If you are one of the couples that had to make the difficult decision to postpone your wedding due to Covid-19, first of all can we get a collective, open-mouth, sighhhh of relief and disappointment: OOOOOOOF! This is rough and our hearts are with you. Having to postpone the most special day of your life is less than ideal; almost as ideal as figuring out how loud your S.O. speaks on Zoom as you navigate working from home together for the first time! Hehe.
Now that we’ve confided in our collective woes, let’s look at a silver lining: it may come with a new shiny date, but you still get to marry the love of your life and have the wedding you imagined. We are encouraging our clients to take all *clap* the * clap* time *clap* to grieve your original wedding date, break up with planning for a hot second, and slowly but surely, get back to daydreaming about your perfect day…
One thing we know for sure: LOVE STILL WINS. At the heart of what we do is honor life’s most special moments. As party planners, we have a hard time putting a complete halt on the fun, so we drummed up 10 Shelter-in-Place Wedding ideas for you to kick off round one of your wedding festivities!
1. FEAST
Ask your Caterer if they are offering to go dinners! Surf & turf anyone?! Or pick a local date night favorite and Postmates your guilty pleasures. Spruce up your sweetheart table and breakout your fanciest table top items!
2. SIP
Break out a memorable bottle of wine. You know, the one you can’t forget, the one that brings you way, way back. Decant that puppy and it doesn’t hurt to have a second bottle in the chamber!
3. FANCY
Stuff those Quarantine sweatpants deep into that laundry pile and shake the dust off your upscale attire.
BRIDES TO BE: This step is vvvery important: Dedicate your morning to a strong Self Love Routine; mani pedi / hair and makeup / perfume, jewelry, clutch. What a time to wear those beautiful heels that we both know are too dangerous to wear outside of the house! Get pretty with your Bride Tribe on Zoom.
Double points if you had to postpone your Bachelorette party: You win a bottle of Bubbles pre-festivities!
4. PRETTIES
Consider sourcing a local Florist to drop off a Centerpiece for your dining table, a boutonniere for your Groom, or heck, a flower crown for the Bride-to-be!
5.SENTIMENTS
Exchange Gifts or Cards! Saving dough right now? Good things homemade cards are Free $.99. (!)
SIP Card Challenge: Write 5 things you’ve loved learning about your Spouse-to-be during this special QT.
6. BLING
Did you already pick up your Wedding Bands?! Slide those puppies on and enjoy that extra shine.
Didn’t pick yours yet? What a better night to online shop & pick yourself out something sparkly & well friggen’ deserved.
7. TOAST
Plan for whoever was going to give a Speech at your Wedding, to give an edited version.
Creative Zoom backdrops encouraged.
8. SWEET
Can a local baker make you a mini wedding cake? (Pie, ice cream, who’s Quara-counting?!) Not us!
Celebrate by cutting a dessert of choice on a FaceTime with your loved ones. (Side note: we don’t judge apartment stove top Smore’s or drive through Krispy Kreme, ever.)
9. TWIST
OH! Have you not have a Zoom Dance Party yet?!
You’re Welcome!
Ask your Wedding DJ for their best mix (make sure your First Dance song is on there!), virtually invite the Homies, make sure there is ample wine, & groove!
If you find yourself coming up with a choreographed dance routine for your new wedding date during this Shelter in Place, welp, now we just love you that much more.
10. DOCUMENT
Amazon a Tri-Pod to capture these special moments!
Our hope is that down the road when you are flipping through your wedding album, you also find it down memory lane to open your iPhone photos and flip through the night you celebrated your OG wedding!
We hope you enjoyed our spin on postponement blues and enjoy your special time soaking in the very meaning of your nuptials! We don’t intend to downplay the emotional hardships behind postponing your wedding, but we do think that reframing your mindset and searching for the light in any scenario will help alleviate the stress.
Need one more silver lining?!: Not many couples get this kind of genuine, focused time together on their very own wedding night! How ‘bout that!
If we know one thing for sure, this challenging SIP has realigned our hearts and perspective on just how sweet the simple things are.