Has anyone had a small wedding or is planning one?

Question

i mean 4 people and our 3 kids. i have no idea what to do...help!

Answer 1

Small weddings can still be elegant or be as casual as you want.  

Elegant - Go for the white dress and tux.  Have it in a beautiful setting, whether its a gazebo outside or a nice chapel.  You probably won't have a lot of flowers so you can go for the really nice ones.  Reserve a room or at least a table at your favorite restaurant or club and go out for a lovely celebration.  Keep your dress on so everyone knows it's a wedding party.

Talk to the chef about a wedding cake.  You could use one of the desserts that they always have, just have them bring the whole dessert out to the table where you can cut it as bride and groom before serving or ask the chef if he/she can make something special for you.  

Casual - There are many levels of casual.  You can still have a white dress but less fancy and he could be in a nice suit.  You could go even more casual, right up to wearing jeans.  For a location I would choose the house, inside or out.  It's personal and intimate.  Keep the flowers casual too.  

I would have the dinner and celebration right there at the house.  It could be catered or you could have steaks on the grill, whatever will be the most comfortable for you.  The kids might have fun decorating depending on how old they are.  You could have whatever cake or dessert you like best as the wedding cake.  It doesn't have to be traditional.  

Which ever way you go the one thing that you shouldn't skimp on is the photographer.  The photos are the part that will last after you're gone.  You don't have to hire the most expensive photographer in town but don't have your friend do it.  Every single time I've seen someone do that it's been a disaster.    

Answer 2

If it is just the 4 of you and three kids, do whatever you want! You can have a cute little ceremony in the park or chapel. Start with a beautiful location and go from there. Do you have a theme and colors? Good luck!

Answer 3

what do you want to know? if you're happy with just them then it sure makes it easier to do what you wanna do! my husband and I got married totally alone with no one there, but it wasn't really a wedding so...

Answer 4

For something that small, I would just do a justice of the peace wedding then have a reception with cake at home or take everybody out to eat at a restaurant afterwards.

Answer 5

I had a really small wedding. I ordered a bouquet for myself and boutonniere for my husband. And we had two guests, my cousin and my husband's friend. No stress! We both had a huge family members and know it will cost us a lot! So what we did was an announcement card with picture of us together and mailed it all out to all our family and friends that we got hithced. Voila! That's the only expensive things we spend on our wedding, and the rings of course!

And we had our wedding dinner in restaurant, no need reservation! Simple as that! Good luck with yours!

Answer 6

I had a small wedding that was planned in three days. It was wonderful. Now I am planing the renewal and it is large and I got a headache

Answer 7

Watch the s*x and the City episode where Miranda gets married to Steve. It was a beautiful small ceremony. No white dress, in a gorgeous garden area with a few of their closest friends all standing around them. Then they went to a restaurant for drinks and dinner afterward. The episode is in the 6th season and it's called "The Ick Factor."

Here's a picture of it, although, not a very good one:

http://www.ouroneheart.com/wp-content/up...

I would suggest what others have said. Find a cute garden, get an officiant, and go out afterward so you don't have to worry about cooking or hiring a caterer or having family members makes meals.

Small weddings are great. Congratulations.

Answer 8

I thought you were going to say around 15 people. That was the size of mine and we got married by a notary from the company I worked for at my apartment. I had no matron of honor, he had no best man. We both carried our wedding bands with us. And then everyone went out to a nice restaurant. Depending on the children's ages, let the girl(s) be flower girls if they are under 10 or so, if there is a boy let him be the ringbearer. You can get rose petals at almost any florist, get ideas from them too, as far as a wedding bouquet goes. I used to work for one. I would keep it very simple. The only rule you have to follow is to say "I do." However you want to decorate, whatever kind of food/drink you have, whatever you wear is totally up to you. I wore a peach gown when I got married.  

Answer 9

I had a small wedding.  Our families and us couldn't decide on a wedding, my husband and I come from different backgrounds so we got fed up with all of the fighting and finally decided to just go to the justice of the peace with our parents and siblings.  After we reserved a room at our favorite restaurant with about 25 of our family and friends attending.  It was a nice sit down dinner, with cocktails before, 4 course meal, with a wedding cake ceremony after.  We were happy with the results and were glad we ended up doing that because we never wanted a big wedding.  

Answer 10

Have it at a banquet room in a restaurant or just someones backyard.Play some music,order a party pack from a restaurant,get some nice little decorations and have someone make the cake or buy one from a grocery store.Good luck.

Answer 11

Ooh, small weddings are the best ones to plan because they take all the stress out!  What I would do if I were you is start scouting out local parks for small gazebos or picturesque gardens that would work well for a very small ceremony with few guests in attendance.  Then after the ceremony, just go out for dinner with the guests.  There are so few of you that you can probably just get a regular reservation for a table at the restaurant.  It will be a blast- trust me!