Postpone Reception//sequel Wedding Questions

I am so thankful that I’m not alone here! Friends and family have been a little weird about having two events. They are like is this really another wedding?!! Lol so here is my spin on everything: we had a vestige intimate ceremony in November 2021 with about 24 guests. Many people couldn’t make it so we streamed it via zoom. We took the formal pictures,said our vows, did the first dances, garter/ bouquet toss, and cut the cake. It was a 3 hour event so no partying afterward. While I thought we would just settle for only the minimony, I felt like it wasn’t enough afterward. Some of my husbands siblings couldn’t come, and even my best friend couldn’t make it because she was sick. So I opted to do a more casual one year anniversary party at a local park( matheson hammock, Miami) I bought a short tea length dress to wear instead of my long formal Alfred Angelo gown. We are ordering tacos and will bake some cupcakes and cake pops and pie. No photographer, no ceremony, just celebrating with the people we love. I’m gonna have games and a selfie station. I am hoping my bridesmaids will wear the dresses again because they are so freaking cute lol . Also we made paper flower bouquets out of Harry Potter books because it was Harry Potter wedding. 😜I’m a nerd like that I guess..)So honestly whatever makes you happy. There aren’t any rules to this I guess. But I am definitely looking forward to having more of a relaxing and fun filled day now that the formalities are out of the way. I hope your day turns out the way you planned!!

Hi there!

I am in the same boat!! My husband and I had a 300-person wedding scheduled for August 15, 2020 but due to Covid just did the church ceremony and hoped to do the reception in 2021. Covid restrictions still weren't great in 2021 so now we're scheduled for August 2022.

What did you end up deciding? How did the night flow?

I don't really know what order to do things. Our tradition/culture usually involves a receiving line but seems weird at this point since most people weren't there to see us get married. I definitely want to do first dance, speeches, etc. but not sure how to organize the night.

Very curious to know what you ended up doing! Thanks in advance

Hi! We had our reception in May, and it went very smoothly and was a great time! This was our timeline:

4:30pm- Meet with photographer to do some pictures (we had done official wedding pictures the year before, so we just wanted some of us in our venue)

5-6- Cocktail hour

6:15- Introduce us as a couple (our entire party wasn't able to be there, so we didn't want to introduce the whole party because it would call attention to that)

6:20- Cake cutting (our venue wanted to do this first so they could take it in the back and start getting it ready to serve after dinner)

6:25- Speeches

6:45- Dinner served (buffet)

7:30- First dances, dance floor opens

8:45- Bouquet toss

11:30- Night ends