Yay. I hope you have a fantastic time planning your wedding.
My only advice is don't sweat the small stuff. I was pretty cruisy through all my wedding planning and really enjoyed it, but spent days or even weeks thinking about table centrepieces etc. On my wedding day after the ceremony the hotel people took DH and I into our reception room to see it all before it was filled with guests and things got moved around. All I can remember is that it looked beautiful, but not the specifics that I had spent sooooo long thinking about.
I've got an empty house too. Counting off the minutes until I can go and get my babies from kindy and pp. Thank goodness I'll soon have another little baby to fill my day and the emptiness and quiet.
Don't sweat the small stuff!?!?!? What else am I to do though? lol. It's all about the small stuff (according to me), and since its going to be such a small wedding (both in numbers and where it's likely to be), it will be all about the small things! But, to use your example of centrepieces, I needn't worry, as I doubt very much that we will even have them!
Today we had a late lunch (impromptu picnic for two! OMG, so strange sans children!) in the big park in town on the river, and we even thought under a tree next to the pond would be nice. Or the rotunda... Big enough for all our guests (like I said, not many people!), and perfect for some wedding-like decorations. We just need to find out about using the park, because that would suit us. Neither of us are three or four course 'banquettees', more like a friendly barbeque!
I currently work at a big resort (and aside from the work issues I am having there), that sort of wedding or reception doesn't interest me. Even when I worked at Motels/Reception centres in the past it hasn't caught my eye, for want of a better description I guess. Neither of us have very big families (only my brother and my mum, the Man's dad and step mum, and *maybe* step brothers, sisters, inlaws from interstate), and a small group of friends. There would be very little point having a fancy reception for such a small group. I think I would feel worse for it being so small and fancy, I would feel like I was a bit of a loser, as weddings I have been in contact with through jobs are all 100 people plus.
Has anyone been to a small wedding in the park kind of do? What did you think were good and bad points?
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Big enough for all our guests (like I said, not many people!), and perfect for some wedding-like decorations. We just need to find out about using the park, because that would suit us. Neither of us are three or four course 'banquettees', more like a friendly barbeque!
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