LAURA WEDS WILL

There are particular benefits to having your wedding in one space and indoors. Namely, weather worries are not on your radar in the week leading up to your big day, but also it’s extremely convenient. When creating a timeline, a flow for the day, you need to consider how much time it will take to move your guests from place to place, for example from ceremony to cocktail hour and then to dinner.

Sometimes there is a car drive needed to accomplish that transition, sometimes a wagon ride, or a small trek over the meadow and through the woods. But if your ceremony is at one end of the room and your cocktail hour at the other, like it is at Watson Block, then guests can make the transition quickly and with very little contribution to their step count for the day.

You might conclude that this will mean more time for cocktail hour, or less of a wait for your dinner start time; however if your ceremony and dinner are in the same exact space, then you’ll need time for a room flip. Moving ceremony chairs out of the way, placing the dinner tables, setting the chairs back at those tables, setting the tables with linen, decor, place settings etc.

Depending on the amount of people dedicated to that task, and the amount of people the room needs to be set for, and the amount of time it takes to get guests out of the space, and the amount of things to go on your tables, this will take some time. An hour is standard, but the more of those aforementioned details you have, the more time you will need.

And while this magical transformation is occurring, guests are none the wiser. Maybe a curtain is pulled or doors are closed, to conceal the room. Or maybe you provide an interactive guest book or live music to distract guests. Either way, I can say from first hand (as a guest) experience, the transformation does indeed seem magical for guests.

Laura and Will opted for such convenience and magic and the results were fantastic. Their wedding was beautiful, it was seamless and it was enjoyed by all. Just how a wedding should be.

6 THINGS WE CAN LEARN

Monthly meetings are the best way to plan your wedding
Opting for a place with character to use for getting ready will pay off, not just in photos but also in attitude
If you start planning your wedding with a solid plan (pictures are a must), it’ll make the process smooth and easy
Even if you wedding is completely indoors, photos out of doors are completely doable and worth it. Try not to over plan, but allow for empty pockets in your timeline that could be jeopardized for sneaking outside and snapping photos for 15 minutes
Wardrobe malfunctions can happen! Be sure to pack a mini-emergency kit with safety pins (multiple sizes), a needle and thread (black, white and ivory), and fabric tape. I’ve seen beaded dresses unravel, hems get trampled, and in this case, straps snap
If your dessert isn’t the typical wedding cake and especially if the serving sizes are mini, order in excess

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