THINKING ABOUT COMBINING THE CEROMONY AND RECEPTION FOR MY HALLOWEEN WEDDING.

m3s0magnetik

HELLO ALL,

I COULD USE SOME IDEAS ON HOW I CAN PULL THIS OFF. AGAINST MY DEAR AUNT AND MOTHERS WISHES, I WILL BE GETTING MARRIED BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND NOT BY THE CHURCH...WE HAVE OUR HOPES ON RENTING A LOFT FOR THE SHINDIG. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BOTH THE CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN THE SAME SPACE..


NOW HERES MY QUESTION: HOW DOES THAT WORK??? HOW WOULD WE SET IT UP AND OF COUR\SE BREAK IT DOWN FOR THE DANCING EATING AND TOASTING?? ANY LADIES OUT THERE WHO HAVE DONE THE COMBINED THING IN THE SAME PLACE, PLEAASEEEE LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU DID!

TANK ALOT FOR ALL ANSWERS AND CONGRATS TO ALL

aerinpegadrak

Lay off the caps lock, then we'll talk.  It's really hard to read.

trix1223

Okay then.  I can't be bothered to type my reply.

m3s0magnetik

sure...its THAT important...


once u FINALLY fall from ur imaginary pedestal and start living with the rest of us down here...my god you'll realize that no one "grows up"

that includes you...sorry

aerinpegadrak

Really not doing yourself any favors here.

m3s0magnetik

and neither are you im asking for advice..you dont like it?? CANT READ IT??

MOVE THE HELL ON...DUH

duckie1905

Wow.  We must be the only people on earth that don't type in all caps.  It must be because I'm so much better than you.

Oh wait...

YouEclipsedByMe

My brother combined the ceremony and reception in one place for his wedding. All of your guests would arrive and be seated as expected for the reception. You could then have the wedding party enter the room and walk to a designated spot where the vows would take place. After the completion of the ceremony, the bridal party can exit the room to take pictures while the guests enjoy a cocktail hour - passed hors d'oeuvres or stations would be fine. The guests could mingle at different tables for the hour while pictures are completed and then could return to their designated tables for the entrance of the bridal party. You could then move into the dances, speeches, etc. while the full reception begins and dinner is served. -OR- You could also have pictures taken before the ceremony begins, have the ceremony while guests are seated at their tables, exit the room and then return with the bridal party entrance, and go straight into the reception without the cocktail hour. The second version is what my brother did, although he had a buffet.

Hope that helps some.

 

mrs.mims

dont have the ceremony while people are sitting at tables. IMO this is somewhat weird. and, please, dont type in all caps. its actually really rude. stop defending it, just apologize, because you didn't know, and move on. no one on here will help you if you are a jerk. and trust me, they will remember your screen name and never let you live it down!

dinajones

Some people are so rude - I'm with the bride - answer the question or move on.  All of a sudden everybody has all this etiquette knowledge. 

If the loft is big enough try to separate the space for the ceremony and then the reception or just have them sit in the same place for both depending on the space.  I'm sure you can make it look nice.

staceylynn04

I also agree with the bride in this case. While all caps can be an annoying thing to encounter, it is nothing new that I have seen on the many forums/Q&A websites that I visit – often telling the person to retype is a fruitless endeavor for various reasons. While the approach the bride took probably won’t sit well with the many of the board divas (I mean that with respect, not all divas are bad!) she does have a point. The best approach would have been pointing out that reading all caps is difficult and in the future not doing so would best aid her with getting more replies – rather than the catty remarks about “Well I’m not answering so neener neener to you!” The time spent typing out the reply of “I’m not going to answer this because it is not visually pleasing and you’re yelling at me on a forum (though she later stated it was not the intent and was an innocent mistake) so retype this.” Could have been spent sucking it up and reading the relatively short post in all caps and then following a kind suggestion with a productive reply. Instead we have the train wreck that is above.

 

Remember ladies, we are here to help each other. There are many other places I can go with trolling, negativity, and stress other than here – not what I expect as we are all under lots of stress trying to plan our weddings! Let’s keep that in mind, your goal should to be assist first over anything else.

 

In answer to your question magnetik, I am also facing a similar dilemma. However, I am not very worried since I am sure no matter what decision my SO and I make we will have a good time regardless. Ours is an outdoor wedding, the ceremony and the reception tents a mere few yards within each other. We do not have the money for extra seats, so we were worried over the transporting of our ceremony seats to the reception. Honestly, we have enough people in our family more than willing to help and with understanding over this situation. I will discuss logistics with the appropriate people and we’ll figure out something!

 

I would suggest separating the ceremony and reception area if you can. I’ve only been to one other wedding where both were in the same location – only they had the reception in a large barn with everything set up. We just had to walk the path to where the reception was – find our seats – and snack on snacks and sip on punch while waiting for the bridal party. I found it worked out well since the bride and groom were able to get additional pictures that they were unable to get before their ceremony and also less to do in-between the two (ie, break down seats, move seats).

 

Check out venues in your area that offer both on site ceremony and reception availability. We are using someone in our family’s house, but while browsing other possibilities I found several hotels and restaurants that had a pleasing dual-set up!

 

Oh and for the finickies

 

Hello All,

I could use some ideas on how I can pull this off. Against my dear aunt and mothers wishes, I will not be getting married by a J.o.P. or in a church. We have our hopes on renting a loft for the shindig, so obviously we would have to have both the ceremony and reception in the same space…

 

Now here’s my question: How does that work???

How would we set it up and of course, break it down for the dancing, eating, and toasting?? Any ladies out there who have done the combined thing in the same place PLEASE lemme know what you did!

 

Thanks a lot for all answers and congrats to you all!