First thing I did for the splurge wedding (left side) was check out the fab-oo wedding gowns I've been in love with since they came out: Kirsty Kelly for Disney's Fairytale Weddings. Oh I love it, I love it, I love it! The wedding gown, bridesmaid's gown, tiara, and earrings are all from the "Belle, Spring 08" collection. The cost? Bridal gown $2300, bridesmaid gown $900, earrings $200, tiara $350. The bouquet? Red roses, baby! This beautiful boquet cost only $87.48
The beautiful castle is Thornwood Castle, just outside of Seattle, and the filming location of Stephen King's "Rose Red". The one thing you see throughout the entire Disney BATB movie is stained glass. It's used to tell the story in the very beginning, and is all throughout the castle, and is the final image. Thornwood uses stained glass in a very late European style, and the staircase (lower left picture) reminds me so much of the library in the movie. And the gardens are such a perfect spot for the ceremony. Cost for the whole place for one day? $3500
And last, the perfect centerpiece for the reception, a bell jar with a single red rose (suspended with fishing wire). It just screams BATB! The jar costs $109 each, but so worth it if you've got the dough!
For the steal wedding (right side), my first step was to find a great location and I already know where: the Arctic Club Hotel in downtown Seattle. Their dome room (both photos) features a full stained glass ceiling with chandelier. For using one room for both ceremony and reception, it's a hell of a room. And rental cost is just $1500 for the day. Not bad.
The gown was a steal at $298 at Lili Wedding, so was the bridesmaid's gown at only $59.99. The earrings and tiara are from Princess Bride Tiaras, the place I brought up with yesterday's post - look very similar, don't they? For the bouquet? Be romantic, and very BATB, and carry just a single red rose. Very reminiscent of the bell jar rose without the exorbitant cost, and with a single rose starting at $3, Hello!
For the centerpiece, why not just a single stem of a rose in a bud vase? Especially when you can get the base at Save On Crafts for only $2.99.
Total cost for these basics? Splurge = $7,000, steal = $2000. So whether you're in the money, or not, it's easy to have a Belle wedding.
{Rebekah} Fairytale Wedding: Belle's Bridal by bekahross
