My fiance and I want to be married on st.patricks day, it will be our 4 yr anniversary. Combined, we have about 40 relatives that can not make it to the ceremony, so we decided we were going to have a delayed reception, for sometime in August. Plus it will give us more time to save a little more money too.
I have had a hard time finding an indoor ceremony only site here on long island. We do not want to be married in a church, or outside! I have also had a hard time figuring out what to do w my guests after the ceremony. I have a large family and my fiance' and I have a really close group of friends we see all the time, about 20 (they are all couples). So we cannot just take everyone out to dinner, and no one has a house big enough to store everyone so we can do cake at the least. I think it is very rude to just invite them to the ceremony and then have them leave right after. However...
We found a place that will let us have our ceremony and then have small 1-2hr mini-cocktail party w cake afterward. I thought this was a cute idea and a nice way to say thanks for the support. But how do I know what is too much and what is too little after a ceremony??
March- intimate ceremony with hors d oeuvres and cake - close friends and family
August- Full reception- w 150 ppl
I know some people say that a wedding should only be 1 day but most of the family can't make it, especially on my Fiance's side. Also, we just can't afford to have a reception that soon.
Please help! What should I do after the ceremony? Is the mini-cocktail party appropriate w the reception in AUG?
Or should I just do the ceremony, thank everyone for coming and have the guests leave, then celebrate it all in AUG?
I need to book the ceremony ASAP so i can get invitations out...and save the dates for the reception..and so everyone will know what is going on.
HELP
I have had a hard time finding an indoor ceremony only site here on long island. We do not want to be married in a church, or outside! I have also had a hard time figuring out what to do w my guests after the ceremony. I have a large family and my fiance' and I have a really close group of friends we see all the time, about 20 (they are all couples). So we cannot just take everyone out to dinner, and no one has a house big enough to store everyone so we can do cake at the least. I think it is very rude to just invite them to the ceremony and then have them leave right after. However...
We found a place that will let us have our ceremony and then have small 1-2hr mini-cocktail party w cake afterward. I thought this was a cute idea and a nice way to say thanks for the support. But how do I know what is too much and what is too little after a ceremony??
March- intimate ceremony with hors d oeuvres and cake - close friends and family
August- Full reception- w 150 ppl
I know some people say that a wedding should only be 1 day but most of the family can't make it, especially on my Fiance's side. Also, we just can't afford to have a reception that soon.
Please help! What should I do after the ceremony? Is the mini-cocktail party appropriate w the reception in AUG?
Or should I just do the ceremony, thank everyone for coming and have the guests leave, then celebrate it all in AUG?
I need to book the ceremony ASAP so i can get invitations out...and save the dates for the reception..and so everyone will know what is going on.
HELP