I'm having my wedding late april and it's going to be at my fiance and i's church. It's not going to be huge...just something simple and nice. Only immediate family and a few close friends are attending so it will be small. We are thinkin of have the wedding then doing a dinner at this really romantic/fancy restaurant that both of our families love...but I keep on drawing blanks at to what i want to do with the actual wedding. I always imaged a big fairytale wedding like in the movie and books but its not what I really want. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Or know of any great websites to help me plan, find some good wedding stuff, etc...
Oh and it's not gonna be really formal like with a reception, rehersal, or anything....just the wedding then the dinner....any ideas though would be great! But it'd definately going to be small, simple, and special...so keep that in mind while answering! Thanks!
2007-01-23 11:58:56 · 5 answers · asked by Miss Amanda 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My wedding was small, very specially selected and intimate too. Married 21 years now!
We each asked one person to stand up with us, had a flower girl that had the rings tied to ribbons on the side of her flower petals basket she carried. No other attendants other than ushers to seat guests and someone at the entrance to sign registry.
An idea for a special touch that we added:
In my bouquet I had a long stemmed rose that I stopped and gave to my mother as I was escorted by my dad to the front of the church - my husband had one in his coat jacket and did the same with his mother as I approached mine. This allowed us to give recognition to these special ladies! Neither of our mothers knew we were going to do this - we told the minister ONLY and when we got near our moms, we took their hands, had them stand, hugged them and presented them with their rose.
To me, a small select grouping for your ceremony makes it very special and less stressful on all involved.
Congrats and Best Wishes!
Follow your heart- it is YOUR DAY!!!
2007-01-23 12:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by QueenBee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small weddings can be so beautiful because of their simplicity.
Start with a color scheme or tone. Choose a theme--like, New York in the 20s, Broadway, or an English Garden--a theme will help you when choosing decorations, outfits, your hairdo, food/catering details, etc. Once you have a direction, take off!
Talk to the staff at the church where you are getting married. You definitely want to do a quick rehearsal the night before--even if it's just you, the groom, and the wedding party. You don't have to do a big dinner afterwards, especially if you do it mid-afternoon, but it's important to know where everyone needs to stand and what will take place. The staff will arrange that for you, and also may have some great ideas for the big day itself!
2007-01-23 12:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by Andrea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, I would discuss how much you want to spend on the overall wedding ( reception, dress, food, decorations, how many people you want there, etc.). Then decide what's the most important details of the wedding for you. Put your budget towards something you are going to love. For example, if you feel that the overall centerpieces and decorations are the most important part of your wedding, put more money towards that , instead of the reception that may not be that important to you. While searching for your dress or reception, make a list of things that are important, and you must have it over the things that you don't really need to make your wedding day special. Remember to compromise, because not everyones priorities are going to be the same, which is okay.If you say to yourself in the start, Im' only going to spend 1000 on the dress, no matter what stay true to your budget. If for any reason you do need to go over budget in one aspect of the wedding, lower your budget for other things. Good Luck!
2016-05-24 02:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for the dress you've always wanted and add one special touch (like a horse-drawn carriage). That will help you find the balance of the fairy-tale and the simple.
Try to be careful with themes - they can come off as cheesy. A theme should be somthing subtle that ties everything together, but not make it look to immature.
2007-01-23 13:13:00 · answer #4 · answered by apbanpos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heres something that ever girl wants in her wedding. weather is a white dress or that church. For me it was horse and carriage.
I would choose a colour that u like and would look good on bridemaid to. Then u can choose your flowers based on the colour or vice versa. You can alsopick the clour of the season.
As for websites just type in yahoo or google Wedding ideas and heaps comes up. I live downunder so i always try to find websites closer to me. heres one that i liked!
www.theknot.com
I based my theme around it. I got all these old horse shoes and cleaned them up painted them gold and had them up nad down the ilse with white ribbon in bows and for my centre piece; i got someone to weld together the horse shoes to fit arounda a glass bowl and put candles in the middle.
2007-01-23 12:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by linda78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