It's so funny to me how this is called micro, I mean when I wrote my guestlist I literally couldn't find 50 people that I legit want to be with on my wedding day.
When she said 50 is micro I was shocked! To me a micro wedding is 20 or less. In my boyfriend's country 15 people is a regular sized wedding outside Corona time
I had a micro wedding this past Thursday and I didn't know it was a micro wedding we just considered it an elopement. We paid for an officiant, photos, a video and a small cake for just me and the groom. Then had an after party of 15 people including us and it was so fun and so much better than a huge wedding. We are so happy to be married and we only spent $2k in total and still got all the things from a huge wedding. Best decision ever.
Sounds awesome! What did you do for food? I found a cheap venue and were considering a small wedding but cannot seem to figure out the right way to go about food. I live out of state from my family and don’t feel comfortable having people travel and bring food.
I had my 150 guest wedding planned for over a year. Then had to cancel and threw together an 11 person wedding in less than 48 hours with decor, cakes, dances, aisle etc and it still was so beautiful. My husband and I could focus on us. Did it suck knowing I planned an event that I'd never see happen? Yes. I was actually so upset that I lost a lot of weight and my dress was a little too big that day. However, Did it take away my perfect wedding day? No. The 10 people that dropped their weekend plans at the last second and helped me throw it together my husband and I never felt so loved in our lives
That's so beautiful! I'm so happy that you were able to celebrate your special day with clearly the people that loved you the most and that truly counted being there. Congratulations on your marriage!!
That is so awesome. My fiancé and I have planned our wedding for about a year too and, a few months ago, the recommended capacity was 50 people. We were a bit annoyed by that, but I thought, well at least catering will be cheaper... but now, we learned that it has been severely reduced to 6! We are obviously very upset and mad, as I'm sure many others are. This whole pandemic has made things very difficult for everyone and anyone who has been planning and dreaming about their dream wedding would agree that this is not how we had imagined things to be. As much as I am upset, as much as I want to scream and cry about it all... Your message is very down to earth and has given me something to think about. Even small weddings can still be amazing. As long as you have some people there who love you and you're standing at the alter with the one you love, it can be a day to remember fondly if we have the right attitude and don't lose sight of what's important. I can't promise that I won't still feel disappointed and upset, but I will try to keep positive and focus on the things that matter. I know a lot of people want to point blame and find someone to be angry at, trust me i have felt that way, but I don't want to anymore. I don't care where this virus came from or who was responsible, I just want to marry the man I love and start a life with him. We can focus on being angry and bitter, but it's not going to change anything for the better. It's only going to make us feel miserable. All we can do is the best we can; wear our face masks, practice social distancing, and try to keep safe any way we can. Sorry this is so long. I guess part of me wanted to get my thoughts out there, but maybe I want to inspire hope and positivity, too. Congratulations, I hope the very best for the both of you!
I like the idea of getting a night at a really nice air bnb in a scenic location with just your immediate families. You can have a photographer, 5 star catering (with brunch the next morning), plenty of alcohol if that’s your prerogative, and after the ceremony you can all just spend the night hanging out, doing fun activities. You’re essentially just having a large weekend getaway with your family to celebrate your marriage. If you’re at a waterside location you can go boating/jet skiing. You can have a fire pit and make smores. You can just spend the whole night chilling, watching movies, playing games, etc. The possibilities are endless!
People my fiancé and I want at our wedding: less than 20 People our parents NEED at our wedding: 100+ It was a fun conversation when we decided we wanted a microwedding 😂😂
Me and my partner love the idea of micro weddings. Neither of us like large crowds and dislike being the center of attention. Guest list is 14 people including us! And since the guest list is so small we can afford to have the food catered from our favorite plant-based restaurant!
I love the idea of a micro wedding!! I really don’t want to invite all my family. I want it to be small and special, and with the people who have been there for us, close friends and close family. I don’t like the idea of having to please the guests, it’s our day not theirs. But yesss i love this i need to watch more videos like this!!
We went from a wedding of 150 to a wedding of 32 (us included). We saved over 28 grand by doing this and I'm so much happier! We upgraded to a swanky bar and upgraded menu as well as booked a shuttle for everyone so they didn't have to drive!
Your videos have helped me focus on brighter days. I'm not engaged yet, but I've found my person and getting prepared to plan for our wedding makes me so happy.
I’m in the same boat, I found my person and we’re waiting for COVID to kinda slow down before we get engaged we already know everybody we want to invite and we only have 45 people it’s so comforting to find your person!
Same! Even though it’s not gonna be for at least another two years, I LOVE thinking about my wedding. Especially because we’re just so in love and I’m so excited to make him my husband 🥰
We had a micro wedding! Brunch for 50 guests outside at a historic inn. Most of my wedding was DIY and it was very doable considering the small guest count. I definitely recommend a day of coordinator as well. The day went very smoothly! Good luck to all the couples out there! No matter what, it’s the relationship that will be the most important when it’s all said and done.
Yes! Agreed, it's the relationship that matters; the wedding is a day, but the marriage is a lifetime! I was devastated at first when COVID hit, but my fiance and I have come to appreciate how COVID has forced us to keep things small and intimate (and affordable!). It is frustrating to not have everyone present that I would want, but I definitely appreciate the smaller-scale decisions to make.
It absolutely sucks, especially when you have a large family and want everyone there. At one point I almost considered an even smaller wedding but I’m happy with how we did it. We will all look back on this time and NEVER forget the sacrifices we made.
50 guests? Wow you’re lucky you’re allowed that 😭 in the UK we can currently have 15. I was meant to have my wedding on the 26th of March, 3 days after we went into a full lockdown 😒 we’ve rearranged to the 11th of Feb 2021, but it’s looking like that’ll still only be able to happen with 15 people, which we don’t want 😭 we would LOVE to be able to have 50!
Oh wow! I know of weddings with 150 people, so I guess it depends on where you live or your preference. We kept it at 50 and had to change A LOT of typical wedding traditions. We didn’t have any dancing, wore masks, I didn’t talk to many people, and the wedding only lasted 2 hours. We’re all having to think outside the box to make it work!
3 months out from our micro-wedding and honestly I couldn’t be happier. My fiancé always wanted a bigger wedding but I’m extremely introverted so to compromise we’re having a micro wedding but streaming it for his extended family! I’m so happy! We started planning micro bc of covid and budget but honestly I wouldn’t want it any other way 💖💖💖
We got married March 28th and we were only allowed 10 people per our state government. We had our ceremony and reception at a historical bed and breakfast. It was beautiful and easygoing just like us. I was upset at first that the wedding I had planned for a year suddenly changed but I loved it still.
