morning ceremony, lunch reception :)

I have had several clients do morning weddings I love them...they are different and you get to enjoy the entire day with your family and groom! I can send you some sample timelines (too much to post into here)...but the getting up part depends on how long your hair/make up will take and that would be a conversation to have with those vendors. If you are doing your hair/make up yourself, I would recommend getting up at 6:30 to allow yourself plenty of time.

My ceremony is at 11:00 with cocktail hour and a sit down lunch. Who says you can't have open bar at 11:30!

I'll post my timeline later. Don't have it at work!

My sister had an 11am ceremony. We were in the chair getting our hair done at 6am. It wasn't my favorite wedding, but we survived and it was very nice LOL

Your hairstylist/make-up artist are probably the best people to ask as far timing.

I think it will be nice too... I just didn't remember when I was setting things in stone how much I hate mornings... HA

However, I probably won't sleep the night before anyway, so I might as well get it done so I can go home and take a nap

kt2of3 I'd love to see it!

ME! ME! I am doing this too. I found a cute timeline visual on here a while back and I've been customizing it for my wedding..

This is my first time posting a picture, so forgive me if it does not work. Anyway, hope it helps!

OMG I love that Mrs.Marlow!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

I am doing it to! I used the same template as Mrs. Marlow. Not sure how to attach it, but basically mine looks like this:

6:30 get up

7am leave hotel

7:20 arrive venue/set up

8am make-up/hair for all the girls/breakfast

9:30 guys arrive

11am ceremony

11:30 cocktail hour (ok, 45 minutes) - we are suggesting mimosas to our guests

12:15 Grand Entrance

12:20: Best Man Toast and Blessing

12:30: Lunch

1:30: Dancing

2:30: Cake cutting

3:30 ending

5pm - after party at a local brew pub!

I did similar, but with brunch. Ceremony was 10:30 to 11, we had a "coffee" hour instead of calling it cocktail hour -- and it was only about 30 minutes. Reception started around 11:30 and we went until about 3PM. I was exhausted.

Here is my timeline (so far anyway)

Pre-Game

5:30 wake up, shower, eat, dry hair, etc

7:00 hair and make up

9:00 leave for venue

9:45 arrive at venue, get ready

Wedding

1100 Guest Arrival

1110 Wedding Ceremony

1130 Cocktail Music

(Photos during cocktail hour)

1225 Wedding Party Arrival

1230 Lunch

1315 Toasts

1320 Cake Cutting

1325 Cake served

1325 First Dance

1330 Father Daughter Dance (which is being omitted because my parents can't make it :-( )

1335 Open Dancing

? Couples/Anniversary Dance

1545 Last Dance

I wanted an early afternoon wedding, but FH vetoed that idea. So it's at 4.

6:00-6:30am hair stylists arrive and hair and make-up is started

8:00am photographer and videographer arrive for getting ready photos

9:00am first look

9:30am-11:00am bridal party and family photos

11:00am-11:30am ceremony

11:30am-12:15pm cocktail 45 minutes

12:15pm entrance into reception

12:15pm – 12:30pm first dance and dancing (DJ suggested this)

12:30pm – 12:50pm guests find their seats and their orders are taken

1:00pm speeches begin

1:00pm-2:00pm lunch

4:00pm evening concludes

After 4:00pm we are relocating to a country bar down the road (I rented the patio) for a couple additional hours of mingling.

Thanks ladies this is very helpful as my ceremony is 12pm