No matter how simple one tries to keep the event, "wedding creep" seems to finds its way in.
Our plan is for a lovely, outdoor, casual wedding with 50 close friends and family in Bell Buckle, followed by a bigger, more rockin' bash in Knoxville later in the Fall.
Fifty people is now looking more like 75-100 people.
I am still hoping for a very plain, Episcopal service of 15 minutes or less so we can get on to the business of our reception-with-BBQ and fun.
I think I want bubbles at the reception. I am a fan of the bubble.
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13 comments:
This is so much fun!
I'm so excited you're going to tell us about the planning of your wedding!
Bubbles sound great, the kids will love it.
Are you going to register at the Knot or Wedding channel?
Now is your chance to get all that stuff you could really use around the house.
KAG:
As a second-wedding-er myself, let me advise you: think of this as a party that you and your spouse are throwing for your favorite people. Period. Do what's fun, and what you like, because you want to, not because you think you are supposed to. Any time a decision starts to feel like wedding creep, stop and ask yourself - will this make it a better party? Plan to have fun, have fun, and stay away from expectations, duty, and all that other blather.
Congrats.
ruth's right - bubbles are the bomb!
congrats
-L
To avoid "wedding creep" we had IMMEDIATE family only (otherwise, once you make an exception for one, you have to make an exception for 50 others) ...kept it to less than 20 people. Had it at a beautiful local restaurant with a sit-down dinner after. I'm so glad we kept it small and informal. Good luck!
Holy cow. I am behind in the mail for the list that we're both on. I mean HOLY COW.
I've heard about you and bubbles, you naughty thing, you!
We avoided wedding creep by eloping on a trip to Vegas to visit my husband's family.
The only downside? Not as many of our friends gave us presents, and a few were furious about not being included.
I agree with the first anonymous above. My first wedding was the typical southern girl wedding in the church, reception in the fellowship hall with punch kind of thing.
My second was a small ceremony with family only in our garden, followed by a big kickass party for all our friends. More important, it was EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED. Stick to that - and you'll have a great time.
And bubbles sound cool.
Your news is terrific. Congratulations!
And as someone who had a out-of-control Catholic wedding for 250 people, let me give you the "thumbs up" for your plans to keep things simple and fun. I happen to be rather fond of Barbeque, and I think you all will have a lot of fun.
Again, many congratulations.
I've only been married once, so I have to advocate for the "have the wedding the way you want it" mentality no matter if it's your first or 8th wedding. My husband and I had a very very small ceremony in a wine cellar and a sit down dinner with just immediate family and one special friend. Then about a month later we had a kick-butt party. Fun.
Do what you want how you want! Keep us updated too!
"Zubbles" will not likely be available in time for your wedding, but they look awesome.
...and it's a great story about how they invented them.
http://tinyurl.com/ca9ga
Keep it simple. Simple is more fun for everyone and you can use the money you save to do something fun with the kids.
Our wedding, 40 years ago, was a big backyard wedding in the summer at twilight, with fireflies and candles. The things I remember now, these many years later, are the symbolic things we added to the ceremony---we had communion with bread we baked the night before, we lit candles, our flowers had allegoric meaning, the musical choices, friends who played or sang songs, and our lovely pictures. There were 300 guests, and because of the size, I didn't get to just sit and visit with any of them, had to be "on the move" all the time. Add symbols you will remember and take lots of pictures.
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