I love Disney movies and have created several boards that are based on Disney stories (mostly about the princesses). I’m sharing these themed wedding boards with you in a series. Check back each week for another themed board.
Please note that these “Themed Weddings” are not intended to be a Disney princess wedding. If we go too literal this will look like a little girl’s birthday party. The intent is to give you ideas based on the setting, feel, season and/or colors of certain movies. The photos are from Pinterest and lead directly to their pin.
This week I’m focusing on The Little Mermaid, Ariel (as requested by a Facebook fan). This theme is for a beach wedding. It’s easy to make things too nautical or feel like a little girl’s birthday party. I’ve incorporated some mermaid ideas, but the blues and neutral color palette with a few under-water ideas add a subtle tone for a great Little Mermaid wedding.
Theme Setting: The beach or an aquarium.
Color Scheme: Blue tones and neutral colors.
We’ll start with a unique message in a bottle for an invitation.
Invitation in a bottle, found on Pinterest
The most obvious and appropriate dress for this wedding is a strapless, sweetheart mermaid style. There are a lot of dresses to choose from. This one is fairly simple, but the draping is incredibly flattering and there is a sparkle all over it.
Strapless, sweetheart mermaid style wedding dress
Shoes are important factors. While you don’t see them much, they’re definitely something fun to complete your wedding look. Check out these awesome heels with the cutouts that look like scales. Now you really can be a mermaid.
Wedding shoes with scale-like cutouts, Photography by Ned Jackson Photography, Shoes by Sergio Rossi
From the soles of your feet to the top of your hear, you want a complete look. Try adding pearls or some fun pins like the sparkly starfish below.
Starfish hair pins for a beach wedding, Found on Pinterest
Of course we can’t forget about your bridesmaids’ fashion. You can go with all sorts of blue tones, or even a combination. We love this strapless sweetheart dress that flows with the breeze.
Multi-toned, strapless sweetheart dress that flows like the ocean tide, found on lefemmefashion.com
Escort cards or place cards can easily be replaced with something unique to our under the sea theme. Check out these sand-dollars!
Sand-dollars in lieu of place cards, found on buzzfeed.com
You can go all out with an indoor reception venue and teal up-lighting, or you can go more natural with the deep and subtle tones of the ocean like in the photos below.
Seashell centerpiece with candles, found on intimateweddings.com
Sparkly blues with neutral seashells, found on styleunveiled.com
Don’t forget about the cake! You can use seashells and coral tones, but you have to be careful it doesn’t look like a birthday cake. We’ve chosen to go with a simplistic and stylish white cake with clams and beautiful, eatable blue pearls.
Simple, stunning and classy white wedding cake with blue pearls, found on intimateweddings.com
We hope you enjoyed this Little Mermaid themed wedding post! Click here to see more on our Pinterest board.
Do you like the subtleties and soft tones we included, or would you go all out with bright colors and the teal up-lighting?
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LOVE the invitation! 🙂