VERY Small Wedding
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Comments (7)I've had a bed and bedside table made to order at Missioncraft Furniture in Linnton. Their site is at http://www.missioncraftfurniture.com. They do very nice work, have extremely competitive pricing (like 1/3 to 1/2 of the Joinery) let you choose your wood species (I haven't had them work in paint-grade, but assume that is also an option), and will build anything that you can show them a picture of, describe, or draw for them. Their focus is furniture, not cabinetry, but for what you're looking for, I think they'd be a good option to check out....See MoreLOOKING for: Small Wedding - Menu Ideas
Comments (5)Your menu also will be influenced by your location and the climate of your area that time of the year. May here in the South can be hot like summer or cool and wet like spring. Will you be inside or outside? I would suggest foods that hold well in chafing dishes but that aren't too heavy: Dijon Chicken over Rice Pilaff or Chicken Chausseur over Rice with fresh herbs or Shrimp Creole over rice; Roasted Vegetables with Carmelized Onions and Fresh Herbs, Pear Caesar Salad, a platter of assorted cheeses with sliced baguettes and crackers, a platter of fresh fruit, wedding cake and ice cream (for that small number not too hard to do). When a good friend got married for the second time, they had a pig pickin' (BBQ pork - very casual) after their home garden wedding and instead of wedding cake, we had lots of different kinds of cakes. But that event had a lot more people than yours. It makes planning easier if you have a theme of sorts: English Garden Party, New Orleans/Seafood fare, Country BBQ, Southern Traditional Foods, etc. Hope this helps. I can find some recipes if you need. Teresa...See MoreEtiquette: Do I have to invite him?
Comments (2)The etiquette rule is that you must invite spouses and fiances. I believe Miss Manners, at least, expands that to people living together and those who always socialize as a couple -- not just one's current boy/girlfriend, but some sort of permanent relationship. So you may be right on the line here with this couple, as you say they have been "together" for a number of years. In my opinion, though, with only 20 guests, you could get away with it. The thing is, does having a rule on your side, or not, really help all that much? It seems to me that your problem, if any, is your friend's feelings -- no rule in the world can solve that. Will she feel that you are disrespecting her relationship? Will she be hurt some other way? Can you have a loving conversation with her before the invitations go out? I would NOT focus on your dislike of the boyfriend, or any rotten things he's done (that will force her to defend him, and for sure it will make her uncomfortable). Nor would I cite any rules of etiquette -- how could she help but think, "Some friend -- she cares more about some silly rule than about my feelings"? Rather, just stress the very small size of the wedding. Something like, "Petunia, I need your help with a problem I have with the wedding. We really need to keep it to only twenty, so I'm afraid that we can't invite anyone's boyfriends or girlfriends, even Adolph. Even my brothers and sisters are coming alone. I just needed to make sure that you and Adolph understand that it isn't that we don't respect your relationship with Adolph; it's just that I can't see any way of inviting him without letting everyone else bring their boyfriends and girlfriends. I know that your relationship is a lot more serious than any of theirs, but they'll never understand that, they'll just be mad at me if I tell them "no dates" and then they see Adolph there. The four of us will be sure to do something together after we get back from the honeymoon, okay?" Does that feel like something you could do?...See MoreClueless!
Comments (12)Will add my input as I've been married a few times. I've done the hall thing with the JOP with a JC Penney wedding dress, tea length. It looked great on me. I always longed for a wedding dress though & when I met my current hubby, we went back & forth on how we wanted to get married. Neither of us had anything like a "real" wedding and decided that we'd like to have nice photos to look back on. I started looking for a dress. Had no clue what I wanted. I went to a few snobby wedding dress stores, then found a small shop in a nearby little town. The owner & I really clicked. She let me look at everything and humored me when I tried on 30 dresses. I always went back to the 1st one though and since it was a sample, she gave me an awesome price (think it cost $600) We wanted a rose garden. I made multiple posts on various GW forums looking for the perfect spot & went down to FL, visiting Cypress Gardens & Harry P Leau. We decided on Cypress. They had a package for about $1,000, which included flowers and use of the gazebo, entry for a certain amount of people, plus someone to marry us. Also included were pictures. All in all, including my dress, his morning tux (think that's what it was called) plane tickets, hotel & the flowers I bought from Walmart & put together, we spent under $2,000. We made the day about us & I'll tell you we had a really good time. I uploaded pics to my picasa account if you're interested. There may be doubles as I didn't check. The gown I had is beaded everywhere and could have had an underskirt to make it fuller but it would be too full for our day. Not nuts about the veil but it worked. I would change it if I had to do it again. We wrote our own vows using cards we'd given each other, so they were really special. He said a line, then I said a line. As you can see in our photos, we are laughing and smiling. The day really reflected us. We had no family there.. the people in the photos are GW members that live down there. Your FH (future hubby) has not had a wedding, so please think about this. Just because you are going to use a church hall doesn't mean you can't do something like we did. We also said we were going to redo it at a later date so that everyone could be there but never did, we've been married for 6 years now. Make this one count just in case. One thing my photos don't show are my shoes. I have a bad back and since hubby & I are the same height, decided to find sneakers (like Keds), then I took the excess lace from my dress after being altered and used Fabrictac (quick setting invisible glue from Rag Shop) to glue it on the sneaks. I'll have to see if I can find the pics to add, they came out really good. The dress you picked is cute. If you decide to go with a true wedding dress, you can change into it at the reception. I'm going to past in a few dress styles, see if you like something. They are not overly done dresses but pretty & say "wedding", some are not as flashy as mine. First 2nd 3rd 4th 5th, simple with bow Sweetheart w Spaghetti Straps simple w/ capped sleeves another simple w/ bow beaded capped sleeves simple, pretty dress pretty, simple & elegant another beautiful dress, love the veil too reminds me of my dress without as much beading Hope I didn't over load you with dresses as I love looking at them! Maybe you'll see something or your FH will and it will help you decide which direction to take this. As you see there are various types of dresses that aren't too poofy and over-done but will allow you & your FH to have it feel like a wedding when you look back as it sounds like this is what he wants. btw, if you need help, I don't come here often, feel free to email me from my member page. Here is a link that might be useful: Our wedding...See Moremary_md7
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