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Separate Reception from Ceremony... 2 different days

tke203tke203 member
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We are having our ceremony in CT (legal!!!!) with only immediate family on a Friday, and then returning to Long Island for the reception on Sunday.  We will take our pictures Sunday before the reception and wear the same dresses...  Has anyone else done this type of set-up?  Here are my questions about it:

1.  What did you do about flowers for the ceremony or the reception?  We don't want to spend double on flowers... but we want to hold something for the ceremony.  We know we need our bouquets and the bridesmaids bouquets for the reception/ picture day, but aren't sure about the ceremony.  What do you think?

2.  Did you show your guests at the reception anything about the ceremony?  We are thinking maybe to have some video clips or pics from the ceremony or possibly re-doing vows or having a blessing from our pastor...  What have you done, what do you think?

3.  What was the reaction/ feelings from the guests at the reception about not seeing the ceremony?


Thanks!!  This is exciting!
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Re: Separate Reception from Ceremony... 2 different days

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    alisonzalisonz member
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    edited December 2011
    our ceremony is about 6 weeks before our reception but we're going to recite our vows again in a mini-ceremony at the reception since only immediate family is going to be at the real ceremony.

    Good luck tomorrow and Sunday! We'll be waiting for you to report back with details!!

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    2dBride2dBride member
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    edited December 2011
    We did something similar.  Our ceremony was in MA, with just immediate family and a few close friends.  We then had a much larger reception back in DC.

    We had bouquets only for the ceremony.  However, if you can keep the bouquets in water, they should stay alive from Friday to Sunday, so you could reuse them.

    We had a video of the ceremony shown at the reception.  We also wore our wedding dresses to the reception.

    We had a professional photographer at the ceremony, but not at the reception.  Instead, we asked our guests to bring digital cameras, and to share their pictures with us.  We got several hundred pictures that way.

    Everyone at the reception was just delighted that we were finally able to get married, and that they were able to participate in some way even though they did not attend the ceremony.  It was very easy for us to say to people, "Look, we really want to include you, but we don't want to drag all our friends on an eight hour trip to Massachusetts for a ceremony on a Tuesday."
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