Outdoor Weddings — The Knot Community

HOW MUCH?

brittsbigday2011 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:01:04 +0000

what should i expect to pay for an officiant?

FutureMrsDudley55

sparklingdiamond — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:57:29 +0000

YGM! :-)

Opinions on ceremony site

rab9it2 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:25:31 +0000

We have an indoor hall booked for reception but are doing our ceremony outside. We found a picnic shelter that we really like. The shelter is a story up and the view is amazing from it. The only way up to the shelter is stairs. The seating for the ceremony would also have to be picnic tables because they can't be moved. Is it okay to have a ceremony site that can only be reached by stairs and picnic tables as seating?

Looking for a "Hawaiian Wedding Officiant"

Beverly+Phil=Wedding — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:52:10 +0000

We are having a Hawaiian-Themed wedding on a beach in the Chicago area, and want to keep with the theme by having a Hawaiian Wedding Officiant. Neither of us are Hawaiian, and haven't found one yet.

Does anyone know of a "Hawaiian Wedding Officiant", preferablly in the Chicago/Illinois/Wisconsin area?

Perhaps a company that has people to come out to be a Hawaiian Wedding Officiant?

Any thought or ideas would greatly help, thanks everyone!

How much ALCOHOL?

lnicoles311 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:07:34 +0000

I'm having beer, wine and a margarita machine for 250 people-- I am not sure on how much I should buy for each? Any suggestions?!

AW: Pro Pic Teasers!

FutureMrsDudley55 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:24:02 +0000

Hello ladies! I'm back and married! Our wedding day was absolutely perfect. The weather forecast called for rain ALL afternoon and during our ceremony time, but not one drop of rain ever fell. Our amazing photographer has already uploaded pro pic teasers, so I have added them to my blog!

Check them out here!:
http://thediybride2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/pro-pic-teasers.html

DANCE ON CONCRETE OR GRASS??

hayleyjohns — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:40:28 +0000

WE ARE HAVING A RUSTIC WEDDING RECEPTION OUT AT MY PARENTS FARM AND WE CANT AGREE ON WHERE THE DANCE FLOOR SHOULD BE... EITHER ON CONCRETE, RIGHT NEXT TO THER HOUSE...OR ON A NICE BIG FLAT AREA OF GRASS WITH PRETTY GARDENS AROUND IT??? I KNOW WHAT I WANT , BUT I WANT TO HEAR OTHER OPINIONS.. OUR WEDDING IS IN 12 DAYS!!! AND WE HIRED A REALLY AMAZINGLY GOOD DJ!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

Austin Wedding Venues

jonathanholt — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:38:25 +0000

The Wedding Theater is a full time Austin based Wedding Videography company. We specialize in cinematic wedding cinematography. Just wanted to let you know we are running a blog series right now on the http://www.theweddingtheater.com about Austin Wedding Venues that we have worked at and our opinion on them.

We just put one up on the best outdoor wedding venue in Texas (by theknot) Red Corral Ranch. You can find the article here:

http://www.theweddingtheater.com/austin-wedding-venues-red-corral-ranch/

Enjoy!

mosquito's

MollySm — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:51 +0000

Is anyone dealing with mosquito's? We are having our reception in my sister's meadow on the water in Maine in August. We know they will be a huge problem. Any thoughts on solutions?

Anyone Here Getting Married in their Backyard?

bbyckes — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:17:13 +0000

I am. I'm just interested to know what you're struggling with. How are you doing your layout. Who's setting up? Who's tearing it down?

My wedding is 29 days away and I just need to get a handle on the logistics. Need to commiserate with another. ha

tent rental rates??

reegurl — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:10:03 +0000

hey i'm not even engaged or anything but i'm always looking ahead for when i am..i want to have ideas of what i will need and what i can expect to have to pay for things. i would love to have an outdoor wedding but would love to have it under a tent....what are the going rates for the huge tents that would fit your wedding party? i would be interested in having it decorated with fabric, you know draped in the top....has anyone had that type of tent before that can tell me about how much that costs? thanks...just curious.

Destination Wedding

kdoman83 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:21:48 +0000

I dont really see a particular forum for this, but I have just decided to have our wedding at an all inclusive resort, and would love any suggestions about which places are best, any experiance (good or bad) to help make my decision on where to hold our wedding.

