After helping several
of my
friends and family plan their weddings, and later while planning
weddings for my clients, I realized the tiny,
intimate
affairs were the most beautiful and special weddings around. The amount
of stress a couple goes through planning their wedding is amazing. Why
do they go through all that trying to make a perfect day for everyone
else? I have seen couples get married at sunset on the beach with only
a few close friends around and found it to be far more lovely than some
services I've attended in a church with hundreds of yawning onlookers
who couldn't wait to eat.
The secret to having a beautiful wedding of any size is to be
happy with what you have planned and to be surrounded by the people you
love. I have found the details of a small wedding to be much
easier on both the bride and the friends and family who are stuck being
are
lucky enough to be around her.
officiant
bride
groom
bride's parents
groom's parents
maid of honor
best man
I find these people to be the essentials. If I count up to twenty or so
as still a tiny wedding, I have accounted for living grandparents
and/or children of the couple, immediate siblings of the couple and the
parent's spouses should they be divorced.
For me, anyone you invite to your tiny wedding is someone who holds an
increcibly special place in your heart. If you cross over into 30, 40,
50 or 100 people, fine. When you decide on a tiny wedding it is only your
definition of tiny that matters.
