We're having a secular ceremony on a field. It's quite open too so you can't really hide when approaching the place where it's supposed to be. It's an awkward and slightly silly situation to have people seated and then having to walk from the farm - alone - while people are looking at you.
There are several solutions. It could be a procession like event when everyone is walking together with music to the ceremony spot. One could also surprise everyone. It's entirely possible to build something that partly obstruct the view and have someone to distract people with some petal throwing and once you're there you blast some music that is dancing friendly from a boom blaster and make your entrance dancing.
The trick is to find the right music.
I love Säkert! and this one would be so right.
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25 Feb 2011
9 Feb 2011
Live music
If I could afford it I'd have these guys coming to play at the party.
They're called The Coffinshakers. If you want to know more, go to their website.
They're called The Coffinshakers. If you want to know more, go to their website.
6 Jan 2011
Invitations and save the date
This is a tricky thing. In Sweden people usually don't send out Save the Date cards. Wedding invitations go out about 10 to 12 weeks before the event with an RSVP deadline approximately 2 weeks after the guests got the invitation, meaning 8 to 10 weeks before the wedding. This gives you enough time to chase those who haven't replied and calculate food and drink and everything else you might need to have in place on the big day.
However, if you have friends or family living abroad (and Sweden is large enough to cause travel problems - flying in from Kalix is like flying in from Italy) they might need to know earlier than that. Now, we have people we wish to invite from South Africa and the UK and the Netherlands, so I decided to send out save the date cards. Then I calculated the cost and realised that it really is silly doing it through snail mail. Everyone we know have updated themselves and use the net, so I decided we could make a video and e-mail it to people instead. It's a heads up after all.
It didn't turn out as we planned but I saved it with a bit of humour and a fancy e-mail with the intro image from our website. And the theme is present on this video in a not so subtle way; bluegrass.
However, if you have friends or family living abroad (and Sweden is large enough to cause travel problems - flying in from Kalix is like flying in from Italy) they might need to know earlier than that. Now, we have people we wish to invite from South Africa and the UK and the Netherlands, so I decided to send out save the date cards. Then I calculated the cost and realised that it really is silly doing it through snail mail. Everyone we know have updated themselves and use the net, so I decided we could make a video and e-mail it to people instead. It's a heads up after all.
It didn't turn out as we planned but I saved it with a bit of humour and a fancy e-mail with the intro image from our website. And the theme is present on this video in a not so subtle way; bluegrass.
I'll deal with the invitations eventually.
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