We are getting hitched this Halloween in our backyard! We are expecting 38 people including vendors and ourselves. I'm wearing my high school prom dress and my partner is tie dying his outfit. We're serving pizza I'm baking most of the desserts💜 #HomeElope
I love everything but the prom dress lol. Both events (your prom, and your wedding) are very special and I personally feel like they deserve their own dress that you can keep forever to commemorate and associate with that day in particular.
Six weeks left until my big day - I'm in Western Australia so I am so grateful to have 60 guests still able to attend, only missing out on our 20 international guests. It's a bit of a shame, but we were definitely keeping the date no matter what.
I’ve been planning a micro wedding at a public park and having the reception at a small restaurant nearby. I’m so excited to see the idea of a micro-wedding catch on! Also I’m glad to know that there is a term for it, micro-weddings for the win!!!
Probably waaay late to the party, but we are planning a micro wedding for September of 2023. Right now we have 32 people on our guest list, just parents, siblings, very close friends and plus ones, no kids. It is going to be a hybrid indoor/outdoor event at our house. Can’t wait! Your videos have been so helpful for me starting this process, thank you so much Jamie.
I'm very introverted and the idea of a huge wedding terrifies me. This video has enlightened me to the world of micro weddings which sound way more up my street. Thank you! ❤
We're doing a church wedding with the main bit afterwards in the church hall with cupcakes etc and have 30-50 people in the evening at the pub. Just close family and a few friends! I am so excited
I am not even in a relationship, but here for this content 😂 I have always wanted a wedding under 50 peeps- one of the introverted types and also very cheap lol I love reading all of these positive comments about how intimate and special a wedding can be without being THE BIGGEST PARTY OF ALL TIME. My heart goes out to you COVID brides, kudos to you for rollin’ with the punches.
We invited a grand total of 30, had 20 people at our beach wedding last year, literally drove ourselves and our "wedding kit" from Maryland to Massachusetts, had the perfect wedding for us, then had a Hot Ones challenge afterwards at our caterer's cafe! All in $5000
Micro wedding venue idea! Currently planning our mico wedding and so excited about our venue! A beautiful and historical lighthouse on lake Michigan for under 50 people.❤
At the time I didn't know the term but in reality my husband and I had a micro wedding in August. We just called it an elopement because it definitely wasn't the 80 guest count destination wedding we had in mind. We're looking forward to having our reception when it is safe to do so but during this time of COVID-19 we played it safe. I HIGHLY recommend you have a Day of Coordinator because even though we had less than 20 people (vendors included) your guest that you're having on site are likely to be essential personnel so you can't expect people to be in two places at once, like having your MOH ensure the officiant is on site while she is also getting ready, or having your dad connect with the audio or video guide when you're having your first look. So please do yourself the favor of hiring a day of person or having a friend who can help out. Also we went with an outdoor restaurant to host our guest in and it made things go so smoothly and I know a local business appreciated the support.
We had planned our wedding for 9/12 thus year, and when things came about, we decided to pull way back and had a micro wedding (mostly) with just our parents, siblings, and grandparents. We did everything at our original venue (thankfully still available) with a ceremony, dinner, first dances, cake, all the things we had originally planned, just much smaller. I loved it, and everyone who was most important was there. We plan to have a reception next year, hopefully, in August. What a year!
I guess mine isn't *technically* a micro-wedding, but we're having 75 guests and I am so excited! I never wanted a huge wedding, I wanted it to be more personal but we both have big families. We're doing all the traditional things, and treating it like a big fancy wedding (cause it still will be!!). Love this video!
Yassss I’m having a micro wedding in feb. and I’m so relaxed, it’s very traditional but the cost is cheap and it’s only people I love and care about. 💜💜💜
I'll probably have around 75 people, most of which are family. My boyfriend is supposedly going to talk to my dad this weekend to ask his permission. I'm not a very traditional person but my dad would appreciate the gesture so hopefully it goes well.
I haven’t set a date.. but I’m having a micro wedding. Me and my family aren’t really close with the rest of our family (aunts, uncles, cousins) but I’m happy with it. 👍🏽 it’s just gonna be my fiancées and my immediate family and a few close friends.. I’m gonna try and do the whole thing under $5000 and still have an elegant wedding. Wish me luck and good luck with everyone else’s! 👍🏽😁
We started off planning a pretty traditional wedding at a venue and trying to keep the budget under $10K and having 120 people. Now we're thinking about changing our plans so we can save more money for our house and have about 50 to 70 people. when thinking about this I knew exactly where to look! Thank you so much for all your advice!!
My fiancé and I are super introverted... I have social anxiety and so does he. We just don't have enough spoons for a lot of people... we're literally thinking like 20 people. I'm using this to show my family it's totally fine to have a tiny wedding. Woo! you've rescued me.
I am getting married on 12/17/2020, and I am not able to afford a huge guest count, so I have a guest count under 50. I didn't know there was a specific name to the type of wedding I'm planning on having!! I'm super excited about it! I already booked the venue and they have a coffee station included, among many other things, and my Fiance and I thought it would be a great idea to have hot chocolate with candy cane strring sticks!! The cake will be a spiced cake as well! I thought both combinations just completed the fall theme, especially with Christmas around the corner! Thank you Jamie for your wisdom and advice! It truly helped me see what is important to me and what I can do without and what I can have fun and be creative with on my wedding day!! Thank you so much for all you do!! 💜💜💜💜
I'm aiming for a 116 guest count wedding in june 2021 so I hope we are on the easier end of covid by then. Thankfully my venue is an open air farm with a pavilion and the ceremony is in a clearing in the woods on the farm ❤
We had a 100 person wedding planned that we downsized to a 35 person microwedding due to Covid. It’s on January 9th and I am so excited, maybe even more excited than I was for the original plan!
I am having a destination wedding in Vegas to get married in the famous Little White Chapel and then I’m renting a boujee bus to take us to the desert to have a fancy pintrest inspired picnic as reception! I have this huge table where all of us can fit overlooking the scenery and a cute food truck to handle the food situation lol then the bus will later take us out to the hotel to change and then the strip to celebrate. The desert has an incredible view and way prettier than I could have afforded if doing a traditional wedding, I’m so excited! My guest count is 25 so I will be antique/thrift shop for personalized favors for each guest and in general can get way more personalized with every detail. I never wanted a traditional wedding for myself and once I realized that I could do what I wanted, I have actually gotten excited to have a wedding. Thank you so much for being a guide to us, your videos help us out more than you know 💗
Having a 20 guest wedding in March! Honestly this is exactly what I always wanted and it’s kind of nice that people are respecting that choice and it seems legitimate now with the way the world is. We’re doing a weekend long wedding at a vacation rental house, starting with a welcome party on Thursday. Having such a low count guest list is allowing us to have the venue for the whole weekend and pay for lodging for all our guests for less than I was getting quoted for an event venue for a 150 guest wedding for just Saturday.
