AM Ceremony & Brunch Reception - Tacky?

**The Muse** · 01-18-2011, 02:48 AM

As a wedding guest, I'd be grateful to have an early wedding for once. I don't like having one of my 2 days off/week held hostage by a wedding. Can't do much before, can't do anything after.

A morning wedding with brunch can be very elegant, not at all tacky if you do it right! If you want to prolong your celebration, maybe one of your families can host a casual dinner in the evening. Or perhaps you'll want to get straight to the honeymoon!

**Libby** · 01-18-2011, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by imagine

I could see how this would be a con. If you aren't inviting everyone to the reception that was invited to the wedding then you will need to include a separate invitation to the reception in the wedding invitation or limited the guests to the wedding to those you want at the reception.

This was along the lines of what I was thinking. DF and I really need to sit down and work on our guest list to see how many people we plan on inviting. There's the proposed guest list and there's the 'essential' guest list if you KWIM?

IF the guest list is larger then we currently have thought of now (approx 40 ppl) then we'll prob invite everyone to the ceremony & serve light refreshments after then do a later brunch/lunch reception for the selected 'essential' people.

Originally Posted by Debt Ninjette

I don't think it's tacky at all!! It sounds lovely.

Maybe we'll do the same. There's a gorgeous botanical garden here that does weddings for 20 guests for $100.

Wherebouts are you Ninjette? (if you don't mind me asking) That price sounds great!

**geckoace** · 01-19-2011, 12:05 PM

I've been to 2 brunch weddings ( I was MOH in one) they fantastic. There was mimosa and coffee and a nice selection of foods. Both were buffet style and had made to order omlettes.
Dress was casual people danced and had a blast then still had the rest of the day.
Also as far as costs I'm sure breakfast foods are cheaper and people are far less likely to drink excessively at 10am so they dont expect a full on open bar situation traditionally champagne and bloody marys so your bar costs are gonna be drastically reduced.

**brainyblonde** · 01-20-2011, 07:55 PM

I recently attended a morning wedding. Ceremony was at 11, followed by a brunch reception. I really thought it was a great idea. Alcohol consisted of beer, wine, mimosas and bloody mary's. They had 2 chefs cooking made-to-order omelets along with the breakfast meat, french toast, and an awesome fresh fruit bowl. They also had a hot chicken dish with rice and mixed veggies for anyone that didn't want breakfast. An ice cream sundae bar complemented the wedding cake. The two things they could have done without - baked brie and appetizers. The brie was left virtually untouched, and the appetizers were just not needed. Setting up the fresh fruit instead of the brie/appetizers would have been a better choice.

**MyMelody** · 01-20-2011, 10:44 PM

I don't think the idea of a morning ceremony and brunch reception is tacky. I think the trick may be in figuring out a gracious and tactful way to exclude the guests not invited to the reception.

**The Muse** · 01-21-2011, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by MyMelody

I think the trick may be in figuring out a gracious and tactful way to exclude the guests not invited to the reception.

It's not that difficult. The printed invitation includes the ceremony information. A seperate reception card includes the reception information and is only included in the invitations for people you're inviting to the reception.

It can be tricky if the ceremony and reception are being held in the same place, but reception cards are common practice in big cities where receptions are very expensive and at large weddings where the reception venue cannot accomodate all ceremony guests.

**Darlene** · 01-21-2011, 07:52 AM

Go for it Libby, anytime is the right time for two lovebirds to get hitched. Definitely NOT tacky.

**wanderlusting** · 01-21-2011, 09:24 AM

I don't think it's tacky at all. Sounds like a great idea.

**handerson2005** · 01-21-2011, 12:58 PM

We had a morning wedding and a brunch reception... top go one further, it was a destination wedding.

In 2005, we got married at Disney because it was cheaper than getting married here at home. If we had done it here, we would've had over 200 people and it would've been expected that we "go big, or go home". That and my entire family would still have to travel for it, and his wouldn't. We wanted to even out the playing field.

So, we decided on Disney. Why not, it's a fun place.

Plus, we had a $10k minimum on the entire day, and we knew could keep it under control. When we decided on Veteran's Day weekend so that our families and friends could use the 3 day weekend to travel without too many of them having to take off work, we found out that's a pretty popular weekend to get married down there! We were one of 11 couples married at Disney that day. Anyhow, in order to make it "easier" on us, we opted for an in-park (EPCOT) wedding. In order o do that, we had to have a 9am wedding. We didn't have much of a choice. Change the date, location, or suck it up.

We had 43 people attend the wedding. None of them complained (to us) nor did they think it was tacky. Yes, their dress was a little more casual, but I was ok with that. Brunch was amazing. We STILL have people talk about the food.

I say go for it! Looking back, I wouldn't change any of it!

**geckoace** · 01-21-2011, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by brainyblonde

I recently attended a morning wedding. Ceremony was at 11, followed by a brunch reception. I really thought it was a great idea. Alcohol consisted of beer, wine, mimosas and bloody mary's. They had 2 chefs cooking made-to-order omelets along with the breakfast meat, french toast, and an awesome fresh fruit bowl. They also had a hot chicken dish with rice and mixed veggies for anyone that didn't want breakfast. An ice cream sundae bar complemented the wedding cake. The two things they could have done without - baked brie and appetizers. The brie was left virtually untouched, and the appetizers were just not needed. Setting up the fresh fruit instead of the brie/appetizers would have been a better choice.

Based on where u live and what u I am 98% we were at the same wedding do the bride and grooms names both begin with J