Eric and Kate's wedding in Squamish, British Columbia
Rustic Summer Green 5 wedding vendors
27/08/2022 20 0
E&K
27 Aug, 2022
The story of our wedding
We got engaged in 2018 - booked our wedding and many of our vendors in 2019, planned to have our wedding in June 2020... postponed to 2021... postponed again to 2022
But! Had a beautiful small ceremony with just our parents by a little river in June 2021, and then had our big wedding celebration in August of 2022!
Both events were absolutely perfect! We got the intimacy of a small wedding, but the celebration and community of a big wedding - couldn't have asked for a better experience!
All of our vendors were so kind to postpone for us twice! We split of photographer's time between the 2 weddings, so instead our 8 hours in one day, she did 4 hours for ceremony and portraits in 2021, and 4 hours for 2nd ceremony, family photos and a little bit of reception in 2022.
I was thankful for the experience of the first wedding when the second wedding was happening, because I knew what to expect. At the first one, I came around the corner to walk down the asile and was super weirded out that everyone was looking at me (haha- I know, but it was weird!) So then I was all thrown off and it was like an out of body experience.
Continue reading »The second wedding, I knew what it had felt like, so I was casual, I had a mic so I didn't have to project my voice - I goofed around a bit and people laughed - I had fun!
The best advice someone gave us was to make our little ceremony special - just in case we decided not to have the big one. We were thrown by this comment at the time " why would we not do the big one! This is what we've been preparing for!!" But after our perfect little forest ceremony with just our parents, we had a few moments of almost canceling the big one. It was so lovely and romantic and if our venue didn't have a large, non-refundable deposit, we might have canceled.
But I'm so glad we didn't. The extra planning time gave us the opportunity to add little details that really made the day special. Everyone commented on the attention to detail we had - and the care we put into making sure everyone had a great time.
My takeaways are:
- Remember that it's just one day (or maybe a few days) - it's an important day, but it goes by quickly - enjoy every moment and try not to stress about the small things
- Find moments with your partner of love-and remember that's why you're here
- Don't let anyone call you a bride-zilla - there is so much pressure on the wedding couple coming from every direction the week leading up to the day. It's crazy that that term exists and really unfair. Breath through the tough bits, walk away, or drive away for a bit if needed
- Delegate. And learn how to delegate. At first it was stressing me out when everyone kept coming up to me asking what to do - because I was thinking "Ah! I have to do this, and this, and then I have to find something for this person to do..." and then I realized, I could just ask them to do the thing that I was about to do. Problem solved! People are very resourceful. And if you truly don't have anything for them to do, say "Stay close. If I think of something I'll call for you". OR simply, "Have fun! Relax."Build a list of tasks and have them in a central space, tell people to go to the list and cross it off once they've done it.
- Have so much fun! Dance! Visit people - but briefly. Enjoy being the centre of attention! Be the VIP
- Have something fun for the kids to do. A kids table with crayons, a little fort for them in the corner and custom activity books were all a big hit. We had ~15 kids under 10
Eric and Kate's vendor team
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