My fiancé and I are getting married in December, smaller guest count now of course but we are just so excited to become our little family and start life together! ❤️
Random late addition, but if you are one of the people who has a much longer guest list, consider the UK way of having additional 'night guest' invitations. You have a smaller number for the ceremony and meal(cutting costs here!) and then invite everyone else along to join the party! Obviously you no longer save the money on the alcohol or ice but it can be a great compromise between a micro wedding and full on wedding or a great way to include some people you still feel weird about cutting from the day.
Got our license yesterday Booked our pastor Having 10 people at our backyard wedding Just used canva to make info sheet & thank you cards to pass out at the 1hr event We are serving ice cream sandwiches & bottled water 😂 Thats the plan so far Watching youtube to get the ceremony details needed
I'm so glad to know the term "microwedding" now. I am having a microwedding on December 3rd of 2020 and I've been calling it a kind of elopement, but it's not really. I'm so excited for my microwedding. I've been making everyone a detailed beaded snowflake to take home as favors. We are just having parents and siblings there and I am here for it
I had a micro-wedding before covid. It was about 30 people. We loved it! I think it made the day a lot less stressful. Of course, it probably helped that we are introverts. It was perfect for us. We were able to have one-on-one time with all of our guests. All the money we saved was definitely a cherry on top.
My future mother-in-law and I planned a wedding for my future sister-in-law back in July with 6 weeks notice. It was beautiful, but MAN I could have used this video then!!
My fiancé and I are planning a small ceremony of 25 guests followed by a large reception of nearly 100. It was a compromise because I wanted to elope then throw a reception but he wanted family at the actual ceremony. Lol
We just did (10.10) a 30 guests wedding. It wasn't on purpose but it was perfect in every way and we absolutely loved it! We did personalised notes for place markers and we made everyone cry for a good 15 min. It was such an experience! I would recommend it to anyone
Jamie calling out the introverts like... *raises hand enthusiastically!* My husband and I had originally planned a 200 person wedding for this past June...then Covid... So we decided that our date was more important to us than doing something big so we kept it down to immediate family & best man/MOH. Everyone including our vendors was shocked at how great the day was! Even my father-in-law who didn't believe it could be a wedding without the entire extended family being there came around by the end and was in love with how much time we actually got to spend together that day instead of running around spending 10seconds with people like a traditional wedding. BEST DAY EVER.
Your video helped me create a micro (now that I know the term) wedding for 32 people. I did my own Invitations on Canva and printed them myself (Jamie recommended the site and said most people throw them away anyhow). This saves a ton! Also FYI several people needed me to send them a digital copy because they misplaced the print one. It was nice I had a digital copy to send. We booked a private dinning room at a local steakhouse for far less than any private service caterer. Everyone loved the food!!! The service was fantastic and so was the price! I did minimal decorations and bought my flowers from Costco in store and arranged them myself. Everything was amazing! Thank you Jamie for all of your video help! Thanks to you inhaled all DIYs as I had no one that could help put them out. That was a huge stress saver the day of. I went super cheap on the favors but I wouldn’t have bought them at all if I had seen your video on favors. Or I would have gotten edible ones. I did compasses that actually work with the phrase “May Faith and Love Always Guide Your Way” they did get taken, but I still have quite a few. Thankfully they were cheap. I had a college friend who is a baker make my cake and served premade cheese cake to supplement a 9 inch round 2 layer cake for us to cut. Because of all of your wonderful videos our day was SIMPLY AMAZING! ❤️ 💍 👰🏻 🤵🏻
I had a micro wedding with 10 people and it was beautiful. Was super sad I couldn’t have the big wedding like I wanted, but we will have one later. I was just happy to still be able to marry my best friend and have the most special people in my life there 😊❤️ Thank you for all your videos Jamie. Love you! ❤️
It actually made me really happy to see this video because we're doing a micro wedding with 15 people on the 7th and this video somehow made me even more hyped
😮 This made me realize my wedding is going to be a Microwedding! I had no clue, because I want to get married at my favorite Renaissance Faire and so I’ll probably only have 50 guests. But that’s pretty cool
I did the flash ceremony before it was a thing 15 years ago. I learned later that we were suppose to get permission but we were out of there before anyone noticed!!
We’re doing ours with 56 guests, and we’re planning on doing the ceremony and reception at an air bnb! We’ll spend the whole weekend with our guests. It’s going to be so much fun
Did you have your wedding yet? I have the same guest count and I was thinking of doing the same thing but then I thought that it might get more expensive because I would have to feed my 50 guest for three meals for multiple days at an Airbnb
Should I shift to a flash mob? I'm thinking I need a flash mob...thank you for this video. We are doing Fall 2021 and assuming that COVID still exists. 50-60 people, socially distanced, all windows and doors open to the adjacent patio. Also, I'm doing all the things decoration wise, because a small wedding allows it. You're literally the best lovely human for keeping us brides sane during this time.
Even without covid, my fiance and I were always gonna have a micro wedding. About 45 guests on the list and it's all of our closest friends and family. I dont need aunts and uncles I haven't seen in years, just all the people I need 💕
Our photographer is offering different pricing for micro weddings and elopements because their usual package includes a full day and 2 photographers which our 25 guest wedding might not need. We will be talking to our photographer to decide what is best for us Oct. 2021. Your videos have been super helpful during this process! Thank you!
I would love for you to talk more about how we can incorporate the safety precautions in different sized weddings! I am getting married in Feb, inviting about 70 folks. we will be outdoors, and setting a strong expectation of mask wearing... would love to hear how to communicate and navigate this!
I’m team micro wedding all the way. Everyone in my fam had huge party weddings, and my fiancé and I said heck no. We’re hoping to have 10 guests besides a photographer at a AirBnB in the mountains 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We have been planning a 30 person micro wedding for next summer since we got engaged last year! We had no idea how it would work in our favor, but it's definitely made the planning process so much less stressful since it's already what we wanted and planned for!
I'm doing a traditional ceremony with 150 people and a 50-person reception on the day of the wedding with the younger guests and another 50-person reception the next day for the older guests.
