AW: Mini wedding is on!

Jeff and Deepthi

So the parents all met and finally decided to do the formal engagement on Oct.16th! Huge tradition for us. Well the plans have changed and we will be having a mini wedding of sorts for this, because of the parents. I have 3 months to pull this all together. I see it as practice for the wedding! (As much as I love them all, they don't know this stuff well enough to put it together) All I have now is what I'm wearing, 120 people on the guest list, and the date! The good thing is there are many things I can omit like favors, cake, etc. I can't wait.. this will be a great challenge after my conference at the end of the month!

Any advice on good smaller venues in FW? A very cheap Photographer?

TIA

Jay&Marissa

Yay!

Donnaaries

Congratulations!

I still had to do a double take when you said "mini wedding" and "120 guests", that is my idea of a mid sized wedding, hehe!

I've always liked the Japanese Gardens in Fort Worth.

Jeff and Deepthi

Yea the actually wedding is 400 -500 people. Indian weddings get huge! So this is mini just close family and a few friends.

cfibelkorn

Oh my goodness my whole wedding is like 40 people

That's awesome that it is such a praised tradition in your culture! (although I can imagine EXPENSIVE) haha

NMac2010

So, will you actually be legally married in October?

Man, props to you! That's so much work!

Our wedding of 175 has just got me pulling my hair out! That's huge to me! hahaha.

Good luck!!!

NathanandJordan

I have a couple friends who just started photography businesses....don't think any of them have done a wedding (or mini wedding) but I know they will be cheap!  Let me know if you are interested!

llc2011

Congrats!

prlmrg08

For venues check out YWCA and The Parsons Table (In Aledo actually)

bsn1752

Try MaddiePie Creations for photography... Brooke is awesome and her prices are awesome!! 

linzcw04

Congrats girl!!! You definitely have a lot on your plate but I know it will be well worth it. How does this "mini-wedding" work? Do you need food, music, ect??

lesalyric

Congratulations!

Just a heads up if you need flowers -- be cautious of any florist trying to upcharge you for Sweetest Day. I had two florists quote me a "holiday price" and I had no idea why until I saw it was Sweetest Day, which I had never heard of. We ended up moving to 10/15 anyway, but it was still a surprise to see those holiday charges.

Jeff and Deepthi

NMac2010 and Linz -- No I won't be married. the formal engagement is when the two families come together under God saying the agree with the union. It's like giving your blessing and it's I think another excuse to have a party. Need food, linens, photo, location, and things like that. No flowers, cake, video, favors, centerpieces...

Jordan - Yes, can you email me at jdmichael0618 at yahoo dot com

Thank you ladies, trying to just stay positive at this and think of it as a challenge

MissAngel

Yay!  congrats!
 
We had a similar thing, but it wasn't quite as large... we had 70 and it was definitely like a mini wedding.  I hired a start-up photographer that charged $50/hr last November.  All the food was catered from a Vietnamese place (so that won't help).  But I did all the decorations and invites.  We had cake from Central Market just for the sake of having cake, but it wasn't like a tiered cake.  Like you... no favors or things of that nature.  But a lot of food and people and craziness at my parent's house.

Bootsie12

Congrats! Sounds very exciting.