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When fanfic writers get married: a storybook wedding with a tea party!

Because we were both writers, and because fiction plays such a big role in our lives, we knew from the beginning we wanted stories to be central to the wedding. We aren’t ones for staying up late and absolutely LOVE tea, so a storybook wedding with afternoon tea was the most natural choice in the world!

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Surprisingly inexpensive NYC wedding venues: TEA HOUSES!

Like most New York brides, I’ve been wondering how can I have an inexpensive wedding in NYC? I’ve been combing through the big commercial wedding websites for ideas of affordable wedding venues, and I found next to nothing that would fit my budget. Then I found tea houses as an inexpensive NYC wedding venue option!

Through the looking glass with this Alice in Wonderland inspiration

Through the looking-glass with this Alice in Wonderland tea party inspiration

Be prepared to take notes from this Alice in Wonderland tea party styled shoot with a bride and her bridesmaids in outfits reminiscent of Alice, the Cheshire Cat, and The Mad Hatter.

There’s mix-and-match vintage china tea cups and pots, pastels errrrywhere, bunnies, time turners, and luscious-looking pastries. Come through the looking glass to be super inspired to plan your own Alice-themed wedding…

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“Colin Firth in a wet shirt” has nothing on this gorgeous, surprise Austenland-themed bridal shower

When Michelle asked me to be her Maid of Honor, I knew that the one thing I had to do was throw her a surprise Austenland-themed bridal shower — re-creating an outdoor tea party like the one depicted in the movie, complete with its mashup of vintage and modern contraptions. For all of us geeks who romanticize period films, here how you can throw your own Austenland bridal shower…