2 of my lovely friends have just announced an engagement awwwww :-4
they have both been married before & so dont want a whole lot of fuss, anyway as you all know something has to be organized & its going to have to be done on a tight budget (dress, rings ect)
i seem to remember a garden member got married last year at home under a tree in the garden, the pics were beautiful, they looked so happy
i suggested this to them & they like it
i know that the bulk of our friends will all want to help out & i was thinking we could organize the hire of a small marquee, decorate it & do a buffet between us as our gift, any cash left over to go to travellers cheques in case someone (preferably parents) gives them a honeymoon
what do you think?
all suggestions to making this day special gratefully appreciated
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Sounds just the ticket!
A 2nd time round wedding is something we are thinking about at the moment. As you say a simple ceromony is the best choice. I think what you are planning to do sounds perfect. Your friends will be wed with all their friends around them and thats all that is needed.
Here's to them both and I hope your plans work out well.
A 2nd time round wedding is something we are thinking about at the moment. As you say a simple ceromony is the best choice. I think what you are planning to do sounds perfect. Your friends will be wed with all their friends around them and thats all that is needed.
Here's to them both and I hope your plans work out well.
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I thought about a few other wedding tips I've come up with. I've worked literally dozens of weddings first as a DJ and wedding singer, then as a videographer here are some of "Jive's best tips for a good wedding!"
1. Watch how you position the candles around the sanctuary, I've seen people catch fire before. This goes for candles on the reception tables too.
2. Don't get drunk before the wedding, nothing is worse than seeing the bride or the groom bite the dust on the walk down the aisle.
3. Don't do the "smash the cake into each others faces" routine. Be classy and cool. this just makes for hard feelings when it goes wrong, and it does that regularly.
4. For Bullet...don't push BR into the pool. It'll make her cry. Also jumping in yourself with a rented tux does not make her any happier.
5. Get the "main events" over with quickly. You know, stuff like the cake, the toasts, and the presents...that way the older people and parents can leave if they want to. Leave the partying until the oldest adults are gone. I absolutely hate it when the couple takes two hours to open presents and doesn't start that until after you've been there for two hours already.
6. Pick classy music and purport yourself with dignity all night...until the adults are gone. (see above.)
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1. Watch how you position the candles around the sanctuary, I've seen people catch fire before. This goes for candles on the reception tables too.
2. Don't get drunk before the wedding, nothing is worse than seeing the bride or the groom bite the dust on the walk down the aisle.
3. Don't do the "smash the cake into each others faces" routine. Be classy and cool. this just makes for hard feelings when it goes wrong, and it does that regularly.
4. For Bullet...don't push BR into the pool. It'll make her cry. Also jumping in yourself with a rented tux does not make her any happier.
5. Get the "main events" over with quickly. You know, stuff like the cake, the toasts, and the presents...that way the older people and parents can leave if they want to. Leave the partying until the oldest adults are gone. I absolutely hate it when the couple takes two hours to open presents and doesn't start that until after you've been there for two hours already.
6. Pick classy music and purport yourself with dignity all night...until the adults are gone. (see above.)
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All the world's a stage and the men and women merely players...Shakespeare
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I'm a wedding videographer for my friends and family (although I used to make a living at it.)
Here's a tip. Make sure that the videographer (the guy withthe videocam)uses a tripod, does not move around during the ceremony (before and after is fine, just not when you are taking vows, it takes attention away from the ceremony) has a good spot just over the groom's shoulder but back against the background. The bride's face is usually the most expressive and from there he gets a great shot of you coming down the aisle, and can see the hands for the ring cerermony. Tell him to roll on the entire ceremony without pausing, you never know when that special moment will pop up, and believe me every wedding has one. Also get some shots of the church, the decorations and the reception. Don't get footage of the practice, it makes the video too long and boring.
Speaking of too long - one hour weddings are a drag. Try to keep it under 45 minutes and 30 is optimum.
The worst thing of all is a wedding photographer cruising back and forth in front of the audience during the vows clicking like mad and flashing in your face. It makes the wedding a total joke. Make sure to tell your photographer that you do not want that, otherwise they will do it on theri own. (They care about the shot, not the effect on the wedding.)
Here's a tip. Make sure that the videographer (the guy withthe videocam)uses a tripod, does not move around during the ceremony (before and after is fine, just not when you are taking vows, it takes attention away from the ceremony) has a good spot just over the groom's shoulder but back against the background. The bride's face is usually the most expressive and from there he gets a great shot of you coming down the aisle, and can see the hands for the ring cerermony. Tell him to roll on the entire ceremony without pausing, you never know when that special moment will pop up, and believe me every wedding has one. Also get some shots of the church, the decorations and the reception. Don't get footage of the practice, it makes the video too long and boring.
Speaking of too long - one hour weddings are a drag. Try to keep it under 45 minutes and 30 is optimum.
The worst thing of all is a wedding photographer cruising back and forth in front of the audience during the vows clicking like mad and flashing in your face. It makes the wedding a total joke. Make sure to tell your photographer that you do not want that, otherwise they will do it on theri own. (They care about the shot, not the effect on the wedding.)
All the world's a stage and the men and women merely players...Shakespeare
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Something a little unconventional but it sure saved us money way back when I got married, we had our pictures taken before our ceremony, we all looked fresh and this helped us relax a little. How this saved money, we did not have that lag time between ceremony and reception when pics are traditionally taken, thus preventing high booze consumption (back then our bar was open meaning it cost us $ not our guests) as well it prevented some relatives with known drunkeness problems to now be smashed by the time our reception rolled around. Now I know the groom is not supposed to see the bride before she walks down the isle but we didn't mind and it was a perfect cost cutter.
�You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.�
• Mae West
• Mae West
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minx do you mean photographers charge diffrent rates for the time of day the pics are taken?