I can’t imagine even knowing 300 people to have these big weddings... my idea of what my future wedding will end up being has, and probably always will be a “micro wedding” even if 2020 didn’t happen 😂
We have planned a destination wedding for July next year, we have just postponed. My fiance suggested having a micro wedding and then celebrate an anniversary in years to come with our dream destination wedding. ❤ I absolutely love your advise Jamie. 😘
Me and my husband "eloped" mid pandemic and just went to the courthouse and had dinner with our parents. We are now hoping to plan for a micro wedding, but with Covid regulations, dates are still up in the air.
Just got engaged! And I am starting to figure out what our wedding will look like. I feel like it so hard to make decisions when you don’t know what things will even look like and the restriction. But I am super excited for all the crafts and making a beautiful moment for the wedding!!!
Planning a micro wedding as we speak! 50 of our closest friends and family during the fall time. We’re going for simple with touches of boujee here and there lol, intimate and rustic 🥰🙌🏼
So excited for my small wedding 12.20.2020! I've been planning this day for 4 years.... Yes 4! He proposed in 2016 and I've been diying and planning SINCE [and watching Jamie's videos 😅]. 60 RSVPs for brunch 2.5 hours up north from where we live, it will be held at my childhood church camp! My father in law is officiating but we're getting the lisence first next week at the court house. The ceremony is outside [bur] so I'm having a "coffee hour" first so people can gather inside and warm up as im getting ready to walk down the aisle, then outdoor ceremony then back inside for brunch. Countdown has begun! Still so many diys 😥
My wedding is next year, and we decided to do a ceremony with just immediate family with a reception to follow sometime later in the day with around 50-60 guests. My fiance and I are both introverted and don't strive to be the center of attention, so it will be perfect for us.
I'm planning a micro wedding for April 2021 with just our immediate families and it will be less than 20 people! It was a really tough decision, but it's the safest option for us right now... I definitely don't want to have to reschedule!
I absolutely love how passionate and caring you are for couples. You have a beautiful and loving talented gift in your element of event/ wedding planning. Giving great explanations to those being Wed during these times! In an understandable way. It takes a gifted pro to know these opptions and how to have fun celebrating LOVE! Bravo! 👏 and thank you!
I am having a micro wedding! and I love it! our wedding is planned for October 2021. I dont care to have a bunch of ppl there so this pandemic and the guidelines set in my state is the perfect excuse for ppl to understand and not be offended about not being invited. only thing is the venue I want is not booking reservations at this time
During quarantine I got married to my boyfriend of almost 9 years in my parents back yard with only the closest people in my life and we are hoping to have a bigger wedding in april
So our wedding last October went from the ~80 guests planned down to 8 guests, all family (our parents, my grandparents, husband's sister and her partner) and honestly if it weren't for the fact that we had an agreement with our venue to split the event and allow us to have a sequel wedding this year I would have been totally satisfied because it was so beautiful.
Micro wedding for me since I don't like a lot of attention. Not engaged yet, but the BF is on board with the thought of a micro wedding since we have talked about getting married. Always love watching your videos. If I could I would get what I consider the dream team which is you Jamie and Dave from Amari.
ahhh I love this video. I am not engaged, but I think it’s coming within the next year or so, & i have always wanted a small wedding. we’ve talked about 50-60 people max. & it just makes sense for us. This video really helps!
We’re thinking parents siblings grandparents and a friend or 2 for a micro destination ceremony weekend and then a big backyard reception when we get home with everyone else!
I viewed a micro wedding as a short wedding- example: my friend got married in the church yard with maybe 50-70 people present? Then there was time for them to take pictures after. The wedding party re entered and they did toasts followed by the first dance. Maybe 10 minutes of dancing and then more mingling with guests. They did an exit and stayed to talk more lol. There was no food except for cupcakes as a party favor. It was supposed to start at 5 but started at 5:30 and was over before 8. To me that is what a micro wedding was- most of the normal traditions but just on a smaller scale and in a shorter amount of time.
Still getting the RSVP's back, but we made a 20 person guest list. Just the right amount of people that we wanted at a little state park about 10 minutes away from home. We are securing a tiny pavilion on the lake and rec hall today (luckily they opened up right when we had to change locations quickly) and we are so excited. I can't wait for December 2020.
It's so funny to me how this is called micro, I mean when I wrote my guestlist I literally couldn't find 50 people that I legit want to be with on my wedding day.
When she said 50 is micro I was shocked! To me a micro wedding is 20 or less. In my boyfriend's country 15 people is a regular sized wedding outside Corona time
😂😂😂 Same! I would literally have to invite every single person we know in order to scrounge up 50 ppl.
Same here. 🤔
Yep! Same in like sweet turns out I’m having a micro wedding
Lucky you! I have 30 first cousins on my dad’s side of the family only! Not including their spouses and kids.
I had a micro wedding this past Thursday and I didn't know it was a micro wedding we just considered it an elopement. We paid for an officiant, photos, a video and a small cake for just me and the groom. Then had an after party of 15 people including us and it was so fun and so much better than a huge wedding. We are so happy to be married and we only spent $2k in total and still got all the things from a huge wedding. Best decision ever.
Sounds awesome! What did you do for food? I found a cheap venue and were considering a small wedding but cannot seem to figure out the right way to go about food. I live out of state from my family and don’t feel comfortable having people travel and bring food.
Congratulations beautiful!
@@shaniece19maybe hire a food truck or your fav restaurant!
I had my 150 guest wedding planned for over a year. Then had to cancel and threw together an 11 person wedding in less than 48 hours with decor, cakes, dances, aisle etc and it still was so beautiful. My husband and I could focus on us. Did it suck knowing I planned an event that I'd never see happen? Yes. I was actually so upset that I lost a lot of weight and my dress was a little too big that day. However, Did it take away my perfect wedding day? No. The 10 people that dropped their weekend plans at the last second and helped me throw it together my husband and I never felt so loved in our lives
Then used the money we were going to use for our wedding and bought our first home
That's so beautiful! I'm so happy that you were able to celebrate your special day with clearly the people that loved you the most and that truly counted being there. Congratulations on your marriage!!
