harry potter wedding

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    Hand-Painted Reception: Harry Potter theme

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    The most enchanting way to incorporate the Harry Potter floating candles theme into your wedding is to find a vendor who will produce this magnificent display for you. I would recommend not using real candles though…don’t want wax dripping on your guests heads.

    My husband, Carl, proposed to me with a book, so I certainly have a soft spot for this idea….putting the ring in a Harry Potter book! I love how this person specifically chose the chapter “The Unbreakable Vow” as the reveal with the ring!

    If you have resources and live near Maryland consider hiring Charm City Cakes to make a smaller version of their Hogwarts Castle cake that was featured on Ace of Cakes.

    This is an example of an escort card that I designed for a Harry Potter themed wedding. The Sorting Hat seemed like the appropriate painting for this one because it is sorting guests to their table numbers.

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    Harry Potter invitation now available in the Hand-Painted Weddings Invitation shop.

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    Inspired by Harry Potter: Floating Candles

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    I have been enamored by the floating candles in the Hogwarts Great Hall ever since I watched the first Harry Potter movie. How cool would it be if a lighting company came out with a line of floating candles that all hang down from some sort of mesh web?! It would be beautiful for events, halloween, and even around holiday time. I can totally see how these floating candles can add a bit of the Harry Potter theme to your wedding in a versatile way. The rest of the theme can swing towards the gothic style of Hogwarts with warm, rich browns and a lot of textures, or the theme can swing towards a classy, unique style with subtle inferences to the Harry Potter theme.

    Along with lighting, I think that ceilings can be one of the most dramatic design elements of an event, both for the overall impression for the guests and the photos. I also think that they are one of the most overlooked unfortunately. Whether it is to create some elaborate floating candle mesh screen, or another idea, I would highly recommend considering ceiling decor or lighting when you are designing your wedding!

    I also threw in a painting I did of the Sorting Hat, because who doesn’t like a painting of the Sorting Hat!

    Harry Potter invitation now available in the Hand-Painted Weddings Invitation Shop.