Very Small Wedding- How word this on our website??

My FH and I are having a small wedding as well. Just our family and few friends. i have already had to tell people they were not invited to the wedding. I just simple said "This is the joining of two families." We do plan on having a beach party or something of the sort for friends to come to later on. This is a simple and cheap idea. And I have not heard any one complain yet.

On your site you can describe how you want your wedding to go. Talk about how your wedding is for the family and that in no way are you trying to offend anyone.

If people are truly your friends they wont mind.

Good Luck!!

While I have heard the "Due to our budget we regret that we cannot invite all the people we love and care for..." or something to that extent I would probably just play up the small and immediate family only part of the wedding. Say something like the previous post said about joining together of your families or how you want this to be a very private and personal event. But I would definitely have a big bash afterward. We'll be having a big BBQ or Picnic. I would definitely make either of those a potluck so everyone can contribute and feel like you want them to share your special day with you but you aren't left with a hefty bill to deal with.

Hope whatever you chose to do works wonderfully!

You could say something like, "We will share our love in an intimate ceremony and celebration with our family..." or "Our intimate family ceremony and celebration will take place on..." Using the words intimate and family usually get the point across and is not a blunt as using the word private. That usually works well. In our case, the friends who attended were closer to us than family, so we considered them in the "family" category anyhow.

Warm Wishes,

Tammy