And in a couple of years, if you want, you can have a vow renewal ceremony and do what you had originally planned! =)
That is so awesome. My fiancé and I have planned our wedding for about a year too and, a few months ago, the recommended capacity was 50 people. We were a bit annoyed by that, but I thought, well at least catering will be cheaper... but now, we learned that it has been severely reduced to 6! We are obviously very upset and mad, as I'm sure many others are. This whole pandemic has made things very difficult for everyone and anyone who has been planning and dreaming about their dream wedding would agree that this is not how we had imagined things to be. As much as I am upset, as much as I want to scream and cry about it all... Your message is very down to earth and has given me something to think about. Even small weddings can still be amazing. As long as you have some people there who love you and you're standing at the alter with the one you love, it can be a day to remember fondly if we have the right attitude and don't lose sight of what's important. I can't promise that I won't still feel disappointed and upset, but I will try to keep positive and focus on the things that matter. I know a lot of people want to point blame and find someone to be angry at, trust me i have felt that way, but I don't want to anymore. I don't care where this virus came from or who was responsible, I just want to marry the man I love and start a life with him. We can focus on being angry and bitter, but it's not going to change anything for the better. It's only going to make us feel miserable. All we can do is the best we can; wear our face masks, practice social distancing, and try to keep safe any way we can. Sorry this is so long. I guess part of me wanted to get my thoughts out there, but maybe I want to inspire hope and positivity, too. Congratulations, I hope the very best for the both of you!
@@anjanaecapri5515 Smart girl! Congrats on the wedding AND the first home.
I like the idea of getting a night at a really nice air bnb in a scenic location with just your immediate families. You can have a photographer, 5 star catering (with brunch the next morning), plenty of alcohol if that’s your prerogative, and after the ceremony you can all just spend the night hanging out, doing fun activities. You’re essentially just having a large weekend getaway with your family to celebrate your marriage. If you’re at a waterside location you can go boating/jet skiing. You can have a fire pit and make smores. You can just spend the whole night chilling, watching movies, playing games, etc. The possibilities are endless!
People my fiancé and I want at our wedding: less than 20
People our parents NEED at our wedding: 100+
It was a fun conversation when we decided we wanted a microwedding 😂😂
I’m in the same position!!!
Omg right. Parents and their separate lists
Me right now! My grandma was complaining about my great aunt not being invited literally 3 minutes after I said yes to the proposal.
I’m excited to do a bougie micro wedding with about 40 people, valet, a private chef and handwritten notes for each guest
That sounds amazing to me. I’m in the same vibe for my wedding next year. Thanks for the inspiration!
@@luticino3094me too!! And even 40 people to me is a lot!!
this lady is so cheerful and upbeat. liked this video and I'm not even getting g married. all influencers should be like this.
Me and my partner love the idea of micro weddings. Neither of us like large crowds and dislike being the center of attention. Guest list is 14 people including us! And since the guest list is so small we can afford to have the food catered from our favorite plant-based restaurant!
Our list too is 14
I love the idea of a micro wedding!! I really don’t want to invite all my family. I want it to be small and special, and with the people who have been there for us, close friends and close family. I don’t like the idea of having to please the guests, it’s our day not theirs. But yesss i love this i need to watch more videos like this!!
We went from a wedding of 150 to a wedding of 32 (us included). We saved over 28 grand by doing this and I'm so much happier! We upgraded to a swanky bar and upgraded menu as well as booked a shuttle for everyone so they didn't have to drive!
Your videos have helped me focus on brighter days. I'm not engaged yet, but I've found my person and getting prepared to plan for our wedding makes me so happy.
I’m in the same boat, I found my person and we’re waiting for COVID to kinda slow down before we get engaged we already know everybody we want to invite and we only have 45 people it’s so comforting to find your person!
Same! Even though it’s not gonna be for at least another two years, I LOVE thinking about my wedding. Especially because we’re just so in love and I’m so excited to make him my husband 🥰
@@erinwhipple4666 love that 😍
@@karaanne5888 yay!!
I am doing a micro wedding of 25 people but I have always wanted to have a very very very small wedding before 2020! Love the micro!
We had a micro wedding! Brunch for 50 guests outside at a historic inn. Most of my wedding was DIY and it was very doable considering the small guest count. I definitely recommend a day of coordinator as well. The day went very smoothly! Good luck to all the couples out there! No matter what, it’s the relationship that will be the most important when it’s all said and done.
I am also having a brunch wedding for about 50 people!
Yes! Agreed, it's the relationship that matters; the wedding is a day, but the marriage is a lifetime! I was devastated at first when COVID hit, but my fiance and I have come to appreciate how COVID has forced us to keep things small and intimate (and affordable!). It is frustrating to not have everyone present that I would want, but I definitely appreciate the smaller-scale decisions to make.
It absolutely sucks, especially when you have a large family and want everyone there. At one point I almost considered an even smaller wedding but I’m happy with how we did it. We will all look back on this time and NEVER forget the sacrifices we made.
50 guests? Wow you’re lucky you’re allowed that 😭 in the UK we can currently have 15. I was meant to have my wedding on the 26th of March, 3 days after we went into a full lockdown 😒 we’ve rearranged to the 11th of Feb 2021, but it’s looking like that’ll still only be able to happen with 15 people, which we don’t want 😭 we would LOVE to be able to have 50!
Oh wow! I know of weddings with 150 people, so I guess it depends on where you live or your preference. We kept it at 50 and had to change A LOT of typical wedding traditions. We didn’t have any dancing, wore masks, I didn’t talk to many people, and the wedding only lasted 2 hours. We’re all having to think outside the box to make it work!
3 months out from our micro-wedding and honestly I couldn’t be happier. My fiancé always wanted a bigger wedding but I’m extremely introverted so to compromise we’re having a micro wedding but streaming it for his extended family! I’m so happy! We started planning micro bc of covid and budget but honestly I wouldn’t want it any other way 💖💖💖
We got married March 28th and we were only allowed 10 people per our state government. We had our ceremony and reception at a historical bed and breakfast. It was beautiful and easygoing just like us. I was upset at first that the wedding I had planned for a year suddenly changed but I loved it still.
What state? My wedding was supposed to be March 28 but 15 days before, the whole state was shut down. I could t get married :(
@@Stephymo Virginia. Our governor made the 10 people gathering rule the week of the wedding.
We are getting hitched this Halloween in our backyard! We are expecting 38 people including vendors and ourselves. I'm wearing my high school prom dress and my partner is tie dying his outfit. We're serving pizza I'm baking most of the desserts💜 #HomeElope
Sounds p e r f e c t to me! Enjoy!!
So adorable! Best of luck that it all goes as planned and all the best to you and your hubby-to-be!!! xoxo
I love everything but the prom dress lol. Both events (your prom, and your wedding) are very special and I personally feel like they deserve their own dress that you can keep forever to commemorate and associate with that day in particular.
