Small, inexpensive, intimate wedding ceremony ideas in south Florida?

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Jen

I would like to have a small summer wedding (May 2010) with approx 30-40MAX people in south Florida. I am looking for ideas to have a small, inexpensive, yet intimate wedding ceremony. For some reason my fiance has said no to having the ceremony in a park. Any ideas? Also, if you know of any recommended officiants that will conduct a nondenominational ceremony that would be great as well.

Thanks!

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I would have said ask someone to use their house or the beach thing too. Here are some ideas:

First regarding the park thing. I can understand that he maybe doens't want to set up folding tables with streamers and get hitched, but some parks have rec centers and hold wedding for a small fee. It is done professionally and you can have the ceremony outside and have use of the building for the reception or at least for the kitchen etc.

For the beach you can do it yourself or sometimes restaurants on the beachfront will do the same as above and arrange the chairs etc on the beach and then you move inside for the reception.

There are some small cruises that you can charter for weddings.

Also zoo's have wedding packages too for an unusual idea. They would section off a garden or something and give you use of a building.

You might be able to use a church for a fee - have use of the grounds not nec. the chapel and supply your own officiant.

I don't have specifics because I am on the west coast but if you are interested you can look up these types of venues online for you specific area.





(Please don't blast me people on the cost - I don't know this persons budget but she asked for suggestions)

What are some very cheap wedding decorating ideas?

Purplefan

I do not really want a lot of money to be spent on decorations because I know the food is going to take up a fair amount. However, I enjoy decorating. I was thinking of different ways to use fake petals as decorations and mason jars. My colors are a bold yellow and darker blue like royal blue. Thank you for any suggestions.

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I bought my bouquet from a florist but bought flowers to decorate the reception space from the grocery store because that was cheaper. I had a beach wedding so I filled mason jars with sand and put a tea light in them. You could do something similar and replace the sand with pebbles or marbles. I also used small metal heart confetti on the tables. U can buy it at the craft store. You could also use regular confetti which is pretty cheap. I found paper lanterns at a five dollars and below store. Depending on when your wedding is, you could decorate with wildflowers and foliage from outside. I also had a sheet cake from the grocery store as the wedding cake. It wasn't traditional but it tasted awesome and was only $75. Hope that gives you some ideas!

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Anybody ever had a small wedding ceremony on a beach?

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Ben K

My girlfriend is from Romania. She will be coming back to the states to be with me and we are planning on getting married. She always talks about the beach and everything. So, I thought maybe we could just go to the local county clerk to get the license, then drive down to the beach and get married. Her family of course is in Romania, so there really won't be anyone from her side of the family, so we are probably going to keep it pretty small. Then maybe after we are married we can travel to Romania and show her family. Any ideas or tips about beach weddings? Thanks.

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A girlfriend of mine had a beach wedding not so long ago, and let me tell you it was an interesting event! It was very simple- minister along with parents on each side and an additional witness on each side. I suppose these would have been considered a 'bridesmaid' and a groomsman had it been a larger affair.

Consider the tide! Especially if you're going to have any 'permanent' fixtures set up for your wedding ceremony. Many people don't consider things like tide and weather, especially if their party is small and casual. Are you having your reception on the beach too? That'd be awesome- maybe a bonfire. My girlfriend and her groom had a large dining table set up, and it was all decked out for this incredible reception dinner. She used this company she found online for many of her wedding decorations, and she had the cutest favors (great beach-themed stuff!). I have the site...they have the best prices too!

How to decorate a bare space for a wedding?

Andrea

The place I'm looking at for a reception is kind of a blank canvas. It's a big rectangular room w/ windows on one side and a bunch of doors on the other. There is also clocks on the walls and fire alarms too. I was going to ask if I could take the clocks down and maybe put up some fake trees around with some tiny white lights in them. Does anyone have any other ways to make a big empty room like this feel more full and comfortable for the guests? Thanks =)

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I would def. ask to take down anything on the walls that is out of place. You can use fabric and tulle to drape on the bare walls to make them feel a little more dressed up and warm feeling. Trees with twinkling lights are also a great suggestion (also provide great back lighting). Positioning the table creatively is also a good idea when dealing with an odd sized room. You can also get vinyl decals (monogram) that adhere to walls to jazz them up a bit (if allowed by venue). Blow up large scenary pics and adhere those to the full walls (theme oriented, like garden for a spring floral wedding or a beach scene for a summer beach wedding).

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