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I think that's a great idea. I am really hoping to find a venue for the ceremony and reception, just seems SO much easier!
The only thing you may need to consider is, are the tables going to be set for dinner during the ceremony? It may be a bit awkward to have everyone sitting there with a full place setting. And if not, when would the set-up be?
The tables will already be set, I didn't really think about it bugging anyone... Maybe I could have the waiters go around and give everyone water or tea before the ceremony begins? So they're not sitting there empty handed.
I love this idea. One of my coworkers did something like this and it was really nice because the people got extra time to talk to the people at their table. They served little mini apps beforehand- one or two things per person before the ceremony started.
I think it's a lovely idea. I'd make absolutely sure that everyone could see from every seat though. I'd hate to be really far away and not be able to see the ceremony.
My only suggest would be for the two of you to sit closer to the dance floor/cake area so that it is easier for you to get to them and maybe catch a breather at your table. Otherwise you may find you don't get a chance to sit down.
@vintage- I hadn't decided which side I wanted us to be on, but that's a very good point! I'll put our three tables over there :)
@littlemissmoo- I hope everyone can see... they'll be able to see us walk down the aisle of course, but I'm not sure if tables 11-14 will be able to see the arbor.. maybe we can space the tables so no table blocks another tables view... I'll have to look into that!
@KM- We'll have chocolates at the tables... hopefully that's enough! Maybe I can ask the caterer for rolls to be placed on the table:)
your set up is VERY similar to mine. what will you use as an aisle runner? I am having problems thinking of cute ideas here on the cheap
where is the focal point of the room? our chuppah will be at the focal point (its already the focal point bc of fire place). then we will be kind of to the side of it. here is a mock up of mine. i am almost embarassed to show it but here it is:
setup.jpg (28.1 KB, 52 downloads) 2 years old
Hmm, as I said I think it's super important, especially if you have assigned seating, to make sure that everyone is going to be able to see. Staggering the tables should have that effect from seeing your diagram :)
btw i do really like your ideas :D but i think it would be more preferable if your tables were closer to the action. I think you will feel out of the light with your table over there. could you do the same setup but by the dance floor? is there room?
i think chocolates at the table will be great. you dont want them filling up on rolls before the ceremony even starts. maybe some pretzels or something.
yeah stagering the tables is a must. i tried to show that in my diagram but it is so hard in paint :D i am going to use gimp for my final one
@daniellealys- I think we're going to move our 3 bridal party tables in between the cake and bar. Don't be embarrassed! There is only so much you can do with paint :) haha as you can see I'm no artist! You're probably right about the rolls.. I don't want everyone chompin down as I walk down the aisle, it will make me hungry :) What is gimp?
@littlemissmoo- I'll definitely be staggering the tables! If it doesn't work out very well I'll just put the people I don't care for at 11-14 hehe JUST KIDDING!
@daniellealys I got my aisle runner from Michaels- It was pretty inexpensive! You can find lots of different ones online too!
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1266102638/ref=sr_st?keywords=wedding+aisle+runner&rs=1055398&page=1&rh=i%3Agarden%2Ck%3Awedding+aisle+runner%2Cn%3A1055398%2Cn%3A%211063498&sort=price
I think you'd better watch where you seat yourselves,especially next to the bar and music. It will be so loud and crowded you'll get a headache and never be able to get through. lol Sitting anywhere next to the music is miserable for most people. That's where the people you're least fond of usually go. 
haha! Also a very valid point.. the courtyard isn't very big so I suppose getting across to cut the cake and such wont be much of a hassle for us... and we can say "hi" to tables on our way. I'd much rather give someone else a headache :)
This is a great idea- it's called cabaret style. I like the idea of serving water/tea so they have something there.
The only issue with your diagram I see is that your arbor could be hard to view by tables farther to the left of the diagram. Maybe reserve 12, 13, and 14 for you and your bridal party? I would want my guests to see the ceremony and if I was in the back and saw 1 2 and 3 open I'd be kind of mad and some guests with no tact might move over there to see better.
PS I'd avoid having anything they could eat (rolls, etc) because the sound of knives being put down (buttering rolls) could be LOUD and distracting. I would do drinks and nothing else.
Is anyone else not having a head table? What are you doing instead?
We aren't doing a head table, we are doing a "bridal party" table in the centre of the room, with the "immediate family" tables close by. Please bear with my 2-minute basic layout that I drew (it is totally not to scale at al LOL)
Having your table in the middle is a good idea! Sadly, I spent about 20 minutes on my drawing and your 2minute drawing looks way better than mine haha! Does your whole bridal party fit at that table? What are you doing with their dates/spouses if they have any?
Our tables will fit 10 people each, we have 2BM and 2GM, so including dates we will all fit at the table (though 1 GM is dateless) ... we are having a cocktail-style/strolling reception, so likely not everyone would be seated at any given time anyways ...
We will have a bunch of passed hor d'oeuvres, and food stations (which will be at the periphery of the room)
Very nice, I wish our bridal party was a bit smaller. We barely fit our bridal party at 3 tables and only about half of them have dates!
Bella-Gimp is an image softwaare-similar to paint but a million times better. You can download it at http://www.gimp.org/ and click the download button. dont worry it is totally safe and free :D you can use it for a lot of things. cropping images and resizing, drawing and things. a free MAJOR upgrade from paint :) If you start using it and have any questions feel free to PM me.
Thanks for the info on your runner :D
Keep us posted on what you end up doing. I am sure it will end up great.
Thanks for the gimp info. It looks great!
I think we're just goint to stick with the plan we have now until we run it by the DOC. Maybe she'll have some different ideas from weddings she's seen.
The only thing I'm having trouble with now is deciding who we want to sit with us at dinner! My FI and I love everyone in our BP, obviously! We'll have all night to hang out with them all though so I suppose it doesn't really matter :)
I'm so glad I found this thread! I was having doubts... I'm doing the same but with two long tables, the aisle will be between the two tables, and we will have seats in one of those tables. I'm planning to serve water and sodas to the guests before the ceremony.
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I like the idea of having the guests already seated at their tables for the ceremony and just staying there instead of having to move everyone around for dinner. Our Ceremony/Reception are in the same place so it seems like a waste of time to do both IMO. What do you think?
Also, instead of a head table I want to do 3 round tables at the front of the courtyard with my husband and I in the middle (we would be the little black dots at table #2)
Tables 1, 2 and 3 would be reserved for us, our bridal party and their spouses.
What do you think of my ideas??
P.S. I drew this myself in "paint" so please excuse the poor quality :)
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