My third interview in the 2020 Bride Series is with Veronica, a bride who decided to move forward and have a micro wedding on her original wedding date.
KC: Hey Veronica thanks so much for taking the time to chat with me, I’m so looking forward to hearing about your micro wedding. Tell me a little bit about your day and what made you two decide to move forward with the ceremony instead of postponing it all.
VC: Oh I’m so happy so happy to talk about my wedding. Well, I’ll give you a little background info. My husband is a nurse and I have asthma so at the beginning of all of this we were actually not seeing each other to be safe. Our wedding was scheduled for June 27, 2020 and we decided that no matter what we were going to have the ceremony. We didn’t know how long things were going to last. We felt disconnected, we just wanted to be together. That’s how we knew we had to get married but ultimately we decided to move forward. So when we decided to go through with it they were allowing just ten people. You plan so much for your wedding. But ultimately we wanted to get married. We decided we were just going to have our parents, maid of honour and best man because we both have such big immediate families. He’s one of 4 and I’m one of 3. He has a sibling in the states too. But then that week they lifted the restrictions to 150 people. We had to think about what we wanted to do.
KC: Oh my god that’s even more stressful! You now planned this micro wedding. Did you change the guest list to 150 people?
VC: No haha! Because our families are so big we didn’t have 150 people because we knew we'd still be leaving people out. We kept it small. Which worked out perfectly because I originally wanted a very intimate wedding. We ended up having a family + bridal party dinner in my parents dinning room.
KC: That sounds beautiful. Did you feel like you were missing out on anything?
VC: Missing out on the obvious things of course, but we just made the best of it.
My photographer came because we didn’t do an engagement shoot. It was really nice because those pictures captured our happiness that day. It was the best decision we could have made and at least we were married. We just took full advantage of everything we could and made the best of it. You plan so much for your wedding day. Especially because we were apart for that bit of time, we just wanted to enjoy every single moment and every moment after that. You always envision all these things. I was supposed to have my bachelorette at the end of March but that obviously didn't happen.
KC: Aww I’m so sorry, so were you able to do anything here for your bachelorette or shower?
VC: My friends are amazing they threw me a bachelorette just outside and it was Nashville themed because that’s where we were supposed to go. It was really nice. My bridal shower didn't happen. The invites for it had actually already went out and I had a table of stuff for it just sitting at my house. I couldn’t even look at it.
KC: That is so tough but you seem to be so happy and positive about everything now.
VC: I’ve had my days where I’m really down about it, but I stopped questioning it and pitying myself. I know I’m so lucky. People have been through so much worse in these times.
KC: This is all so crazy and I feel for everyone. When it came to dealing with vendors did you find they were accommodating at least?
VC: Yes, everyone was wonderful. Our venue, the Arlington, allowed us to moved the date twice. First to this past December and now next December. Our new day is actually my husband’s birthday. I want to enjoy the planning process, make memories and look forward to the after part of it. I did everything on my own. I had to call vendors and everyone was so supportive. The biggest loss was not being able to have the same day. I wasn’t ready for that because it wasn’t the day I planned. Things come to you because the universe knows what you can and can’t handle . Was it annoying? Yeah, but I’m so lucky it wasn’t worse than that. This year taught me to be as present as possible but were always envisioning our future. I like being productive and busy and not anticipate too much of the future as it is so uncertain. But ultimately I'm happy and we're all allowed to cry a little sometimes.
KC: That's amazing, there are some really great vendors out there. Speaking of vendors, what happened to your original dress? And where did you find the one you wore to your ceremony?
VC: The original dress is coming out in December; I'm saving it for then. I got engaged 2018 in Italy and bought my dressed 3 months later. So I am excited to wear it. I got the dress I wore to the ceremony from Madeline’s not even a week before the wedding. I didn’t know if I should wear white but when I put it on it gave me that Audrey Hepburn vibe. It felt right. I loved that dress too! In a weird way it made me fell as good as my original wedding dress. You want to feel your best on your wedding day. I didn’t want to get attached to anything I just wanted to feel good. My husband didn’t have his suit and he doesn’t wear them regularly either, so thank god he had one from a gala we went to. Everything worked out.
KC: You both looked great! Since you already had a micro wedding will you be making any major changes to the renewing of the vows come December?
VC: I do have to make some changes because it’s a December wedding now.
Everything is still very clean very romantic. I wanted that pop; the white with the anemone flower.
It's actually in season then and I might add some green to the florals as well.
KC: What kind of bride were/are you? Would you say you’re someone who dreamt of their wedding their whole life?
VC: I’m an easy going bride. I never thought about it until I met David. I only loved wedding dresses before but who doesn’t? I was a bridesmaid like 7 times so I love going to weddings and I can’t wait to have our party. I just want to put on my dress, take gorgeous pictures and dance with my friends. My husband feels the same way. He’s looking forward to renewing our vows in front of our family, he’s sentimental.
KC: You are such a sweet person, I figured you were an easy going bride. Do you have any advice for other couples going through this?
VC: Do what makes you happy! I knew we’d make it through and one day an amazing story for our kids. This is what worked for us and made us happy.
Xx
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