Tea Party Bridal Shower Inspiration
This sweet little number was sent to us by Lydia Yeung of Ever Ours who designed a bridal shower around …you guessed it…Tim Burton’s interpretation of Alice in Wonderland. Her and her fabulous team wanted to create a picnic tea party with a darker side and loaded it with tons of great ideas that all of you gals can pull for your own soirees. I know this Matron of Honor is taking note.
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Taking a cue from Tim Burton, I thought of doing a more “twisted” version of the “Alice in Wonderland” tablescapes we’ve seen so much of lately. Instead of the pastel colored route, I really loved the shades of blue that were used in the movie and how dark they were.
I am so very lucky to have had Lauryl Lane on board with me. She’s a genius and magic is always produced whenever she’s around. At a trip to the flower market, I spotted rams head pods and she spotted rootballs. We looked at each other and gasped and we knew where we were heading. Once we figured out the main gist and look of our centerpieces, we started to tie in the main themes of Alice in Wonderland. We loved how disproportionate certain elements were. For example, whenever Alice shrinks and whenever she’s larger than life. So we went with a picnic party, so that our bride would be larger than the table and made our centerpieces slightly exaggerated. Within the centerpieces, Lauryl made them seem like mini woods/forests.
I approached Jane of Olive Hue Paper with our color theme- dark navy blue, olive green and grey and told her the major themes we liked from Alice in Wonderland. She created the most fabulous invitations to our little make believe bridal shower. She implemented the idea of the key as an opening to the invitation and on the menus, incorporating a “time” theme as well as the infamous sayings “Eat Me” and “Drink Me”.
After seeing what Jane had created, I then found antique watch faces that perfectly fit our “time” theme and we tied them on the manzanita tree that was part of our centerpiece. But our two most favorite elements from our shoot were the use of mushrooms and hanging the recycled glass jars from the tree. It gave our shoot a much more ethereal touch with the whole feeling of floating and a dream like state.
Photography: Adrienne Gunde / Event Styling: Lydia Yeung of Ever Ours, Lauryl Lane and Jane of Olive Hue Paper / Floral Decor: Lauryl Lane / Stationery: Olive Hue Paper / Linens: BBJ Linens and Bed, Bath & Beyond / Cutlery: Oneida / Tableware: Bed, Bath & Beyond and Ikea / Model: Megan Buchner
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Love the hanging Mason Jars! Beautiful table, awesome team!
Beautiful design Lydia, love your vision!
Oh, Abby~ This is the most darling post! The blueberry tart and the mushrooms on the napkins set us over the edge ... Too cute!!!
~xoxo
Heather and Kimberly
Oh love, love! Such rich colors! Love the belt on the dress too!
love the colors and the fact that's it's a picnic! darling.
soooo puuuurrrdy! :)
The styling, the details, the colors, the images - everything is just beautiful! Props to all the ladies that helped put this together! They are truly amazing!!
Never thought of using mushrooms as part of table decor, but it completely works in this shoot! So creative!
I love the mushrooms! And the menus! Precious!
oooh i love this...and the paper goods are amazing. fabulously designed shoot ladies!!
Beautiful & Inspiring! I absolutely LOVE the bouquet .. one of most whimsical & creative I've seen!! Lovely colors & Fun details.. Wonderful work, Ladies!
I LOVE this... it's totally MY CUP OF TEA! What are the dark purple flowers in the hanging mason jars/ in the saucer/tea cup picture (second row of pics)?? are they a type of Poppy? Thanks
Hi Brittney,
So glad you like this! They are actually dark blue/ dark purple anemones.
- Lydia
thank you so very much for the feature, SMP!
I LOVE the colors in this take on a wonderland party. With this amazing team of ladies, I would not expect any less! Great job!!
Stunning photography, concept, styling, well everything. It is lovely. Really.
THANK YOU SMP!!
Thank you so much for the feature, it's an honor! :)
Lovely concept Lydia, very unconventional and creative.....love the recycle jars to support " Go Green ". Well done !!!!!
Great work to all of you. I love the boldness!
What a beautiful and inspirational session! And so many DIY-friendly ideas. Could you post the source for the ring on the model's finger please?
Love it all! So pretty, good job ladies! The use of the mushrooms is adorable (and love the red polish)! ox
I love the blue palette of this shoot, and those mushrooms? Perfect! Great job:)
@wholesale flowers the ring is from aldo. i'm not sure if it's still available anymore though as i bought it last summer.
again, thank you so much to Style Me Pretty and to everyone for all your support and love!
I love the rich blues and purples in this palette. Veyr pretty.
I love the range of purples and the table is perfectly dreamy without being strange... I think we all want to be invited!
i love it ALL!
I am hoping to do similar mason jars hanging -- can you tell me where you purchased them and what that type of string is called? Thank you!
Amazing set-up! Thanks for sharing.
This is lovely- incredibly elegant, and the colour scheme is quite unique as well. Everything about this set up is to die for!
Great Work! Thanks for sharing!
The flowers indeed look beautiful!
The use of colour in this is incredible, the purple theme works so well! I also like the Alice in Wonderland touches. Not for everyone, but definitely a lot of ideas to be had from this.