Photo credit: Bloc Memoire Photography
If you are thinking whether or not to have a small wedding, there is certainly a small part where by you wonder if this is a right decision. What if you offended people that you are not invited? What if you upset your parent who expected bigger wedding? But then again, if you satisfied them, it upset you because it’s your wedding after all.
Recently, we held a wedding reception flower arrangement
& decoration with our client in a Chinese restaurant; the parent wanted the
Chinese cuisine with their favorite Chinese food, and more than half of the
guests were parent’s friends and relatives. The couple was busy greeting the
guest as they were coming and taking their attendance although there were relatives
& friends as helpers at the registration area. Both groom and bride were sweating
and exhausted by the time they marched in. The reception was supposed to start
at 6pm, people were late and it only started at 8.30pm. The entire wedding was
really noisy (imagining 600 guests, more than half are aunties and uncles,
talking real loud), parent’s friend got drunk in their wedding causing embarrassment
to the groom. Another table was shouting “yam seng” on its own and the worst
part is karaoke session during the wedding which the parent of the bride
requested. Well, that is usually the case for the typical Malaysian Chinese
restaurant wedding.
Before planning a wedding, pause for a moment and think… What
is the objective of this wedding? Is this a wedding or reunion party? Do you
need 600 guests to attend your wedding or a 50 people who means a lot to you
that attend your wedding? These 600 guests include someone you probably never
met before, or only meet once in your lifetime? However, these 50 people are
your family members, your best buddies that grown up with you, and your close
relatives. When couples seek for advice, we constantly tell them to do a small
and intimate wedding, not a single couple regretted their decision.
1. Celebrate your special day surrounded with people you loved and people who love you.
2. You feel more relax on your special day because you are
surrounded by your family and close friends.
3. You can save more money, perhaps or so that you can have
a lavish honeymoon.
4. It’s easier to tell people why you have small wedding
than the big wedding and those that are not invited such as the restaurant can
only fit 100 guests.
5. Some couples want to have a small wedding not necessarily
because of budget, but because they can pull out all the stops and have a truly
lavish wedding.
6. You have an option for destination wedding, if you have
600 guests; it’s too over the budget and nearly impossible.
7. You have more option when comes to choosing the venue.
8.Small wedding means a more intimate wedding; guest can
mingle around, getting to know each other better.
9. You can have a wedding that people will remember because
your wedding is not typical.
Cheers,
Little Sweet Occasions Team
