“Reception” Family Gathering
I am recently engaged and I’m super excited, however, my Fiance and I both don’t like spotlights. We are planning to do a courthouse wedding, very intimate, just us.
but I’m my mom’s only remaining daughter. She wants us to have a small something. I was thinking about renting a giant lakeside cabin in the woods in October and just inviting both sides of the family to come spend the night since a lot are out of town. How can I make this wedding like without it being too over the top and cheesy with 20 people trapped in a cabin for two days?
Side note: I would like to get to wear a wedding dress somehow but I’m uncertain if a fancy wedding dress would be appropriate for just the courthouse? Or do I wear it for pictures around the cabin so I can have wedding photos with my mom? I’m really not sure how to do this. All I know is that I don’t want to pay a ton of money for a traditional venue. Help? 😭
Edit: Just trying to figure out a flow of events I guess? Would dinner and a fire/series of toasts and pictures be fine or is that just not enough to gather a ton of people for?