Cinderella" wedding and we incorporated different Cinderella images on the printables. We made a monogram with a hidden crown that was on the wedding program, reserved seat signs, and food cards, and we had Cinderellas Carriage on the Menu. She rented an actual horse drawn carriage that looked like Cinderellas carriage and they rented a castle 3-d backdrop for the new couples grand entrance to the reception.

4. If you look through the different planning journals...there are some disney weddings that aren't at Disney. There is one with a Wisconsin Princess Fairy Tale Wedding that has pictures of a wonderful table centerpiece that incorporates a white pumpkin.

5. Use google to get ideas and see pictures. I like to click on the "images" tab and then do your search. You can type in "disney inspired wedding" or "cinderella wedding" or specifically to find the "up" weddings I put "Up inspired weddings"

All of that to say...it can 100% definitely be done...but work with your daughter and make sure it is what she wants.