Small wedding vs courthouse wedding? I don’t have many friends and barely have any family so I’m afraid no one will show up, my fiance has a bunch of family and friends though. Also dress inspos? lol we just got engaged.
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Take guests out of the equation…what do YOU want and what would make YOU BOTH the happiest?? I had a smallish wedding i have hardly any family or friends it was mostly my husband’s family and friends which it’s what he wanted so okay but i would of been happy with courthouse lol feels like $ was spent on a party for everyone else when i just wanted to celebrate my hubs and I. Don’t get me wrong it was a beautiful wedding just i was more worried about guests than what i truly wanted
My daughter and son in law got married at a park near Las Vegas with immediate family and 6 of their friends (one of whom officiated), we all had dinner at Margaritaville restaurant afterwards. Plus they had a fun weekend of activities planned, so a small destination wedding. Later in the year they hosted a picnic for extended friends and family with no particular agenda, just a fun beach barbecue.
She got married in a chiffon jumpsuit with airy cape, had pix taken at Valley of Fire at dawn in a more traditional dress, but in black, and a silver sequined backless column dress for Las Vegas strip pix.
My son & daughter in law got married on a cliff near the Pacific Ocean (near where they lived) and then we had lunch at a small Italian restaurant afterwards. Just family, though Bride’s family was fairly large. They were going to have a big wedding in a church later, but the Navy got in the way.
I think having family around can allow them to share in your joy, but I’m an extrovert. A friend’s daughter got married at a courthouse but she let her mom throw a big party for her baby shower later.
If your wedding is small and short enough you can just show up in a park with an officiant and hold the ceremony, but if it’s larger and you want to celebrate afterwards with a pot luck picnic you’ll want to rent the space. A reservation at a restaurant is an easy option for a small wedding, bonus if it has a private room or alcove for you.
Wear whatever you like. For my daughter’s beachside park celebration she wore a white cropped T and miniskirt and he wore a tuxedo T-shirt and shorts. Both wore sneakers. Originally for the ceremony she was going to wear her grandmother’s dress, but it didn’t fit and would have been hard to modify. She took me and her mother in law shopping for bridal gowns so we’d have that experience even though she said she wasn’t going to pick any. We got to see her as a traditional bride but then she did what she wanted.
An office colleague got an off the rack regular ivory dress that she wore to the office afterwards. You can go the full bridal ensemble, wear jeans and a T, or anything in between. 1940’s brides wore suits and hats. What would YOU like and be comfortable wearing?
I got married at he courthouse. Cost me 10.00 back then. (1987). I know a few people who did.