Why not now? How you can have your wedding sooner rather than later
The wedding blogs say it, your parents say it, your Nanna’s friend from bingo says it. It’s a preconceived idea that you have to wait, or that your vendors can’t possibly make your wedding happen for you. “You can’t possibly have your wedding in less than a year or two (or more), you need time to plan, you need to wait, you can’t get the dress and organise everything so quickly”….and on it goes.
We say, we (respectfully) totally disagree with this theory on waiting to have what you want, and that a micro wedding or elopement presents an answer for getting hitched whenever you like.
Like everything, there are absolutely exceptions to this rule, like couples waiting on family coming from overseas, or maybe some financial restrictions, but even then there is always way around that with some compromise or slight plan changes. Most couples that come to us to have their intimate wedding are surprised to hear they can do it quicker than anticipated. Why wait to marry your love if that’s what you want right now?
Most couples that come to us to have their intimate wedding are suprised to hear they can do it quicker than antipated.
The only restriction of time that we have as micro wedding and elopement planners is that we must, by law, give the office of births, deaths and marriages 1 month Notice of Intention to Marry. If we didn’t need to do that we could marry you somewhere amazing, with great food and wine (if thats what you want), or just the two of you, in about 2 weeks. Truly. With the right team on your side and creating a smaller guest list with a micro wedding, this can be done so much quicker than you imagined and still be an epic wedding.
Firstly with all of this getting married journey it’s our strong belief to do anything because that’s what the two of you want. We are all for doing what you want for your day, which is one of the reasons we started this business. If you both want to be married within 3 or 6 months of your engagement then go for it, it’s totally possible.
But what if you want a couture dress and the dress shop says 8 months? There are so many amazing dress shops that can offer an off the rack dress design that can be altered to fit you like a glove. We can absolutely help steer you in a great direction to find your dream dress in less than 8 months.
Sometimes it’s hard to drown out the noise of others when deciding when you want to get hitched. Parents and others all have a pre conceived ideas about being married and thats ok and very understandable. This journey is subjective for everyone in what they have seen and had for themselves in their own wedding or that of people around them. It’s important to remember you can absolutely honour your marriage and have a wonderful wedding on a shorter than normal lead time, irrespective of if Aunty Karen may think otherwise.
“But I have to give everyone 12 months notice to save the date” - some mad wedding blog (not this one, lol) made up this rule, the rule is there are no rules, you make your own path. Your family and friends will most likely revel in the fact that they are having a day of work or may need to change other way more boring plans for your beautiful wedding instead.
Trust us when we say, smaller is easier. With a micro wedding or elopement it’s keeping things simple, yet still special. We take care of all the boring legal stuff and moving parts so you get to jump into enjoying the planning ride, that is - inviting your fave people, grabbing your outfits and turning up (and getting hitched of course).
So we say, why wait? You absolutely don’t need to when the format is smaller and less complicated. If you’re keen to know more about how we can bring your micro wedding or elopement together for you whenever you’re ready to say I do, touch base here to find out more about how we work.