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Just Said Yes May 2019

Post Elopement Reception

Allison, on March 10, 2019 at 3:39 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 6

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Hi! My fiancé is a marine who is stationed in Okinawa and is finally coming home for leave in May. We’ll be eloping in May up at grandfather mountain. It’ll just be us and our 2 witnesses. We’ll be around the area for a week. When we come back we’ll be having a post elopement reception for the whole family and friends to come and celebrate. Thing is we’d like to do something smaller instead of a whole other ceremony so that our family won’t feel too left out. I thought of having a unity candle and or something like that. I’m not sure how we should do that or if we shouldn’t and simply keep it as a regular reception.

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Latest activity by Jazmin, on March 10, 2019 at 11:39 PM

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Jasmine · on March 10, 2019 at 4:21 PM
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You can always do a walk the aisle enactment and have a friend read (as a minister or actually ordained). You guys can read your vows (if you personalized them or just repeat as usual). If not, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with just sticking with a simple reception.
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Melissa · on March 10, 2019 at 4:42 PM
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You can still have a wedding with a ceremony for for friends and family after he comes back. A lot of military couples do so.
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emjo · on March 10, 2019 at 5:24 PM
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My one friend was married overseas, so for her US wedding reception, she played a video of the ceremony. They wore their wedding attire, did a first dance and everything. It was basically a second wedding because her family could not afford to be at her first one.
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Just Said Yes May 2019
Allison · on March 10, 2019 at 5:30 PM
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I was thinking of just setting up a slideshow of the pictures that will be taken by our photographer before we make an entrance. My fiancé will be here all month of May. I also plan on doing the usual reception stuff like the dance and games. So we’d be married and then a week later have our reception. And girl you best believe I’m wearing my dress again at our elopement reception. 😂 It’s worth wearing more than once for what I paid lmao. I’m just trying to make a plan b in case I can’t do the slideshow.
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emjo · on March 10, 2019 at 5:36 PM
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You could have someone direct everyone's attention to the slideshow of the ceremony and have it set up with nice music. Then after the slideshow, you could be presented as Mr. And Mrs. Into the reception. I agree though of your worry about it not working out if the photographer doesn't get the pictures back in time. May is awhile away I bet you could talk to your photographer about getting enough pictures back to make it work!
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Jazmin · on March 10, 2019 at 11:39 PM
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We are on the same boat. My husband and I eloped last year with only 5 friends as our witnesses. Next month we will be having our wedding celebration with family and some friends. I'm still walking down the aisle and a pastor will be marrying us instead of the judge at the courthouse. So, nothing is really changing. If you only want to have a reception that's totally up to you.
(Photo from our elopement)
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