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Indoor vs. Outdoor Wedding- 11/2/2019

Elexis, on October 6, 2019 at 6:16 PM Posted in Planning 0 14

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Hello everyone! I live in Michigan! We are planning on having an outdoor wedding on November 2, 2019! Our favors are blankets, everyone has been advised to dress warmly, and we are planning on having 2-4 propane outdoor heaters. Our ceremony will be short! After the ceremony, our reception will take place in a heated barn where we chose hot soup as one of our appetizers! We are really wanting an outdoor ceremony! Worst case, the ceremony can be moved in the barn, and as beautiful as it is, it has darker lighting and I’m afraid the pictures won’t turn out as well. On top of that, the songs I chose for the prelude and walking down the aisle are songs with words, and I feel like they’ll be awkwardly cut short since the barn will have a much shorter aisle. My question is, how cold is too cold to have an outdoor wedding with all the things we have planned! I don’t want everyone to be freezing and uncomfortable, but I’ve always pictured our ceremony outdoors! Michigan residents are more used to cooler weather as well! Any other November brides getting married outdoors? Thanks!

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Latest activity by Kayla, on October 7, 2019 at 4:01 PM

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Alyssa · on October 6, 2019 at 6:26 PM
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Personally I CANNOT STAND cold. If it is 65 or colder I’m miserable. People are going to have to wait before your ceremony starts, and the tolerance will be very variable. I would plan for indoors and do your pictures separately.
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Katherine · on October 6, 2019 at 6:30 PM
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I think it’d be fine. Can they hang out in the barn/ heat until right before?
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Cher Horowitz · on October 6, 2019 at 7:05 PM
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Guests' comfort should always come first, so I highly recommend an indoor ceremony!
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Destiny · on October 6, 2019 at 7:29 PM
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Can you put up a small tent to trap the heat so people will stay warm? Im a michigan spring bride and still contemplating heaters!
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Caytlyn · on October 6, 2019 at 8:00 PM
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Lower than 60 degrees would be too uncomfortable for your guests.
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Future Mrs. Danger · on October 6, 2019 at 8:13 PM
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Date twin!!
You dont say what time of the day the ceremony is....but anyhting lower than 60 is chilly to sit outside and wait.
Can you let your guest know to be prepared with jackets, then i think you can stretch it to 50 degrees.
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Arianna · on October 6, 2019 at 9:50 PM
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This also depends where you are holding your wedding at. I love in Northern MI and there is no way we could have an outdoor ceremony in November.
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Katie · on October 6, 2019 at 10:59 PM
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I'm getting married two weeks after you! We are doing a outside ceremony with a inside reception but I live in TX so it hardly ever gets cold here. I stay cold so I would be freezing if it were below 65 but if you told your guest to dress accordingly I think you will be fine.
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Erin · on October 7, 2019 at 4:44 AM
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Maybe offer hot coffee/apple cider if you can swing it as a part of your catering package? Letting your guests know the ceremony is outdoors will be enough for Michiganders to come prepared for the weather. It's good that you have a backup option (and are offering blankets!) in case it ends up being too cold the day of since you really never know in Michigan. I'd much rather sit at an outdoor wedding when it's too cold than when it's too hot.
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Megan · on October 7, 2019 at 5:20 AM
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I think it really depends on the weather that day, but have a contingency plan. I think blankets are a really beautiful favor but may not suffice.
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Megan · on October 7, 2019 at 5:22 AM
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I’m struggling with this too because I’m getting married late November of next year. The outdoor ceremony space is beautiful but we’ll probably plan on having it inside for comfort. We’ll still get pictures outside in the ceremony space, so that’s our little compromise.
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MrsD · on October 7, 2019 at 1:20 PM
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My mother has been to two outdoor ceremonies. One in Colorado in March (snowing and around 25 degrees), and one in New Jersey in December (similar temperatures). Both ceremonies were around 15-20 minutes, they handed out blankets & handwarmers & hot drinks to guests and they had heat lamps every 3 aisles on the end of the aisles. It was bearable for my mom & stepfather but they both basically ran inside after.
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NextChapterReady · on October 7, 2019 at 2:49 PM
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As long as they are appropriately prepared I think it's fine. Sounds as though you've given a lot of consideration to keeping them warm and I LOVE the blanket as favor idea
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Kayla · on October 7, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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I'm struggling with this as well. Our wedding will be in Des Moines, Iowa November 7th next year. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for wanting an outdoor ceremony, but the pictures are just too cold to pass up. We're going to tell everyone to dress warmly and we are going to try to have hot cider and coffee. I've pretty much told FH as long as it's not snowing, the ceremony will be outside.
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