Alice Loves: Vintage Wonderland china, crockery and prop hire

A beautiful and warm welcome to our sponsor Vintage Wonderland, vintage china, crockery and prop hire, where owner Sarah can help you style your event using her selection of props including birdcages, candelabras, a butchers bike, typewriter, gramophone, vintage style trolley and much, much more.

If you’re having a wedding (or even a party) with a vintage twist or maybe a wonderland theme then the gorgeous Sarah of Vintage Wonderland, your Queen Of Vintage crockery, can show you how to do it in a spectacular way.  And now that Sarah’s got a frabjous new website, you can spoil yourself by ogling over the beautiful table settings you can choose from.

Getting creative with your wedding chairs

Here it is… another frabjous post from my gorgeous Guest Blogger, Stacey-Marie Chalk from Cherry Topped Bespoke Weddings on the Alice In Weddingland wedding blog…

Creative Chair Covers

Trying to think of ways to make your wedding look and feel a little different? Then why not get creative with your chairs!

When visiting your wedding venue, take note of the chairs they have and whether they have the potential to be accessorised to suit your wedding style. If the chairs aren’t really suitable, ask your venue if they can store the chairs somewhere and if it would be ok to hire in alternative seating.

By spending a little thought on how to make sure the chairs complement your overall design, you can really make an impact in your ceremony and your wedding breakfast rooms. You could also create a relaxed and stylish chill out area or a trendy city bar feel by hiring in lounge furniture.

Think about the colour, material, style, shape and potential for adding decorative elements such as flowers, stationery, ribbons, fabric, fruit etc.

Dress your chairs with some elegant fabrics…

Use beautiful flowers and stationery to adorn the chairs…

How about adding some ribbons to suit your wedding colours…

Keep it simple with alternative hire-in options…

Create a lounge area…

For an intimate rustic wedding gather a collection of mix and match chairs…

 Image Credits:

Fabric Collage: Yellow and Green Bows; Lace cover; Mini bunting; Peach bow; Rustic bows; Draped fabric; Lace and ribbon; Wavy chiffon

Flowers Collage: White pomanders; Mini vases; Sunflowers; Stationery pouches; Apples; Fuchsia flower and place name; Menu tag

Ribbons Collage: Multicoloured ribbons; White ribbons; Patterned ribbons and peony; Yellow ribbons; Pink ribbon and lace Plain Collage: White chair; Chiavari chairs; Ghost chairs; Green and blue chairs; French chair Lounge Collage: Sofas (top); Outdoor Sofas (bottom left); Modern bar lounge Mix and Match Collage: Wooden chairs; Colourful chairs

Do you have any favourites? Have you already started to think about how to bring your wedding chairs into your design?

Have fun getting creative with your wedding chairs!

Stacey-Marie x

Winter Wonderland Mood Board by Wedding Planner Stacey-Marie Chalk

I am so excited today to be posting the second post from my gorgeous Guest Blogger, Stacey-Marie Chalk from Cherry Topped Bespoke Weddings.  For Wedding Mood Board Monday she has treated you guys with a stunning Winter Wonderland Wedding Mood Board.   Stacey-Marie has a superb eye for colour and style… and you’ll love the wedding dress

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Steampunk Wedding Photo Shoot by Angie Peady

I‘ve been banging on about it all week so let’s get to it!!! Yay!!!

I was going to do a really long post for this one including loads of suggestions and info all about Steampunk Wedding photography and then introduce you to who is our latest entry into our (LWB) Little White Book under the tab Spectacular Photographers!  However, I think the photos speak louder than any words I could dream up, even with the use of a Thesaurus!

I fell in love with Steampunk the moment I discovered it only a month ago and have been keen to show you a spectacular example of what your wedding could be like using this theme.  It was when I stumbled upon Angie’s website that I got so (I will admit) over-excited about blogging about it.  I love the imagery Steampunk conjures up and Angies shoot just made me drool!
May I introduce you to a fellow Aussie, a photographer who I believe effortlessly creates evocative images, Angelica Peady.  Now, you can get creative photographers who tell great stories through their images and others who have superb imagery; composition, lighting and colours however, Angelica Peady is one of the rarities who does both!  Her images captivate the essence of what her subject is.

Like this first image…

A Steampunk Wedding: What is Steampunk?

What is Steampunk?  What is a Steampunk wedding?  Up until recently I had absolutely no idea until I stumbled upon it while searching the internet. It is an eclectic mix of Victorian Science Fiction. Think Victorian-inspired wonders like steam-powered aircraft and mechanical computers. Think Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, think Captain Nemo’s submarine and of course think Alice In Wonderland!!!

Steampunk: Gizmos & Gadgets

There are magazines dedicated to it, websites dedicated to it and fashion and jewellery galore being created for it.  There was even the worlds first museum exhibition of Steampunk Art held in Oxford in 2010 and it is a rising trend in weddings.  This makes us extraordinarily chuffed as how appropriate is Alice In Wonderland within the Steampunk genre?  Top hats, whimsical accessories and stand out tea parties!  We couldn’t be happier.

I love it.  I wouldn’t necessarily style my wedding in full Steampunk but there are elements which are captivating to me because of their artistry, their bling factor and of course, it is vintage after all.  Like the fashion in the photo shoot I will unveil to you tomorrow (so excited!!!) and the accessories like the hats and the pocket watches – all details that can add a Steampunk dimension to your wedding.

Some Steampunk stuff is pretty hard core and is far too mechanical in its design for me, I’m a softy, but the fashion is incredibly feminine with an edge of strength, depicting the Steampunk Woman to be confident, self-assured and underneath all those clothes, extraordinarily sexy.  Who wouldn’t want to be like that!!  Raise your hand now!  (Mine just shot up in the air with a little bit of an uncontrollable twitch going on).  It has only been three years since becoming a Mummy so I am the epitome of the opposite to the Steampunk Woman: exhausted, has too close a relationship with trackkies, drinks far too much tea and irons frilly knickers in a desperate attempt to become sexy again).

Steampunk is here to stay and it is growing fast as a trend and genre.  Have a look at my previous post for a snippet of Steampunk Wedding Photography, it’s worth it.  If you love Victorian fashion, you’ll love Steampunk!

Steampunk fashion

Seriously, what woman wouldn’t want to wear this?  If not just for a day!

So how do you Steampunk your wedding?

Think Victorian.  Steampunk fashion has no set guidelines, it really is simply an amalgamation of modern styles influenced by the Victorian era. This may include gowns, corsets, petticoats and bustles.  And for the boys think suits with vests, coats and spats or even military inspired garments.

Gizmos, gadgets, and loads of technological or mechanical period pieces such as timepieces, parasols, goggles and top hats are the details that add the Steampunk flare.  I am in love with the zest for unique and whimsical weddings and Steampunk is surely a statement within that.

So if you fancy feeling like a confident, corset wearing character our of a Jules Verne novel then Steampunk should be your inspiration.

And, if I have tickled your curiosity, wait until I unveil the spectacular Steampunk photo shoot tomorrow. (Chuckle).

Zarn