Small wedding

I’m glad you’re excited about your wedding still! We had to postpone our big ceremony and had a super small intimate wedding. I think there were 20 of us all together including the photographer. We had to scramble for a location so we did it at a small chapel at our church. We still wore our wedding clothes. His brother, my brother and my two sisters were our bridal party along with a junior bridesmaid and flower girl. We had our original officiant and two musicians and photographer still attend and help us out. It was very sweet! We still ordered some wedding donuts for a short reception after and we enjoyed it. It was hard to wrap my head around at first because I was so sad that our original wedding was cancelled. And then it was crazy and busy because we moved the small wedding up 2 weeks from the original date and we scrambled to get things ready. But our ceremony was beautiful, I still sang a song to my husband and he was emotional and everyone that was there cried. It was a great day. And we are so looking forward to celebrating with our other friends and family

Hi Kaleigh,

I'm so sorry you had to change your plans, but I'm so glad you've locked down a new date!!

Stay positive and hang in there!! You've bought yourself a lot more time and hopefully more peace of mind!

Hi Kaleigh,
We’re playing an intimate wedding as well (25-30 guests). I think it will be fun and laid back.

We rented an Airbnb where we will stay, get ready and have the ceremony. We reserved a cafe nearby that is part of a larger venue that can accommodate our guest count for a lovely dinner party. We’re putting $ towards the things that are important (florist, photographer, venues & food, musician for ceremony). We may do first dances and possibly cake cutting. We’re probably going to play a playlist we’ve made for the dinner.
I’d love to hear how you’re planning to go about it.

Hi Kaleigh! I've recently been to two weddings that had about 30 guests and they were both really fun and definitely not weird at all. Both had short, simple ceremonies, beautiful toasts and speeches, dancing, a cake cutting... They were super super fun to attend because we got to spend a lot of time with the couple and with our friends, there was room to sit and dance so we were always comfortable, it felt very special to be included in the small guest lists... I definitely loved these weddings and I think you'll have a great time.

Are there any traditions or parts of the day that you're thinking about skipping now that the wedding is smaller?

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Hi Marissa,

I love this! We are doing something very similar. I am trying to figure out whether I will rent an Airbnb to get ready in or a hotel. We have our ceremony and reception at a restaurant in an old mill building. And since a lot of our vendors were mostly paid for we are still having a florist, photographer, and DJ. I am a little worried about the DJ though, I want people to have fun and it not be awkward with so few people. We will also have our cake cutting and first dances.

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Hi Jo,

I am so happy to hear this. I hope everyone we invite has just as much fun. We too will be doing a simple ceremony with our own vows, dancing, and cake cutting, as well as dinner and cocktail hour. I think I will forego the bouquet and garter toss, and possibly even the speeches but we will see.

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Thank you Gina, I do feel much more at ease with our new plan!

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This sounds beautiful. I am excited to just have our closest family and friends there. I love that you sang a song to your husband!!

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I skipped bouquet and garter myself (had around 70 guests) and we had 3 speeches.

I am certain every one of your guests will have SO much fun