Six weeks left until my big day - I'm in Western Australia so I am so grateful to have 60 guests still able to attend, only missing out on our 20 international guests. It's a bit of a shame, but we were definitely keeping the date no matter what.
I’ve been planning a micro wedding at a public park and having the reception at a small restaurant nearby. I’m so excited to see the idea of a micro-wedding catch on! Also I’m glad to know that there is a term for it, micro-weddings for the win!!!
I feel like the micro is the way to go.
Would love to see a video about some weird things you’ve seen at weddings anything from odd centerpieces to food choices to decor etc ❤️❤️
Probably waaay late to the party, but we are planning a micro wedding for September of 2023. Right now we have 32 people on our guest list, just parents, siblings, very close friends and plus ones, no kids. It is going to be a hybrid indoor/outdoor event at our house. Can’t wait! Your videos have been so helpful for me starting this process, thank you so much Jamie.
Ooo its coming up!!
I'm very introverted and the idea of a huge wedding terrifies me. This video has enlightened me to the world of micro weddings which sound way more up my street. Thank you! ❤
We're doing a church wedding with the main bit afterwards in the church hall with cupcakes etc and have 30-50 people in the evening at the pub. Just close family and a few friends! I am so excited
I am not even in a relationship, but here for this content 😂 I have always wanted a wedding under 50 peeps- one of the introverted types and also very cheap lol I love reading all of these positive comments about how intimate and special a wedding can be without being THE BIGGEST PARTY OF ALL TIME. My heart goes out to you COVID brides, kudos to you for rollin’ with the punches.
We invited a grand total of 30, had 20 people at our beach wedding last year, literally drove ourselves and our "wedding kit" from Maryland to Massachusetts, had the perfect wedding for us, then had a Hot Ones challenge afterwards at our caterer's cafe! All in $5000
That is so cool! I would have never thought to do the hot ones challenge at my wedding, that is so special! I love that
Micro wedding venue idea! Currently planning our mico wedding and so excited about our venue! A beautiful and historical lighthouse on lake Michigan for under 50 people.❤
I want a micro(ish) wedding so that I can host my closest friends and family to a really fun weekend, as opposed to a really fun singular event!
At the time I didn't know the term but in reality my husband and I had a micro wedding in August. We just called it an elopement because it definitely wasn't the 80 guest count destination wedding we had in mind. We're looking forward to having our reception when it is safe to do so but during this time of COVID-19 we played it safe. I HIGHLY recommend you have a Day of Coordinator because even though we had less than 20 people (vendors included) your guest that you're having on site are likely to be essential personnel so you can't expect people to be in two places at once, like having your MOH ensure the officiant is on site while she is also getting ready, or having your dad connect with the audio or video guide when you're having your first look. So please do yourself the favor of hiring a day of person or having a friend who can help out. Also we went with an outdoor restaurant to host our guest in and it made things go so smoothly and I know a local business appreciated the support.
We had planned our wedding for 9/12 thus year, and when things came about, we decided to pull way back and had a micro wedding (mostly) with just our parents, siblings, and grandparents. We did everything at our original venue (thankfully still available) with a ceremony, dinner, first dances, cake, all the things we had originally planned, just much smaller. I loved it, and everyone who was most important was there. We plan to have a reception next year, hopefully, in August. What a year!
I guess mine isn't *technically* a micro-wedding, but we're having 75 guests and I am so excited! I never wanted a huge wedding, I wanted it to be more personal but we both have big families. We're doing all the traditional things, and treating it like a big fancy wedding (cause it still will be!!). Love this video!
Yassss I’m having a micro wedding in feb. and I’m so relaxed, it’s very traditional but the cost is cheap and it’s only people I love and care about. 💜💜💜
I'll probably have around 75 people, most of which are family. My boyfriend is supposedly going to talk to my dad this weekend to ask his permission. I'm not a very traditional person but my dad would appreciate the gesture so hopefully it goes well.
That's exciting! Wish you the best! :)
I haven’t set a date.. but I’m having a micro wedding. Me and my family aren’t really close with the rest of our family (aunts, uncles, cousins) but I’m happy with it. 👍🏽 it’s just gonna be my fiancées and my immediate family and a few close friends.. I’m gonna try and do the whole thing under $5000 and still have an elegant wedding. Wish me luck and good luck with everyone else’s! 👍🏽😁
We started off planning a pretty traditional wedding at a venue and trying to keep the budget under $10K and having 120 people. Now we're thinking about changing our plans so we can save more money for our house and have about 50 to 70 people. when thinking about this I knew exactly where to look! Thank you so much for all your advice!!
Yes we had 70 people wedding, honeymoon, and rings came out to $11,700.
My fiancé and I are super introverted... I have social anxiety and so does he. We just don't have enough spoons for a lot of people... we're literally thinking like 20 people. I'm using this to show my family it's totally fine to have a tiny wedding. Woo! you've rescued me.
I am getting married on 12/17/2020, and I am not able to afford a huge guest count, so I have a guest count under 50. I didn't know there was a specific name to the type of wedding I'm planning on having!! I'm super excited about it! I already booked the venue and they have a coffee station included, among many other things, and my Fiance and I thought it would be a great idea to have hot chocolate with candy cane strring sticks!! The cake will be a spiced cake as well! I thought both combinations just completed the fall theme, especially with Christmas around the corner! Thank you Jamie for your wisdom and advice! It truly helped me see what is important to me and what I can do without and what I can have fun and be creative with on my wedding day!! Thank you so much for all you do!! 💜💜💜💜
Im having a traditional wedding next fall 2021 and reallllllly hoping things are just better by then
I'm aiming for a 116 guest count wedding in june 2021 so I hope we are on the easier end of covid by then. Thankfully my venue is an open air farm with a pavilion and the ceremony is in a clearing in the woods on the farm ❤
I am having a traditional 250 wedding in November 2021.
How was it?
We had a 100 person wedding planned that we downsized to a 35 person microwedding due to Covid. It’s on January 9th and I am so excited, maybe even more excited than I was for the original plan!
Even though I'm 21 and chronically single, I'm still subscribed.
I am having a destination wedding in Vegas to get married in the famous Little White Chapel and then I’m renting a boujee bus to take us to the desert to have a fancy pintrest inspired picnic as reception! I have this huge table where all of us can fit overlooking the scenery and a cute food truck to handle the food situation lol then the bus will later take us out to the hotel to change and then the strip to celebrate.
