Hey, everyone. I'm brand new to the community(this is my first post). I've been engaged for a while(I guess almost 2 years now) but we'd planned to have the wedding in the fall of next year, so I've just recently gotten serious about planning the wedding.
On top of just having started planning, we also recently moved. We're now living just outside of Atlanta and I'm starting to freak out about the wedding venue and was hoping some people had some ideas they could share!
Firstly, we don't have a very high budget so that's definitely a matter.
Second, we want it outside.
Third, I need a lot of flexibility. Most places have very specific requirements and there are a lot of things I feel I definitely need that can't be made to fit a lot of places limitations, those things being:
- I want a night wedding, maybe starting at sunset and the reception going late.
- I neeed candles.
- My brother in law is a chef, and we've always wanted him to cater our wedding.
- On top of that, my sister bakes as a hobby and we've also always wanted her to make our cake.
- We would like an open bar with a lot of choices.
- We've considered hiring a cigar roller so it's definitely preferable that we choose a location that allows smoking, but not neccesary.
I understand that most classic wedding venues won't allow for all of my requirements, so I definitely need help. Does anyone know of any pretty places outside that either host wedding generally or could if needed?? I definitely need help with creativity!
Thanks everyone!