Scared of Rain!!!

stine26 — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:05:38 +0000

hello ladies,
I have my little heart set on a specific venue. It would be an outdoor ceremony on a private beach, and the receptiion is both inisde and outside. I am in love with the idea and the place, but I am sooo scared of rain. I live in Miami, so it rains alot. We are having our wedding in May of 2011. You never know with Miami weather. It mainly rains in the summer, but this May we had alot of rain, so that made me nervous. I would push my date up, but with school/ and work reasons I can't. So what should I do ladies? Should I just pray that it doesn't rain on my wedding day, and stick to the venue that I love orrr, play it safe and do it in a place that I'm just ok with. I do have another place in mind that is my second best option, and I wont have to worry abour weather, but I have always wanted a beach/casual wedding. AHh I dont know what to do!!!

Olive Garden helped us set a date...

fatkidandcake — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:34:29 +0000

and a honeymoon destination!!

June 18, 2011

and Italy.

On my grandparents property in southern Oregon!!

Outdoor, Family and Union!

We're very excited!

casual pig roast wedding

aliecat2120 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:26:26 +0000

help i'm looking for a place to hold a more casual wedding (pig roast), i don't want anything too formal or anything overly expensive because we have a huge guest list, i feel like i'm running into a wall trying to find a place to hole the wedding. any help? thank you!!!

where can i get one of these...

purpleheartRN — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:45:13 +0000

i apologize for this being sideways...
does anyone know where i can find an archway like this?
either to rent or to buy?
i can't find them anywhere... :(

What can I do to replace glasses

julybride722011 — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:09:28 +0000

I am having an outdoor wedding and not using glass. I like the tradition of guests being able to "clink" on their glasses to signal to the bride and groom to kiss. I may regret this latter, but does anyone have any ideas of what I can do instead. We are on a very tight budget, unfortunately but we are getting a house! Thank You Molly

Outdoor Ceremony Decoration help

summerlilly2008 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:54:33 +0000

I am getting married in my parents back yard. Outdoor ceremony and reception. I am pretty much only decorating my tables for the reception and maybe a few streamers and balloons for the reception. I'm worried about the ceremony site. Other than possibly hanging streamers from a few of the trees where we are getting married at I have nothing. We are using chairs from our church and there are the typical gray metal chairs. Our budget is less than $1000 for the whole thing so there's not much left and I don't know how to dress up the ceremony area. I don't know what to decorate the aisle with other than rose petals. I don't know how to decorate the chairs or if I should even bother.

I know that no one there is really going to care except for me. I know that in 10 yrs I'm liable not to remember what my decorations were. All I know is I see these lovely ceremony site online and I am worried that it's gonna look like we threw everything together.

Is this enough time do you think?

StephB22 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:39:39 +0000

I am looking around at reception halls and ceremony sites. I really like this country club but they only give 7 hours total to do the ceremony and the reception. Do you think this is enough time? I meet with them tomorrow to find out if this includes the getting ready and everything because if that's the case... than I dont think it will be. What do you think?

Thanks sooo much!!

Centerpieces and seating cards for an all outdoor wedding???????

rnalicia81 — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:16:08 +0000

We are having an all outdoor wedding(both ceremony and reception). There are all kinds of natural trees and flowers all around the area. So I really need help with what I should do for centerpieces. Being that there are already so many beautiful flowers I wanted to do something other than flowers. Any suggestions??

Also as far as seating cards the venue said it is best not to use them because they could blow away if there is any wind. I am not too excited over the seating chart/boards but I have only seen a few but was hoping for some creative ideas for this as well.

Outdoor Wedding. Lots of land. Lots of weeds/grass...

kashibear — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:13:10 +0000

We're getting married across the street from our house at a friend's house. They have 7 acres, but we live up on a hill and on a nature preserve in San Diego. Needless to say, there's a lot of land surrounding our ceremony site that is "self maintained".. or.. WEEDS. It's all on their property, but its just too much land to maintain all the time. There are bushes and "wildflower - looking" plants.. but my FI said those are weeds too. lol

We are getting married in March, and the area does get pretty green in the spring (and has actual wildflowers then).. but is there something I can do to help the area look better without overstepping? Is there an affordable option to covering a LARGE area with grass seed/more wildflowers/plants/bermuda grass/etc?

