Mini-mony

First off, I want to say I completely understand what you’re going through. My husband and I spent almost two years planning the wedding of our dreams only to face the decision of postponing and replanning a very different wedding than we’d ever imagined. We ultimately decided to keep our original date and have a smaller ceremony/mini reception. We had a small church ceremony with the wedding party, parents, and grandparents. In total it was about 22 people. We were able to get married in the church like we wanted, but our backup plan was to have my sister marry us in my parents’ backyard (we had her ordained online, it was very simple). Afterwards my parents hosted a dinner and mini reception in their backyard. We had our wedding party transported in a party bus from the church to their house, and my parents worked really hard to make it magical and feel like a “real” wedding. We had cake cutting, toasts (4 in total), and first dances (ours, father-daughter, and mother-son). Although it wasn’t anything like what we’d planned, it was such an amazing day and really magical. I was so excited to marry the love of my life when the day finally arrived that all the changes and issues just kind of melted away! Even though it was a really small group, we felt so special, loved and celebrated. Our intention was the postpone a larger reception with all of our family/friends at a later time, but we’ve since cancelled that due to how amazing our first day was and the uncertainty that still exists surrounding larger receptions.
Something like this might really help with a lot of the things you’re worrying about now, because it would be cheaper, COVID/health is less of a concern in a smaller group, and you won’t have to postpone again! I know this is not an easy thing at all, and I feel for anyone still going through this and facing these difficult decisions. Feel free to reach out if you’d like any additional details about what we decided to do!

I forgot to mention, I ordered a second wedding dress online because my first couldn’t be altered in time. But if it could’ve I absolutely still would’ve worn my larger A-line gown to our mini ceremony and reception! You deserve to feel like a bride no matter how all the details shake out!