Guest total = 10, and everyone was told the Venue and Date back in September. (got engaged in August. We're doing an intimate family elopement)
But my brother is the only one who knows how to do lights on Wednesday night church, so he has to leave the ceremony venue by 3:30pm. He didn't remind me of this until after I booked my venue for 2pm-5pm.
I wanted to do it then because the photos will be best 4:15-4:45, and the venue closes at 5pm. That gave me half an hour to get ready, an hour of First Look photos, a ceremony at 3:30, and family photos for 45 minutes before going to dinner.
But now I can't figure out my timeline!
I could do my makeup and hair before arriving, get dressed at the venue at 2pm, do a short 15 minute First Look while guests are arriving (????), a 3pm wedding, and family photos with my brother first, and then he leaves.... but that leaves me with 2 hours and much money wasted... No guests, even family, are gonna stick around for 2 hours while we do photos before going to dinner.
Our current reception plan was to take family out to a casual Italian dinner. No "Reception" traditions (dancing, cutting cake, speeches).
A cocktail party at the venue would've been cute, but we can't bring any food or drink.
Another idea was to do a short wedding, everyone goes home instead of doing dinner, and we do married photos after the ceremony. We could do a dinner reception on another day, but we've got one of those families that no one is gonna really care too much by the weekend...
What do I do??
rough draft timeline