Thanks, Ladies!!!

Would this shelter work

Asparagus1 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:31:35 +0000

Hi!

Would this shelter be enough protection in case it rained? I would love to have an outdoor wedding but our budget wouldn't provide us to pay for an alternative site plus the orginal site. We would only need to squeeze 23 people under it. Plus it does have electric outlets for whatever we may need them for. It would only be for the ceremony.

They will allow us to move the picnic tables to be concealed but not completely remove them away from the shelter. I'm thinking I could buy yards of inexpensive fabric and drape them over the top wooden beams for decoration and semi private atmosphere.

Casual Park Reception and Dancing?

colsta — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:38:05 +0000

I'm having my ceremony and reception in the same place which is a park by a lake. There is an indoor clubhouse that can be used but I was hoping to have it all outside weather permitting. The ceremony is at 3 pm in August (which is actually nice here in Oregon) and the reception is immediately following. The wedding is fairly small about 50 adults and 10 kids. We are grilling salmon, steaks and chicken with a buffet for salads, breads and sides.

My question is that since it will pretty much be light the whole time and will likely not go until later than 9 pm, should we have a dance floor? My friends and family keep asking about it but I just can't envision it. I plan on having background music on but not a dance area. There is a swim area and playground for kids and we plan on having frisbees and such.

What are you doing? Should I include dancing (I won't personally miss it but I want people to have fun)? And if so, how? Indoors?

TIA

Outdoor wedding at a friends house in March '11. What colors match the red brick?

kashibear — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:34:05 +0000

We are getting married March 5, 2011, and I cannot figure out what colors to choose for our wedding! We decided to have the ceremony and reception at our friends' house. The property is 7 acres, with a lot of trees. Our ceremony will be down on a flat area on the property that is grass, but the reception will be up on the back deck. The deck is old, red brick, and the house is painted a reddish color. I don't like orange. :) What colors do I pick!?

I am leaning towards a mauve/blush/champagne scheme.. will this clash with the brick? The other colors I like are that blue/green/teal color and brown and champagne.

Help, friends!!! :)

Thanks!

-C

Oil Spill---Destin Wedding plans! YIKES!

jennyelynn — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:26:51 +0000

I am planning a large beach wedding with many people flying into Destin for June 26th. I am contemplating on canceling due to the oil spill? I don't want to wait to the last minute because so many people are planning their family vacations around our wedding. Is anyone in the same boat or know more on the spill in the Destin area?

Alternatives to bridal bouquet?

AmieR0423 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:36:05 +0000

Looking for ideas! I am getting married in August of next year on the beach (no shoes, the whole works). I was looking for alternative ideas to having a bridal bouquet to walk down the isle with. Our ceremony will be fairly short and I feel that flowers are so expensive for just a few moments in the sun. (I know that bouquets can also double as centerpieces, but we are going a whole other direction with that as well!).Thanks!

Heels on grass

ChickenOnSunday — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:40:46 +0000

Trying to find the link for the "cover" for high heeled shoes. Some of my bridesmaids want to wear heels for my outdoor wedding ceremony.

Thanks for the help!

Shelly

Color Help!!!

JohnsonMajor — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:05:48 +0000

I have been tring to pick out my wedding colors and have had a miserable time with it. :( We're having an outdoor reception and an indoor reception. I've been looking at orange and purple with dark red and/or light green accents. But I don't want the purple and orange to look gaudy. Any suggestions? I really don't know what I'm doing at all!

HUGE weddings!

MarriahD22 — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:50:25 +0000

Is anyone else having a huge wedding (huge guest list)?? We invited over 600 people to ours (around 400 are attending) and people are dying of shock on here lol Is anyone else having a wedding with over 400 guests?

And p.s. How am I supposed to say hello and thank you for coming to everyone at a cocktail reception? Just book it?

Green/Beach wedding -- would love pictures and ideas!

erinlee576 — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:06:21 +0000

My favorite color is green and we are thinking a beach wedding - very early stages, any great color ideas or places in Florida for a destination wedding? Trying to find pictures online of beach ideas/bridal party - having a hard time.... thanks!