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micro-wedding

We adore intimate weddings with very small guestlists, and this archive is filled with microwedding ideas and real wedding inspiration. If you’re skipping the guests entirely, be sure to browse our elopement archive. Elopements are the ULTIMATE microwedding.

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Behold this autistic bride and her amazing goth wedding

As an autistic bride, I feel like I need to have control over everything and plan out every single thing I do, that’s just how I live my life. So it was the same for wedding planning too…

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LA couple ditches California for Italian elopement

After starting to look into a large wedding in California wine country that rapidly ballooned in guest count and price, Lianne and Dan actually did what a lot of couples consider when confronted with so much wedding planning stress: they eloped instead. Way before micro-weddings were our new normal, Lianne and Dan invited about thirty of their closest friends to join them at Villa del Balbianello on Lago di Como in Italy.

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Thinking of having a backyard microwedding? Here’s your inspo

Wondering if you can make a backyard wedding look lush and elegant? Caroline and Price (and their flower-wearing pooch!) are here to show you how it’s done…

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Should your parents pay for your wedding? Why one bride says NO THANK YOU

Historically, parents paying for a wedding has ugly cultural baggage. For this reason, I am against the idea of anyone’s parents being obliged or asked to pay for their children’s wedding.

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4 reasons we had no wedding party: Why we skipped the bridesmaids, groomsmen, and everyone else

I see so much talk online about “Do I need a wedding party?” Or “Are bridesmaids necessary?” And then there’s “What if my wedding party is uneven?” I’m here to say you can skip ALL THESE QUESTIONS, by having no attendants at all. Here are four reasons why we decided to have no wedding party.

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Are virtual weddings legal? Plus a virtual wedding ceremony outline!

Virtual weddings aren’t just for pandemic times. Are you an introvert? Virtual wedding. All your friends and family are abroad? Virtual wedding. Is your budget small, but your community large? Virtual wedding. They’re legal in many states, and we’ve even got a virtual wedding ceremony outline for ya!