Ideas to make a very small wedding special?

[abacucat]

We are getting married in a month. The ceremony is literally only us and two friends as witnesses. Then we are going to back to our house for bubbly and cake, followed by lunch at an expensive local restaurant. Obviously we are paying for all food and drinks.
It is very small though and just wondering if there is anything we can do to make it a bit more special?

Hire a chef and put on hot food?
My ds is a chef and we went home after our tiny tiny registry office do and he put on his whites and cooked!!
It was really special!!
Keep telling him to advertise himself!!

I don't want to sound in any way goady (not the right word!) but more special for who?

It sounds like a wonderful day and like you'll be doing exactly what you want to do. Do you need to make it more special? It sounds pretty special as it is.

We had 11 guests at our wedding and it was lovely. I did have a white dress and professional hair and makeup, which made it feel more like a wedding - we also had a photographer and videographer to capture the ceremony and speeches (wasn't too expensive, as we only needed them for a few hours). It might be worth paying for a photographer to capture the ceremony and get a few shots after?

If the bride and groom show up, its special. Don't over egg the pudding. It sounds perfect.

Certainly hope my partner shows up! I live with him.
Not doing wedding dress, but I will go to the hairdresser. Friend is taking a few photos.
Yes maybe I am over thinking this. We didn't want a big deal and don't have much money anyway, so opted for something small. Main thing si we want to be married.

Have a lovely day, @abacucat.

Marry the person you love. The end.

Are you having a small posy or bouquet? Buttonholes for everyone? I think the scent of flowers can add an extra dimension.

When I got married I imagined the party would be the best part but the ceremony was the most special part and left me on a high for the rest of it. When I look back the actual ceremony was my favourite bit so just being married will make it special.
Maybe also think about what you and your DP like; we made sure we had nice champagne as that was what we always imagined

You make it special by doing what you want to do.

However, ideas to make it different/memorable,

Nice limousine/sporty car/horse and carriage/capris ride to transport you.

Lots of flowers in your house.

Send a wedding announcement to The Times / The Telegraph / local newspaper to be published

Have a photo taken before you drink anything We had a church blessing just the two of us with the vicar followed by a splurgy lunch, it was a fantastic day, but the only picture we thought to get someone to take of us is after the lunch and we look distinctly crumpled, pink in the face and half a bottle down!

Wear something in your hair? I never normally do this so even just a sparkly hair clip or something makes me feel extra festive.

Otherwise, sounds brilliant, and have a lovely time.

Our wedding was really low key with 10 members of our immediate family as guests, a registry officer service followed by lunch in a nice restaurant. What made it special for me was being married, our relatives being there (two of them had terminal diagnoses and were dead within a few months of our wedding), the sun shining at useful points and our 5yo & 3yo being on good form. It will always be memorable as it was our wedding day and we had did it our way.

My wedding was supposed to be small. 85 guests later, and while it had its high points and made loads of us happy, my happiness was the honeymoon travelling around Thailand, marrying the best friend ever, laughing, travelling and going to gigs with him for decades after and popping out our two DS’s. just have a laugh on the day and enjoy your married life together.

“Marry the person you love. The end.”

Nothing more to be said!