I forgot to mention that with the decision to get married in our living room at sunset on 2-22-2012, we also made the decision to invite only 4 people. Four people that both of us had just met, and none of our close friends or family knew. It seemed like the only fair way to do things, and not hurt feelings. Our parents are in Texas and Oregon, and last minute tickets were expensive, not to mention my 5 siblings and his 2 in different states with jobs, school, and schedules. Choosing to get a married on a Wednesday did not help either. It just gets so complicated so quickly. Andy hung out with Harry, Mary, David, and David regularly before I moved here, and really enjoyed their company. They had become a big part of his life in Florida, and live in our building.
The week before I left for the 10 year anniversary trip I made the 2 invitations for our wedding. I used this idea from the Rifle Paper Co., but instead of doing a martini glass I cut out a heart. They took a little time to make, but it was perfect since we only needed 2 invites. We handed these out one week before the big day.
As far as planning goes, we needed a notary, some hour devours, flowers, and a few decorations. The notary is a funny story. I did what I always do when I need to find something in Fort Lauderdale, and yelped “notary”. I found Notary at Your Door, exactly what we needed, and even better, there was a yelp coupon, ha! I paid $45 for $60 worth of services! Yep, we used a Yelp coupon for our wedding ceremony. Maria was our notary and came right on time, dressed the part, and performed a very sweet ceremony for us and our 4 guests.
Andy and I toasted, took lots of pictures, and waited for the notary and our guests to arrive at 5:30…
Tomorrow is the last part of the wedding series, and then we are back to regularly scheduled programs 🙂 How did you manage your invite list? Did you feel bad about leaving people out? Did it stress you out or was it easy? Did you have a big or small wedding?
- Engagement announcement
- Part 1– Engagement part and the 1st dress
- Part 2– Final wedding dress and another bachelorette party
- Part 4– The living room ceremony
- DIY thank you cards
- How to change your last name
- Simple wedding scrapbook
I love your wedding saga! I went through a similar dilemma with the guest list. We went back and forth between eloping, immediate family only, to the big sha-bang. But in the end because we were paying we had roughly 30 people at the ceremony at a local place with beautiful background. Moving from California to Las Vegas to be with my husband, I was not too happy with the desert for a backdrop. This place was called the Grove and it has beautiful orchard with trees and a gazebo. Our reception was at a local casino and because we paid per head it was the least expensive option for us. Unfortunately we had no dance floor, but it didn’t matter to us because we finally got to be married.
I look forward to reading more of your blogs!
Awww your wedding sounds very sweet AND perfect for y’all 🙂
I am planning my wedding, two months before, we are having only parents and grandparents watch, We have a lot of unhappy people but we are trying to make it fair for all families involved. Now less then a month out I have dislocated my neck, so now I need to decide to keep planning but fingers crossed for no rescheduling.
I love that your wedding was about the love you share and not trying to impress anyone. I can’t wait for mine. I hope at the last minute and all my family and friends will be happy with having a drink with us after we are finished.
My wedding put together with the help of my mom and sisters. WE got married in Savannah in one of their famous squares, it was lovely. 30 guests including the wedding party, local photographer ($100 for 2hours of pictures), cakes (homemade) $100, dinner reception at local restaurant(the old pink house), local flowers put together at flower market. BEST DAY EVER!! just the way we wanted it. Congrats
this is so sweet! happy two week anniversary.
we definitely agonized over the guest list and there were a few friends that we left out who now have left us off of their guest list…yikes! i think you made a good decision doing it the way you did!
Beth, your comment really made me smile 🙂 Thank you for appreciating our wacky ways!
I seriously love everything about your wedding. But my favorite part is that you made this about the love the two of you share. You'd think it would be that way with all weddings, but without all of the hoopla that comes with most weddings, what's left is just the love. And as weird as it may sound, I can actually "feel the love" …you captured in the flowers on the windowsill, the personal invitations, and the sweet pic of the two of you right before everyone arrived. Congratulations!