The desert has an incredible view and way prettier than I could have afforded if doing a traditional wedding, I’m so excited! My guest count is 25 so I will be antique/thrift shop for personalized favors for each guest and in general can get way more personalized with every detail. I never wanted a traditional wedding for myself and once I realized that I could do what I wanted, I have actually gotten excited to have a wedding. Thank you so much for being a guide to us, your videos help us out more than you know 💗
Having a 20 guest wedding in March! Honestly this is exactly what I always wanted and it’s kind of nice that people are respecting that choice and it seems legitimate now with the way the world is. We’re doing a weekend long wedding at a vacation rental house, starting with a welcome party on Thursday. Having such a low count guest list is allowing us to have the venue for the whole weekend and pay for lodging for all our guests for less than I was getting quoted for an event venue for a 150 guest wedding for just Saturday.
Omg I have been a trendsetter for all these years and never knew it! I just called it a small wedding.
My fiancé and I are getting married in December, smaller guest count now of course but we are just so excited to become our little family and start life together! ❤️
Random late addition, but if you are one of the people who has a much longer guest list, consider the UK way of having additional 'night guest' invitations. You have a smaller number for the ceremony and meal(cutting costs here!) and then invite everyone else along to join the party! Obviously you no longer save the money on the alcohol or ice but it can be a great compromise between a micro wedding and full on wedding or a great way to include some people you still feel weird about cutting from the day.
Got our license yesterday
Booked our pastor
Having 10 people at our backyard wedding
Just used canva to make info sheet & thank you cards to pass out at the 1hr event
We are serving ice cream sandwiches & bottled water 😂
Thats the plan so far
Watching youtube to get the ceremony details needed
I'm so glad to know the term "microwedding" now. I am having a microwedding on December 3rd of 2020 and I've been calling it a kind of elopement, but it's not really. I'm so excited for my microwedding. I've been making everyone a detailed beaded snowflake to take home as favors. We are just having parents and siblings there and I am here for it
I’m doing a micro wedding! The good part is I can do a lot of DIY and spend money in some small and personalized things❤️ thank you for the video!
I had a micro-wedding before covid. It was about 30 people. We loved it! I think it made the day a lot less stressful. Of course, it probably helped that we are introverts. It was perfect for us. We were able to have one-on-one time with all of our guests. All the money we saved was definitely a cherry on top.
My future mother-in-law and I planned a wedding for my future sister-in-law back in July with 6 weeks notice. It was beautiful, but MAN I could have used this video then!!
Flash mob idea sounds hella chill! Then just mosey on over to a restaurant + bar.
My fiancé and I are planning a small ceremony of 25 guests followed by a large reception of nearly 100. It was a compromise because I wanted to elope then throw a reception but he wanted family at the actual ceremony. Lol
Same here I'm all for small but he wants something bigger sigh
Trying to swing a micro wedding AT OUR FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP!!!!! Thanks Jamie!!! So much love for you and this channel!
We just did (10.10) a 30 guests wedding. It wasn't on purpose but it was perfect in every way and we absolutely loved it! We did personalised notes for place markers and we made everyone cry for a good 15 min. It was such an experience! I would recommend it to anyone
We had eight people in the back yard. It was perfect.
Jamie calling out the introverts like... *raises hand enthusiastically!*
My husband and I had originally planned a 200 person wedding for this past June...then Covid... So we decided that our date was more important to us than doing something big so we kept it down to immediate family & best man/MOH. Everyone including our vendors was shocked at how great the day was! Even my father-in-law who didn't believe it could be a wedding without the entire extended family being there came around by the end and was in love with how much time we actually got to spend together that day instead of running around spending 10seconds with people like a traditional wedding. BEST DAY EVER.
Your video helped me create a micro (now that I know the term) wedding for 32 people. I did my own Invitations on Canva and printed them myself (Jamie recommended the site and said most people throw them away anyhow). This saves a ton! Also FYI several people needed me to send them a digital copy because they misplaced the print one. It was nice I had a digital copy to send. We booked a private dinning room at a local steakhouse for far less than any private service caterer. Everyone loved the food!!! The service was fantastic and so was the price! I did minimal decorations and bought my flowers from Costco in store and arranged them myself. Everything was amazing! Thank you Jamie for all of your video help! Thanks to you inhaled all DIYs as I had no one that could help put them out. That was a huge stress saver the day of. I went super cheap on the favors but I wouldn’t have bought them at all if I had seen your video on favors. Or I would have gotten edible ones. I did compasses that actually work with the phrase “May Faith and Love Always Guide Your Way” they did get taken, but I still have quite a few. Thankfully they were cheap. I had a college friend who is a baker make my cake and served premade cheese cake to supplement a 9 inch round 2 layer cake for us to cut. Because of all of your wonderful videos our day was SIMPLY AMAZING! ❤️ 💍 👰🏻 🤵🏻
I had a micro wedding with 10 people and it was beautiful. Was super sad I couldn’t have the big wedding like I wanted, but we will have one later. I was just happy to still be able to marry my best friend and have the most special people in my life there 😊❤️ Thank you for all your videos Jamie. Love you! ❤️
It actually made me really happy to see this video because we're doing a micro wedding with 15 people on the 7th and this video somehow made me even more hyped
😮 This made me realize my wedding is going to be a Microwedding! I had no clue, because I want to get married at my favorite Renaissance Faire and so I’ll probably only have 50 guests. But that’s pretty cool
My brother and his wife hosted a surprise micro wedding in our backyard. It was a beautiful ceremony and surrounded by families.
I am undecided! I've gone back and forth so much on a micro wedding or a big wedding. My fiancé and I both have large families.
Had our 30 person micro wedding this past weekend at a resort in the mountains near our house. It was perfect for the times we are in!
These comments are helpful and encouraging because I have micro wedding coming up in the midst of COVID. Thank you!
I did the flash ceremony before it was a thing 15 years ago. I learned later that we were suppose to get permission but we were out of there before anyone noticed!!
We’re doing ours with 56 guests, and we’re planning on doing the ceremony and reception at an air bnb! We’ll spend the whole weekend with our guests. It’s going to be so much fun
Did you have your wedding yet? I have the same guest count and I was thinking of doing the same thing but then I thought that it might get more expensive because I would have to feed my 50 guest for three meals for multiple days at an Airbnb
YASSSSS I'm SO excited for this video!!
a flash mob ceremony sounds amazing!!! if i ever get married and do that, I will let you know and invite you LOL
Should I shift to a flash mob? I'm thinking I need a flash mob...thank you for this video. We are doing Fall 2021 and assuming that COVID still exists. 50-60 people, socially distanced, all windows and doors open to the adjacent patio. Also, I'm doing all the things decoration wise, because a small wedding allows it. You're literally the best lovely human for keeping us brides sane during this time.
