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A Gothic Wedding...Part 2


Colors...black, burgundy/blood red with a hint of white

Theme..."Dragons - Magic in the forest"

So on with more stuff that had to be made...

 

I wasn't sure what size would fit or how many cards to expect, but knew for sure that we wanted a birdcage style. Hopefully something bulky enough that couldn't be snitched! Which can be a concern at small town weddings? The smaller one worked the best for card retrieval.

I ended up gifting the small one to them and I kept the big one for future rentals.  

The bride wasn't too keen on a lot of hall flowers but we needed something for the sign-in table and stage? 

{I forgot to mention earlier that her flower pick for her bouquet was 5 red [years together] 3 black [for the ones who couldn't be there...mostly Ben's mom, Buttons] and 2 white representing them.}

She wanted 2 red roses to represent both of them on the signing table with the rest being black roses. I added the red and gold wheat looking sheaves to represent Ben's family history of farming [also helped break the bleakness of the arrangement]...

 

What to do for Aisle Markers.....she didn't want flowers?

The ceremony and reception were both being held in this hall [which was huge] so we had to set up for both with easy removal of the ceremony arch. We'll talk more on that later but for now I had to think of how to make an aisle with reusable Aisle Markers. Couldn't use a floor runner to mark the bride's walk way...floor too slippery. With part of our theme being "magical", I came up with the idea of "Fairy Wands" which could stand in a vase behind the couple on the stage...to later be given to the little girls attending. Turned out she kept the wands because she liked them too much to give away all of the kids turned out to be too hyper. The wands were 2' tall with foam hearts painted red/black with little "Fairies" clinging to the heart. The red tulle aisle draping later went on the head table and the white tulle was fluffed at the base of the repositioned arch for photo shoot.

Third Problem....the Tables

Our theme was Gothic which has some medival feel to it which was good backdrop with Dragons. The hall had round ones preset out [had to be returned to after function] but they didn't suit so we used the long ones... This was the first design idea...

 

The center piece were those rose bowl types, turned upside down on a red plastic plate. Inside sat a "led" tea light. On top of the base of the bowl sat a small dragon figurine [which would be tack-up down]. This ended up diferently...

This is how it ended up looking which was just fine. In addition to the bowls were the Bride & Groom "led" tea light holders. The bride was a crystal wine decanter and the groom was his favorite beer bottle [these were those cheap outfits that fit on wine bottles]. I changed the white veil to a black one. Both bottles had a candelabra corked insert which held the lights.

Each table had polished stones [some with words on them] with black & white heart petals strewn about.

The head table had lots to it...

 

Fourth Problem...

The bride had gone out and bought some neat "Dragon Goblets" for the head table. 8 attendants and one for her and him. These would have been okay only they looked horrible [pic doesn't show just how bad]...

 

The end results were quite nice and all liked them.

The other was their goblets...

 

These had been planned...

Along with these goblets I had repainted my kid's dragon heads [they liked better] to match the theme [these were just borrowed] as they were to go on the head table...

 

The small dragons were to go on top of the flower bowls only we couldn't find and others to fill all the bowls so these ended up on the head table. These were later gifted to them too.

The Fifth Problem....

Which might not have been for some but is for the traditional type I am...

There WASN"T going to be a "Wedding Cake"!

I know more and more are do just that, not having a cake, but for me...a photo op is missing?

So as my shower gift I made them a.....

  

The quotation is from their wedding invite.

They loved it so much that they sat it on the Signing Table....:)

I hear she has it in her display cabinet.

Gotta go to work..........stay tuned for the finished results......