I am not a traditional girl when it comes to getting married.
All my friends did the big white, wedding with the flowers, tons of bridesmaids and a live band.
For me, I wanted to do something small from the comfort of my own home. My house has a giant backyard with tons of flowers. I wanted to get married right there and only have close friends and family at it. Afterwards, we could grill outside and hang around inside if the weather did not permit outdoor fun. The snag I had was trying to find a decent location to do the actual ceremony. My yard was huge, but the turf was not so great. The ground was uneven, mostly sand and would look bad in the photos. I thought that my future husband would have to build me a stage to stand on for the main event. I was not really happy about this since then I would own a giant wood platform to never use again. I then went online and looked up wedding stage rentals. Apparently you can rent wedding stages quite cheap. The stage can be anywhere from 700 to 1500 for the day. The stage could just be a giant box or have different levels. The color of the stage also could be different as well. The stage rental business was very professional and they set it up on the big day. It took them a few minutes and up went my white wedding stage. What was nice is that after the ceremony and pictures, I used it as a mini dance floor for anyone feeling fun that day.