Small weddings are quite common. Having a small wedding gives you the ability to get really creative with themes, seating charts, allow you more personal touch that truly reflects you and your love, and create a relaxing and enjoyable environment for everyone.
You may have heard the term ‘intimate wedding’ being tossed around lately. Especially when you take into consideration needing to reduce guest counts to comply with government restrictions around weddings and staying safe! It is also choice as couples seek to maximize their budgets without minimizing their experiences.
Wedding with guest counts between 20 and 75 are generally consider “intimate”. Different with elopements, intimate affairs refer to more formalized events with an itinerary and more events.
How to make your small wedding feel special, what can you do for a small intimate wedding?
Having a smaller guest list means you have more freedom to spend your budget. Remember to splurge wisely on what important to you. It can be the flowers, the food or the venue, just make sure it is important to you and your partner. And there are endless options to make your intimate wedding special. For example, hire a food truck instead of a full-blown catering service, have your local bakery make you a really special, personalized cake, get creative with our party favors.
Fewer people mean you can skip the formal invitations, just call each of your guest personally to invite them, or send handwritten letters, or the trendy invitation- acrylic wedding invitations that your guests are not likely to have seen before.
Choosing a nontraditional venue that meaningful to the couple, like a coffee shop or library where the couple first met. It will make the day even more sentimental and meaningful.
hotel suites that have beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces, gardens, a small vineyard, nightclubs, art galleries, and also family homes could prove to be a photo-worthy location.
Prefer great outdoor wedding, an abandoned rustic barnyard, woodland tree house, exclusive beach, they all make a gorgeous backdrop for your wedding photos.
Want a more casual reception with some delicious comfort food, then invite friends and family over for a backyard BBQ wedding.
Instead of a white gown, non-traditional colored wedding dresses for a non-traditional approach. Wearing something unique and pairing it with beautiful flower bouquet to celebrate your personality. And don’t forget bridesmaid dress for your girls. They are also one of the beautiful sights of your wedding. Match it and custom made it online is the best way to keep beautiful and health at same time
Enhance the evening with extra funds with hiring a live music, a quarter or pianist to play throughout the night; A fantastic photographer to capture the moments you treasure most- the laughter, the tears, and the clinking glasses.
Personalize every details of the menu, set each place with handwritten menus. Upgrading dinner to an indulgent seven-course meal, complete with fine wines and spirits. Or to have a to-die-for menu, hire a food truck that serve dishes fresh woodfired pizza, falafel, street tacos, ice cream, or serve hors duoverse during a cocktail hour. Just be sure to attain the proper licenses and legal paperwork from your vendor ahead of time.
When it comes to the reception, instead of multiple tables, seat everyone at a long estate table or at a U-shaped setup, that will make everyone feel like family. Rather than struggling through the seating chart, allow guests to choose their own seat for a family-style meal.
Fewer seat makes it easier to get creative with seating format, it could be poufs, picnic blankets, alternating chairs and pews.
Go hyper-custom and keep design in mind from each detailed item to the design of the space, give your guests a memorable experience with personalized touches. With lights, plants, fabrics and anything else to create an relax and intimate ambience, for example use individual flower petals as place cards. The only limit is your imagination.
Incorporate family heirlooms like vintage china and silver, or hand-embroidered napkins into your wedding décor is the best way to personalize your wedding and connect with your family.
No matter how to design the space, make sure your guests have enough elbow room at their place setting, easy communicate with their dining partners. Treat them to the most beautiful china, special surprises at their seats and monogrammed linens. Set a comfy lounge area or fire pit for everyone to gather around and make all of your guests feel right at home.
Plan events around the wedding, keep everyone entertained. Fun group games are necessary to encourage them to socialize. Consider giant outdoor Jenga, a photo booth, dance performance, or a fun scavenger hunt, and even murder mystery game. Price for the winner is the must.
Be sure to take group photos
It is also the reason why you should hire a photographer. Have guests stand together outside the venue or ask your photographer to get an aerial shot of you and your guests standing in a heart shape.
Host an afterparty
Not ready to stop the celebration, consider the afterparty at your favorite dive bar or grab a late-night snack and some drinks after the reception is over
Make your guests feel special by personal welcome gift
Drop off brunch boxes the night of the wedding for the next morning, or leave special messages in their rooms.
Opt for an unusual guest book
A giant globe or map, a block from a Jenga game for guests to sign. Or float a few Polaroid cameras for guests to snap at-will for a visual guest book.
