Yesterday we showed some pictures from wedding photography as we did at Peter's niece's wedding. We also have to tell you a bit about the wedding party that followed. This is probably the most well-organised and inventive party we have ever been to. ever. Maybe you can get some ideas if you're planning a wedding or other big party at some point.
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Wedding party with surprises
Around 80 guests were invited to the wedding and the bride and groom, Dessi and Lasse, had built a large tent for the dinner and party. There was a 4-course dinner at set tables and of course a lot of speeches and spex.
A toastmaster and a toastmistress (!?) ran the programme, in both English and Swedish. In addition, the bride and groom had organised a variety of fun activities, which might be tips for other wedding parties in the future. Here are some examples:
- Dinner programme that was attached to each envelope, with everything from menus and practical information to humorous rules of order, interesting facts about all the dinner guests (so you knew what to talk to your neighbour about!) and funny quotes about love from children.
- Wedding bingo was also included in the dinner programme, with things that might happen during the evening, such as "you've spoken to the bride's mother" or "someone sheds a tear". As soon as you got two lines together you would shout "bingo".
- Gift box for each guest - The beautiful little box contained things you might want the next day: a headache tablet and some sweets.
- Lottery with 12 prizes - When you won, you had to choose a month, and it said something that you would do with the bride and groom that month. I got one of the prizes, so in April I will make sure to organise a horseback ride with the bride and groom!
- Games for the wedding couple - Peter's son Robin and his wife Alexandra organised the game where the bride and groom sit with their backs to each other, take off their shoes and then hold one of each shoe. When the game leaders ask questions, such as "Who decides at home?" they lift their own or their partner's shoe without looking at each other. Very entertaining for the guests, both when they give the same and different answers!
The wedding menu
Peter's niece Dessi is not only newly married, but also a fantastic cook. She had composed and (with the help of family and friends) cooked all the food herself. Impressive is only the first name, so to speak. During the evening, there was a good friend who pulled the strings and three hired waiters. Curious about the menu? This is what it looked like:
- appetisers: Cold cucumber soup with Swedish prawns
- Appetiser: Smoked potato soup with rum, roasted onions and truffle oil
- Main course: Grilled beetroot and rosé pepper marinated Norwegian salmon with new potato salad and lemon yoghurt sauce.
- Dessert: Lemon sorbet with fresh Blidö berries
Wedding cake and numerous food services ...
Dinner was accompanied by red or white 'love wine' with labels specially made for the wedding and, of course, the wedding cake was served after dinner, which was the only thing that wasn't homemade. But do you think that was the end of the food service here?
No! The bride and groom served lunch before the ceremony in the church (quionoasalad with chicken), coffee and cake outside the church, bubbly and canapés at the bridge, wake-up call at night (grilled sausages) and breakfast and brunch the next day (sandwiches, scrambled eggs, bacon, pies, pizza slices and God knows what else). Impressive we say again!
Party with an all-night DJ
The wedding dinner took time, of course - there were many dishes, many tearful speeches, film screenings, self-composed songs, Dutch dances (the groom Lasse, despite the Swedish-sounding name, is from Holland), a dance performance by the 13-year-old cousins and well... you name it. The wedding couple performed a choreographed waltz - and then the party started.
At a party like this you have a DJ, of course, and that was Peter's son Robin. He started with waltz, salsa, buggy and pop, before moving on to the music he really loves - heavy house - later in the evening. The party went on until six in the morning!
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Nilla says:
Soooo nice!!!! 🙂
And so much fun with a lot of "happenings" 😀.
Understand that you were probably a little tender the day after! 😀
23 August 2016 - 6:48
Mr Steve says:
What an amazing wedding party. And in that setting. Until six in the morning. But what the heck, once in a lifetime.
Delicious and well-balanced menu. Nice with "locally produced" (Blidö berries) for the dessert.
Great to look forward to riding in April with the wedding couple.
