Small Ceremony Help!

Do you have any attendants who will be there? If so, they can walk in before you. You can use a portable stereo for music. Do whatever you want. There's no right or wrong.

We actually only have 14 people total as well, and that is including me and FH and the Pastor lol. We are having our bridal party stand beside us, we still plan on having them walk down the aisle before I enter with my mom. And they will still stand beside us at the altar unless the Pastor says otherwise because of restrictions or something. It is small and intimate but I think keeping some traditional elements will make it special.

My cousin recorded herself playing the violin for us so we played that on a speaker for my entrance music. We didn't have real proccessional because it would've been most of the people walking into what started as an empty space. I asked our officiant to organize people to make sure there was an aisle for my dad and me to walk through.
Our brothers (also grooms/bridespeople) are on the left and under the tent (controlling the music), my grandparents are kind of hidden but they're under the tent, our parents are sitting in the chairs on the right, and my sister in law/bridesmaid is standing behind them.

So I'm basically doing a minimally with my best friend at my maid of honor and then her husband and my big brother as guess. So there will be five of us total not including the officiant and our two photographers. I'm doing this as we were never going to have a big wedding anyway but I still wanted it to feel special. I am going to walk in to a song so we're still going to have the procession and I've already warned my fiance about that, we will do about a 10 to 15 minute elopement ceremony and then we'll have a walkout song as well followed by pictures and will even do an official cake cutting. I would say since you're having a backyard thing you can easily have a very chill party reception. I think you should make the day a special as you wanted even if it's only 14 people. If you want your father to walk you down the aisle I think you should and if you have some friends that can stand by your side and the same for your fiance I think you should do it as well. I would suggest for a backyard maybe just make it like a game type of fare like me to get like some life-size Jenga or have some cards to play or something like that plus you can have some music for people that do want to dance.

My minimony is in 4 weeks and our big wedding is in March. The only other people who will be apart of the minimony is our son and my stepson(his son). We’re saving the bridal party and everything else for next year. We’re walking in together, using bluetooth speakers instead of a dj, and my family is cooking the food. Ours will be small and simple and our wedding on March will be the traditional wedding

For my minimony in January, it’s just immediate family. No one is standing up with us since the ceremony is so small (15 people). Our siblings were in the bigger wedding we had planned, but they won’t be standing with us at the minimony. I am still having a smaller traditional professional where our parents and grandparents walk in. My little nephew who was supposed to be the ring bearer at my bigger wedding will be the usher walking my mother and grandmother down the aisle. We’re playing prerecorded music during the processional and the ceremony. Minimonies can have some traditional elements and unique ones as well - it’s all about what you want and what works best for you! 😊