Planning Backyard Weddings

If your ultimate wedding takes place in your own backyard, one of the reasons is probably that you have many of your best memories associated with this place. Having a wedding at the location will no doubt add another precious memory associated to this particular place.

It isn't anything too complicated to arrange your yard for both the ceremony and the wedding reception.  Simply set up one side of the yard for the ceremony, while prepping the other for the reception.  If the yard is smallish in size, you can place the food table on the opposite side of the yard from the canopy.

The Wedding Ceremony and Reception 

Renting a canopy and folding chairs for the wedding ceremony should be easy enough. This is essentially all you will need and thus you will save money, thanks to this you might also afford to spend more money on decorating for your big day. In any case, your biggest expense will probably be tulle and ribbon.  If you desire silk flowers too, they can be rather costly as well.

For backyard weddings, the reception food can be as simple as cold cuts or even a barbecue.  As you can see, this is a lot more casual than at other weddings.  However, since backyard weddings take place in a familiar place, it is a lot easier to relax and enjoy your big day.

Things to Consider with Backyard Weddings

A small wedding in your own backyard can be a wonderful experience. Photo: spcoon

Backyard weddings also have a lot of other benefits worth mentioning.  Not only are they less expensive so that you will not have to invest a small fortune in the arrangements but they are less stressful too.  You could even throw a 'decorate for the wedding'party the day before your wedding, which is a wonderful way to spend time with your closest friends and family before the big day. 

One factor that is really not possible to have under full control during backyard weddings is the weather. All you can do (besides hoping for the best) is really to be prepared to move the whole thing indoors or under canopies, should the weather not give you it's blessings.

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