23 August 2016 - 7:10
None says:
Wow what an honour to be part of such a party! Very ambitious and what a job! What an end to the summer<3
23 August 2016 - 7:32
Inga Magnusson says:
Incredibly impressive! What a party, what planning, what food and what table setting! These people could undoubtedly make a living as party organisers!
23 August 2016 - 7:37
LinizTravel says:
Wow how fun it looks!!! Oh good 😉 lovely pictures!!!!! Hugs
23 August 2016 - 8:07
Mr Frank Olsen says:
This seemed to be a very nice wedding party, with a lot of content.
Not a lot of time to get bored here no ðŸ™'
We wish the beautiful bride and groom all the best!!!
23 August 2016 - 8:50
Goatfish says:
IT was a wedding to die for 😀 :D, it gets 5 stars! ♥
What a huge amount of work was done 😀 SO stylish and well organised!
Good luck, the bride and groom ♥
23 August 2016 - 8:57
Berit says:
What a wonderful wedding party! Yes, as you say - can your post surely inspire others?
23 August 2016 - 9:00
Helene Holmberg says:
Fun to be part of such a wonderful party. Funny that you got to photograph the bridal couple, nice pictures.
23 August 2016 - 9:06
admin says:
Nilla, yes, you were always a little tender the next day... 😉.
Steve, the food was fantastic and yes, it will be super fun to get some horse riding with the bride and groom in April 🙂 .
No, they must have put in an enormous amount of work! Fantastic fun to be involved!
Inga M, yes I have told Peter that too! They would be great as party organisers!
Liniztravel, a great evening 🙂
Frank Olsen, no, we never had time to be bored...! 😉
Geddfish, yep, this was a 5 star wedding! 🙂
Berit, there were so many fun ideas for activities during dinner, so fun if someone else can benefit from those ideas! 🙂
Helene, fun both to be involved and to take photos!
23 August 2016 - 9:08
nils-åke hansson says:
This was awesome wedding they must get credit for all the food.
Good to have friends who can help too.
23 August 2016 - 9:23
Ama de casa says:
What a party! I can't believe they organised this themselves. I'm just screaming...
Maybe now I'm starting to think it's good that I'm already married 😉.
23 August 2016 - 9:45
Lennart says:
Great party, indeed!
23 August 2016 - 10:14
Anette says:
How nice to see pictures from the wedding. Joyful and happy people having fun. Great party, guess you were pretty tired the day after.
23 August 2016 - 10:17
Emma, sun like sun? says:
How exhausted are they now...? They must just be in a vacuum this week!
23 August 2016 - 11:11
åsa in åsele says:
OMG Such a PARTY!!! Absolutely wonderfully amazing. So lovely to hear about this party, truly a wedding comparable to the royals.
23 August 2016 - 11:51
Marina says:
So many great ideas! The one with the "monthly lottery" was great fun. Now one daughter is already married off, but there is another one...!
23 August 2016 - 13:02
JoY says:
What a wonderfully beautiful wedding you were at
Hugs
23 August 2016 - 13:44
Lena says:
Great event, very busy before, during and after the party! Project management is fun when it is this successful. Thanks for all the tips! Hope you get a much-needed recovery break?
23 August 2016 - 14:25
Ditte says:
What a wonderful wedding and party! Truly memorable and so well thought out in every detail.
Understand that it is an experience to be involved.
And extra fun with a lot happening during the evening.
However, I hope that it was not the newlyweds who were in charge of breakfast or any responsibility at all during the day, evening and night....
Great pictures!
23 August 2016 - 17:11
Ditte says:
What a wonderful wedding and such a fantastic party ... I would say ...
23 August 2016 - 17:12
admin says:
Nils-Åke, yes, it was impressive with the food?
Ama de casa, haha, I wouldn't try to organise a party like this either. But it was fun to be invited! 🙂
Anette, yes, we were tired the day after... and then we've continued to be tired, haha 😉.
Emma, yes, it can feel both nice and a bit empty when such big things are over.
