Okay - we're 67 days away now! I really want to make the wedding a great day for our guests, especially since so many of them are coming from abroad. Sometimes I think everything we've planned will be great and then I think we need to do more. What do you girls think?
This is what we have planned so far:
1. Everything is happening at a country house we've hired exclusively. Ceremony is at 2pm. Guests can arrive from 12noon and enjoy the garden and grounds.
2. After the ceremony there will be a blessing in the tiny chapel on the grounds for those who want to attend.
3. The drinks reception will start after the ceremony for those who don't go to the blessing. If the weather is good, it will be outside in the garden. We'll have an Irish trio playing during the drinks. (H2B is from Ireland).
4. The house also has a billiard room for the lads.
5. There is a dining room with sofas for people to lounge. There's a tv in there so we thought we'd have a slideshow of photos of us as kids and up through our relationship. Later, we thought we'd have movies and games in there for the kids - and adults who want to join in
6. After the drinks reception we'll go to the dining room for the wedding breakfast. After the dessert and before the speeches we're having individual 6-inch cakes brought to each table in 4-5 different flavours. When we cut our cake, everyone else will cut theirs and can go to other tables to try the other flavours.
7. Music and dancing will start after the speeches and can go on as long as we want.
8. We're giving artist-designed magnets of local sites as favours and possibly personalised biscuits too.
We were thinking about having garden games and H2B has suggested having some additional entertainment like Irish dancers. If these will make the day more fun/more special for guests, I'm willing to do it but I feel like I don't have the time or energy to organise more stuff!
Is anyone doing other things at their wedding that would make a great addition? Do you think we've done enough or should I try to get the garden games and dancers sorted?
Thanks!