Even without covid, my fiance and I were always gonna have a micro wedding. About 45 guests on the list and it's all of our closest friends and family. I dont need aunts and uncles I haven't seen in years, just all the people I need 💕
I just got engaged on Christmas Eve & this helped a ton, thank you!
We did a micro wedding back in June and live-streamed it!! Not quite the original plan.... However, it was a beautiful amazing and incredible day!!!😍
Our photographer is offering different pricing for micro weddings and elopements because their usual package includes a full day and 2 photographers which our 25 guest wedding might not need. We will be talking to our photographer to decide what is best for us Oct. 2021. Your videos have been super helpful during this process! Thank you!
I would love for you to talk more about how we can incorporate the safety precautions in different sized weddings! I am getting married in Feb, inviting about 70 folks. we will be outdoors, and setting a strong expectation of mask wearing... would love to hear how to communicate and navigate this!
I have loved the idea of a micro wedding for the exact reason you said small weddings are nice, you wan actually hang out with everyone!
I’m team micro wedding all the way. Everyone in my fam had huge party weddings, and my fiancé and I said heck no. We’re hoping to have 10 guests besides a photographer at a AirBnB in the mountains 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We have been planning a 30 person micro wedding for next summer since we got engaged last year! We had no idea how it would work in our favor, but it's definitely made the planning process so much less stressful since it's already what we wanted and planned for!
I'm doing a traditional ceremony with 150 people and a 50-person reception on the day of the wedding with the younger guests and another 50-person reception the next day for the older guests.
I can’t imagine even knowing 300 people to have these big weddings... my idea of what my future wedding will end up being has, and probably always will be a “micro wedding” even if 2020 didn’t happen 😂
We have planned a destination wedding for July next year, we have just postponed. My fiance suggested having a micro wedding and then celebrate an anniversary in years to come with our dream destination wedding. ❤ I absolutely love your advise Jamie. 😘
Me and my husband "eloped" mid pandemic and just went to the courthouse and had dinner with our parents. We are now hoping to plan for a micro wedding, but with Covid regulations, dates are still up in the air.
First wedding was a micro wedding and if it ever happens again, it'll probably be just the same. Love the micro wedding.
Currently planning a microwedding with 35 people including us! This is definitely your most relevant video over come across 😍
Just got engaged! And I am starting to figure out what our wedding will look like. I feel like it so hard to make decisions when you don’t know what things will even look like and the restriction. But I am super excited for all the crafts and making a beautiful moment for the wedding!!!
Planning a micro wedding as we speak! 50 of our closest friends and family during the fall time. We’re going for simple with touches of boujee here and there lol, intimate and rustic 🥰🙌🏼
The wedding I want and am planning is just under 50 people. I didnt know it was considered 'micro' lol. Also going to be a backyard wedding. :p
I'm on repeat with your videos I'm wedding planning to the max 24/7 since I'm stuck isolated in my room .
So excited for my small wedding 12.20.2020! I've been planning this day for 4 years.... Yes 4! He proposed in 2016 and I've been diying and planning SINCE [and watching Jamie's videos 😅].
60 RSVPs for brunch 2.5 hours up north from where we live, it will be held at my childhood church camp! My father in law is officiating but we're getting the lisence first next week at the court house. The ceremony is outside [bur] so I'm having a "coffee hour" first so people can gather inside and warm up as im getting ready to walk down the aisle, then outdoor ceremony then back inside for brunch. Countdown has begun! Still so many diys 😥
My wedding is next year, and we decided to do a ceremony with just immediate family with a reception to follow sometime later in the day with around 50-60 guests. My fiance and I are both introverted and don't strive to be the center of attention, so it will be perfect for us.
I'm planning a micro wedding for April 2021 with just our immediate families and it will be less than 20 people! It was a really tough decision, but it's the safest option for us right now... I definitely don't want to have to reschedule!
My wedding is December 12 & because of covid our guest list went from over 300 to less than 100 and my fiancé and I couldn’t be happier!😅
I absolutely love how passionate and caring you are for couples. You have a beautiful and loving talented gift in your element of event/ wedding planning. Giving great explanations to those being Wed during these times! In an understandable way. It takes a gifted pro to know these opptions and how to have fun celebrating LOVE! Bravo! 👏 and thank you!
I'm a bridesmaid in a micro wedding! I'm so excited to see how it goes! It will be my first one 😃
Micro wedding is the BEST Idea for me..my only concern is how to entertain folks...
I am having a micro wedding! and I love it! our wedding is planned for October 2021. I dont care to have a bunch of ppl there so this pandemic and the guidelines set in my state is the perfect excuse for ppl to understand and not be offended about not being invited. only thing is the venue I want is not booking reservations at this time
During quarantine I got married to my boyfriend of almost 9 years in my parents back yard with only the closest people in my life and we are hoping to have a bigger wedding in april
So our wedding last October went from the ~80 guests planned down to 8 guests, all family (our parents, my grandparents, husband's sister and her partner) and honestly if it weren't for the fact that we had an agreement with our venue to split the event and allow us to have a sequel wedding this year I would have been totally satisfied because it was so beautiful.
Micro wedding for me since I don't like a lot of attention. Not engaged yet, but the BF is on board with the thought of a micro wedding since we have talked about getting married. Always love watching your videos. If I could I would get what I consider the dream team which is you Jamie and Dave from Amari.
ahhh I love this video. I am not engaged, but I think it’s coming within the next year or so, & i have always wanted a small wedding. we’ve talked about 50-60 people max. & it just makes sense for us. This video really helps!
We’re thinking parents siblings grandparents and a friend or 2 for a micro destination ceremony weekend and then a big backyard reception when we get home with everyone else!
I viewed a micro wedding as a short wedding- example: my friend got married in the church yard with maybe 50-70 people present? Then there was time for them to take pictures after. The wedding party re entered and they did toasts followed by the first dance. Maybe 10 minutes of dancing and then more mingling with guests. They did an exit and stayed to talk more lol. There was no food except for cupcakes as a party favor. It was supposed to start at 5 but started at 5:30 and was over before 8. To me that is what a micro wedding was- most of the normal traditions but just on a smaller scale and in a shorter amount of time.
Still getting the RSVP's back, but we made a 20 person guest list. Just the right amount of people that we wanted at a little state park about 10 minutes away from home. We are securing a tiny pavilion on the lake and rec hall today (luckily they opened up right when we had to change locations quickly) and we are so excited. I can't wait for December 2020.