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How early are we talking here? lol Personally as I guest it would be cool if it wasnt too early. I love the idea of having an omelette station and belgium waffle station and all that fun stuff for a breakfast reception!
Crebre is going to do a breakfast reception. I think this sounds hella awesome! I love breakfast food!
We're having a brunch reception following our 10:30am ceremony. The meal itself probably won't begin until close to noon, so I wouldn't consider it breakfast. I've been to a brunch reception before and it was lovely! Inspired me to have brunch for mine too.
Good input. My wedding will be fairly small. I am thinking along the lines of a ceremony between 9 and 10 with a brunch after. I love the waffle idea and the omelette station too. I had been toying with both of those.
It's so nice to have someone else to ask.
I think a brunch wedding reception would be lovely and a nice "change of pace" from the "normal" weddings we all attend!
My cousin had an 11:30 am wedding and a brunch reception, and it was lovely! My in-laws were invited (they live near my aunt & uncle, they became friends when we got engaged), and kept going on about it being the "oddest time for a wedding we've ever heard of," so just be aware that you might get some nonsense from guests who are like "what? there's only one way to have a wedding!" Don't let it influence you, just be prepared for it!
I think the idea of a morning reception is great! However, breakfast food, not so much, so maybe a brunch after with lunch food as well?
Having to follow a gluten-free diet, breakfast is not easy... even frustrating! But even without that diet, I think both options is probably better.
ive not been to one but i see them all the time at Shelly Beach/Many at the Le Kiosk restuarant and i always think its a FAB idea. a beautiful early wedding followed by a lovely brunch and the bride and groom still have the entire day and evening to relax and enjoy
i would love to go to a wedding like this
We're also having a morning ceremony (10:30) & brunch reception ("cocktail" hour 11; food served 12)...I'm super excited about it! We're DEFINITELY having a belgian waffle station & toppings bar, omlette station, & mimosas...can't wait!
So far, no one has raised an eyebrow or questioned our decision...or maybe our guests just have the good manners not to question the invite! 
i went to a brunch reception, it was really nice. my mom wanted us to do that too because the wedding's on a sunday, but i said no way am i going to be waking up that early to start getting ready!
I had a brunch reception in September and could rave about it all day. It was such a wonderful time of day to tie the knot, and it was particularly lovely because we were outside. The very short ceremony started at about 11:15 and we were eating by noon. We offered both breakfast and non-breakfast food options, and made it a 3-course meal, followed by cake, to make it a leisurely affair. We had a cellist and a guitarist there too, which was lovely. One of the extra benefits was that it is more cost effective, and we were able to leave for our honeymoon straight from the reception (old school style!). Here's a photo to set the scene:
Swoon! I love that picture. How fun would it be to do this? We're having our reception/ ceremony on Saturday and I keep coming back to this idea... so fun!
I love the idea but I would just be concerned with how much time there would be to get ready beforehand, allow the vendors to set up, take photos, etc. before the ceremony. Then add the time of the ceremony, I would be worried it would be getting pretty late to fee people a breakfast or brunch.
Also keep in mind if you have guests from out of town who may be planning on traveling to the venue on the day of the wedding, this might force them to have to arrive the night prior and stay in a hotel, which may be a burden (physical and financial) you don't want to place on them.
Like I said, I love the idea and have considered it myself, I'm just letting you know the issues I have thought of, not trying to discourage you!
tryingtobepatient: I wouldn't have the ceremony before 10am. 10:30am for us is pushing it - I would rather it be 11, but we are having an outdoor reception in the summer so I'm trying to beat the heat by getting things started earlier in the day. With a 9am start time, you would have to be up SOO early to get ready - probably 4am!
LoveSmartDesign: I love your wedding's style! Would you mind posting your menu? It could serve as great inspiration!
kirabee: You bring up a good point, and one of the drawbacks of our morning wedding. I feel more than a little bad about the fact that all of our out of town guests (more than half of our guest list) will have to come in the night before. Also, my FILs have chosen to have a small rehearsal dinner, so we won't be having any extended family or out-of-towners there, which makes me feel even worse about it! But I reconciled it by saying that most people could get an afternoon flight if they wanted and not stay the night of the wedding, while with evening weddings there's really no choice.
I think it's a great idea! Very original. You'd just have to make sure that everyone could make it there on time. It could get tricky if you have lots of OOT guests. I think it sounds so lovely and festive, though!
do it!
our wedding is a mini two day destination wedding. we are boating everyone to the island at 2pm, will be having dinner later that evening and playing a movie for the kids to stay entertained. but the wedding is the next day at 10:30am. so we are offering up breakfast of course for everyone to enjoy. then lunch is our big meal!
just do what ever your heart desires and go with it!
I have a close friend that did this and it was a hit. She had a 10am Sunday ceremony followed immediately by brunch which included a waffle station eggs yummy potatoes and a gourmet coffee station. They were able to get a well know venue at a budget friendly price due to the time and date.
