Getting Married On Your Birthday
Some couples opt to get married on one of their birthdays. This is a practical way to ensure that neither of you forget either occasion. After all, how can you forget your loved ones birthday, right?
One advantage of getting married on a birthday is that you get two parties in one. That means less expenses since you won’t need to have two parties. One will do just fine.
An advantage to having your wedding on either of your birthdays is that you can easily keep your wedding a secret without anyone wondering why you’re about to throw a party. No need to elope, you just need to pretend that it is just a really significant birthday. It would be helpful if the birthday celebrant is celebrating a landmark natal day. You would still be sending out invites, but you can be perfectly casual if you prefer and simply surprise family and friends when they arrive at your wedding.
You could even surprise your entourage. You can have dresses made for them still but you may want to just tell them that you had clothes prepared for them since you have a party theme; assuming that you really don’t want to trust your secret to anyone.
It being a birthday party as well, there is double the reason to celebrate. Get your party jumping. Have the kind of party that will truly match your special occasion as both a wedding and a birthday. There is no rule that says your reception has to be deadly dull just because weddings are normally a formal affair.
Usually couples who have this kind of reception have great food prepared. None of the little food on saucers that barely fills you up for this major an event. You can have steaks, pasta and a birthday cake added to your menu.
Depending on how you want to play it, you may not want the cake set up right away since that would give away the fact that a wedding is about to take place. You’ll need to make arrangements with your caterer on when to bring it out for the best effect.
In fact, you may want to have a birthday cake aside from the wedding cake. It would be the one on display as your guests arrive to keep up the appearance of this just being a birthday party. On the other hand, you could simply work with a talented wedding cake maker to combine elements of the two kinds of cake. You don’t have to have a multi-layered cake. Some actually have the layers split so that multiple cakes are displayed. That way it is less of a giveaway. You’ll have to think of a different cake topper since you may not want to have a couple in bridal outfits sitting on your cake to divulge your secret right away.
Don’t forget the music! Whether you go big band, great local band, hire a DJ or simply prepare your playlist, you’re going to need music that gets everybody in the mood to celebrate! This is truly a major occasion and needs to have music that matches the mood of your party.
Technorati Tags: weddings, birthdays, secret, elope, party, planning
Written by Lesley-Ann on October 14th, 2006 with
no comments.
Read more articles on Weddings and Wedding Reception and About The Groom and Wedding Music and About The Bride and About The Couple and Wedding Invitations and Wedding Themes and Wedding Tips.
- [+] Digg: Feature this article
- [+] Del.icio.us: Bookmark this article
- [+] Furl: Bookmark this article