The Mad Hatter's Wedding Shower

One of my closest friends just got married yesterday and if only you could see the way her eyes glitter out of excitement and happiness, you would want to get married soon, too. I played a part in her wedding's preparation to make sure that the big day is a big success. I also organized her wedding shower a week before. I must admit that I had a hard time thinking of a totally whole new concept that would drop jaws, I also consulted the soon-to-be bride for any idea inputs to make sure that the wedding shower will be something she will personally love aside from the wedding ceremony and the wedding reception afterward.


She said she wanted something comical and something that is childish in a way that would not look like children's party. At first I thought to make it a princess-themed wedding shower but it's too predictable to have a princess-themed wedding shower and this type of party is usually for small girls. I don't want to ruin her guests' expectations and I want them to see the wedding shower the way they see the bride-to-be as a person in general.


What characteristics does my friend have in general? Well, based on my experience, she's really funny, crazy in a lot of ways and she loves tea parties. I couldn't think of any other characters that resemble those characteristics other than the Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland. Why not? I haven't heard of anyone come up with a Mad Hatter's Tea Party-themed wedding shower yet so why not start?


I promptly told informed the bride of the idea I created and she cherished the idea in an instant. She said she desired to take part in the preparation but I informed her to leave everything with me. I needed her to just take it quick also to just relax. I don't want her to get stressed out a lot of on details even before her wedding day.


The first thing that I had to consult was the internet. I had to look for pictures of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and that's where I will be basing almost everything fro. Starting from the various types of cups, saucers, teapots, kettles, the interiors and all. I had to make sure that the details were as close to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party as possible. The next thing I had to arrange was the menu. There probably won't have too much fancy food in it since it's supposed to be a tea party but I also had to make sure that the bride and her guests won't pass out of hunger.


What goes well with tea or coffee? Pastries and sweets, of course. With that, cupcakes definitely made it on top of my list followed by the ever-longed for at any party dubbed as chocolate truffles. It can be quite expensive to serve several dozens of chocolate truffles to all the guests so what I did was I had to put it in larges dishes at the far end of the table. Each chocolate truffle has a tag that says "Eat me!" and partnered it off with the drinks in bottles with tags that says "Drink me!" just like it is in the movie "Alice In Wonderland".