@daniellemybelle: I'd be happy to post my menu! And any other pictures if anyone wants any daytime event inspiration.
Here's what we had (sorry for the long post, but we gave options for each course):
Everyone was offered mimosas when they arrived, and before we sat down we had a champagne toast.
Starters:
Cappuccino of Pumpkin (truffle milk froth, porcini dust, spice phyllo)
Soft Cooked Farm Egg (house cured lardo, idiazabal cheese, garden herbs)
Patowmack Summer Blend (leaf lettuce, cornbread crouton, romesco vinaigrette)
Royal Hawaiian Prawns (soft polenta, spiced cuttlefish stew, mint)
Entrees:
Huckleberry French Toast (brioche, sweet cream, maple butter)
Hedgeapple Farm Beef Sirloin (tortilla espanol, roasted peppers, idiazabal cream)
Ayrshire Farm Pork Belly (sunny side up egg, cheese biscuit, molasses glaze)
Grilled Swordfish (marinated squash, lemon puree, fried bread)
Dessert:
Pistachio Baklava (spiced plum, white pepper vanilla ice cream, wildflower honey)
Chocolate Truffle Cake (white chocolate cremeaux, rioja figs, almond cracker)
And THEN we all had triple lemon wedding cake!! We were quite full. :)
All of the thoughts have been very helpful. I am blessed with very few out of town guests, and the ability to get ready in a very short period of time. I believe I was ready for my 1st marriage in something like an hour. I have very short hair and only wear minimal makeup. I shall keep everyone's suggestions and thoughts in my mind. Thanks ladies!
My bestest friend ever is having a breakfast wedding and it is so exciting. She is having an omelet station (mad to order), crepes, fruit, danishes and all sorts of other breakfast foods. For an open bar they will have breakfast type cocktails like bloody marys and mimosas.
Everyone she has spoke to is excited about the morning ceremony and breakfast idea.
Go for it!!! It will be very memorable.
LoveSmartDesign: Your menu sounds incredible! Thank you for sharing it. It is much more formal/gourmet than ours will be, though I am still looking for the perfect, inexpensive lunch item to throw in the mix. Maybe some kind of fish?
waving sorry i missed this i was at home dress shopping with mom lol!!!
we are still searching for a venue but i want a 10:30 start time with a short ceremony and eating starting at around 11:00 only one venue has okayed the omelets i wanted but i can still do scrambled eggs and have different toppings for them and to be quite honest the waffle bar is not up for negotiation it will happen lol... i think i may do a fettucini with seafood and/or chicken so that i can eat (i'm not a huge breakfast person) and there will be donuts and beignets there as well....
I'm glad I found this topic! I am also hosting a morning ceremony and breakfast reception, and I'm feeling a little stuck for menu ideas! I would like to create a menu that is a sit-down meal with menus, as opposed to a buffet... Thanks LoveSmartDesign for posting your menu, so so helpful!
We got married at 10:30 am, but had a luncheon rather than a brunch reception. Everyone said they really enjoyed it. However, looking at that brunch menu above, I'm kind of wishing we'd had that instead! Of course, I could eat those kind of foods at any time of the day or night. :-)
I had a bit of a rat race getting ready the morning of (didn't think about that when I booked the morning ceremony!) but it sounds like you won't have that problem.
We are getting married on 10/10/10 at 10:10 AM. We are doing brunch reception and turned it into a "Champagne Jazz Brunch". We have an omelet station, a carving station, picked a site that is bright and has large windows overlooking the river damn.
I can't personally see having a DJ for an event like this so we are looking into hiring a quartet/ Jazz grouop to play though brunch! Brunch food is def cheaper than dinner!
My friend had a 10am wedding followed by a brunch reception last November- I thought it was lovely! The food was delish, as guests it felt kind of nice that we still had the rest of our weekend open, and we had the option to keep partying all day elsewhere of course. I think it's one of the better, more creative ways to stay in a modest budget without feeling like something is missing- you know? They didn't have DJ/dancing, just a pianist and time for nice conversation. It was perfect for them.
I'm also doing a morning reception with brunch to follow in the same venue. FI and I aren't big partiers, so an all night dance party doesn't suit us. Also brunch is FI's favourite meal so it worked nicely. We will probably go out to a nice lounge that night, and let our guests know they're welcome to join us. We'll then have a BBQ the next day and open gifts. A lot of our guests are from out of town, so we don't want to leave them feeling like they didn't get much out of coming to a morning/afternoon wedding.
Traditionally in the south and even along the east coast ALL wedding receptions were breakfasts, supposedly the idea of a cake came from stacking many pancakes. I have always LOVED the idea of a wedding breakfast and I am determined to have a breakfast and not a brunch. I'm planning to serve fruit, eggs and asparagus or pain perdu, bellini's, pannetone and CAKE TOO! Trust me, everyone will love the idea of being able to fly out that very day!
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I am mulling this idea over. Did anyone out there do an earlier wedding and a breakfast/brunch reception. I'd love to know what guests thought and how things turned out.