The Little Wedding

Have you also jumped on the small wedding bandwagon?

Or is it simply that you’ve had to trim down the guest list? There are many reasons to have a small, intimate wedding. Not only does it drastically reduce the cost, but there’s also the personal aspect – at a large wedding, it can be difficult to find time to speak to all your guests. Below are some tips on what to bear in mind when planning your small wedding.

Think personal and intimate

One of the great things about a smaller wedding is that it feels more personal, and you, as the bride and groom, have more time for each guest. At dinner, when you’re all sitting down together, it can be fun to go ’round the table’ and let your guests share their favourite memories and moments spent with you. If you’re planning to have a seating plan, you could also choose to make the place cards yourselves, using a permanent marker in, say, gold, and some lovely little stickers.

Let the guests decide

A really lovely and much-appreciated tip when it comes to small weddings is to involve the guests in the wedding celebrations themselves. If you’re planning to have a Spotify playlist instead of a band or a DJ, it can be fun to let guests add their favourite songs to the playlist in advance, so that at some point during the evening your guests get to dance the night away to their very own favourite song.

Skip the wedding cake

A multi-tiered cake is usually too big for smaller gatherings. If you decide to skip the wedding cake, you’ll no doubt want to serve some other kind of delicious dessert. A tasty tip, which also looks lovely, is an American blueberry cheesecake.

A simple buffet with finesse and style

A buffet doesn’t have to be reserved for large gatherings; it’s also perfectly suited to a smaller wedding. A simple approach to a buffet is to ensure there’s plenty of each ingredient. It’s better to have a small but exquisite buffet table. An example of a successful buffet table is serving cheeses and cold cuts as a starter, or delicious freshly baked bread with beetroot butter, seasoned with garlic and, for example, fresh thyme. For the main course, we recommend serving both a vegetarian and a meat dish, with side dishes and a well-chosen salad.