Åsa in Åsele, haha, yes we almost felt like guests at a royal party 😉.
Marina, I also thought the monthly lottery was a very fun thing!
Lena, yes, it was a lot to hold, for many, in different ways 😉.
Ditte, it was an amazing experience! The bride and groom probably managed to rent out most of it during the party itself. But the next day I saw them doing all sorts of things... 😉.
23 August 2016 - 18:32
Veiken says:
What a party, what a wedding and what a day to remember! A big round of applause for the ingenuity and the 12-month lottery ticket!
23 August 2016 - 20:27
Lena - good for the soul says:
Seems like a lot of fun. And, as I said, impressive to be able to do all this by yourself!
Hug Lena
23 August 2016 - 21:03
BP says:
Since you don't get married every day, you just have to go all out when you do. The wedding party you show is absolutely fantastic and so incredibly well thought out and fun. I wonder how many project managers put their heads together here. But they have certainly succeeded 100 per cent.
PS. Imagining you on a horse - having a bit of trouble with that actually - hahaha;-) DS.
23 August 2016 - 21:19
Matts Torebring says:
Wow, I'm speechless! Ok, I wasn't there eating the good stuff, but I was speechless with the creation and creativity.
23 August 2016 - 21:23
Dessan says:
Wow what a nice wedding. They seemed to have thought of everything! Certainly a nice memory for the bridal couple but also for you who were där☺️
23 August 2016 - 21:54
Alexandra says:
Wow, what a party! Compared to our wedding, we got married in secret at Arlanda VIP service with only my best friend present haha.
Must have been fun to be a guest at their wedding! 😀
23 August 2016 - 22:27
Amanda says:
Sounds absolutely wonderful! 😀
23 August 2016 - 23:26
admin says:
Veiken, the 12-month lottery was a very fun thing! 🙂
Lena, we were really impressed. They got help from family and friends, of course, but they pulled all the strings themselves, and it felt like a wedding organised by professionals 😉.
BP, haha, it's so fun to hear how others imagine you 😉 I rode a lot as a young man and like horses. BUT nowadays I ride extremely rarely, so it will be exciting to get something 🙂.
Matts, we were also a bit speechless 😉 .
Now that's a nice memory! And we have lots of photos 😉 .
Alexandra, we did exactly what you did! We got married in secret at the Swedish Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam 😉.
24 August 2016 - 7:24
Christine - 29°. says:
Weddings are so wonderful. And extra fun when they are well planned. 🙂
24 August 2016 - 8:40
Annette says:
What a wedding! How well planned and successful it seems to have been. And the food! So fun with slightly different dishes and especially fun that it was homemade!
24 August 2016 - 12:57
Motorhome Helge says:
What a wonderful memory for the bride and groom to start their life together with.
Should be very proud of their organisation!
24 August 2016 - 17:58
Henny says:
What great pictures and memories you got from the wedding. It is clear that you have known the bride and groom for a long time, they dare to offer themselves, and you managed to capture their big day "forever".
24 August 2016 - 22:17
admin says:
Christine, I'm glad I didn't have to organise it myself, but it was great fun to be there! 🙂
Annette, the food was both good and well planned and I agree, it's nice when you think about it and it's not just "the usual".
Husbilen Helge, I really agree with you! I think and hope that they are both proud and happy and will remember this day with joy all their lives!
Henny, thanks for the nice words! 🙂
24 August 2016 - 23:31
Marianne - Glimpses of the world says:
It sounds like a really great - and carefully planned - wedding!
24 August 2016 - 23:55
Maggan says:
Now I have had time to catch up on my reading. 🙂 What a fantastic party you have been part of and what memories. 🙂 Maybe I'll get some ideas, because there will be a wedding here next spring. Fantastic that they fixed all the food, it was an exciting menu.
25 August 2016 - 21:38
Maria's Memoirs says:
Yum, the menu sounded really tasty! 🙂 And the cake and other decorations look fantastic!
27 August 2016 - 22:24