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Micro Wedding Planning Guides
Straight answers on guest count, cost, timing, and the exact order to plan a California micro wedding, written down so you can go at your own pace.
Clear answers to the real questions
These cover the decisions every California couple actually faces, how many guests makes a micro wedding, what one costs, when to book, and how it all fits together. Every guide is drawn from hundreds of small weddings across the state. Read as much or as little as you like, and when a real question comes up, a free consult is the easy next step.
Where to start
The five decisions, in order
Start here
How to Plan a Micro Wedding
The exact order to plan a micro wedding, guest count, region, venue, food, personal details, then the day itself. The path we walk every couple through.
Read the guide →Cost
How Much Does a Micro Wedding Cost?
Real numbers and the drivers behind them. Most couples land around $1,000 per guest all-in, here's what moves that up or down, with example weddings.
Read the guide →Guest count
How Many Guests Is a Micro Wedding?
Up to 10 is an elopement, 11–25 a minimony, 26–50 a micro wedding. Where the lines fall, and what each guest count actually unlocks.
Read the guide →Timing
When to Book Your Micro Wedding
Season by season, weekday versus weekend, and why staying date-flexible often earns you a better venue. Three to six months is the sweet spot.
Read the guide →Ideas
Micro Wedding Ideas
Formats and details drawn from real weddings, winery long tables, City Hall ceremonies, park elopements, restaurant dinners.
Read the guide →What's included, what's not
How each part of your day works
The Big Three
Three things are never in the package price, your venue, your food & beverage, and your photographer. You choose and pay each one directly, at its real price. We curate the shortlist, stay looped in on every vendor conversation, read the contracts, and handle the logistics. We never take a cut.
Everything else, florals, officiant, cake, Hair & Makeup, and your day-of coordinator, is included in your package. You never contact, pay, or sign a contract with the inclusions, we do all of that for you. (Add a DJ on A Full Celebration and you book and pay them directly too, at their real price.)
The guides below walk through each service, the four inclusions we handle end to end, and the two Big Three services you book directly.
Included
Micro Wedding Flowers
How florals work when they're included, you share the inspiration, and we take it from there.
Learn more →IncludedMicro Wedding Officiant
Who can legally officiate in California, and how we match you to one, down to an officiant who speaks Spanish.
Learn more →IncludedWedding Cake
Cake for a small guest count without the minimums built for 150, flavors, tiers, and dietary needs handled.
Learn more →IncludedHair & Makeup
How Hair & Makeup fits your morning-of timeline, and what's included in every package.
Learn more →IncludedDay-of Wedding Coordination
What a day-of coordinator actually does, hour by hour, so you're a guest at your own wedding, not managing it.
Learn more →Billed directMicro Wedding Catering & Food
Family-style, plated, or a restaurant back room, how food and beverage works at micro scale, chosen and paid for directly.
Learn more →Billed directMicro Wedding Photography
Why you book your photographer directly at their real price, and how we build the day's timeline around the photos you want.
Learn more →Real California weddings
What these guides look like in practice
Let's talk
Let's plan your day
Read as much as you like. When a real question comes up, book a free 30-minute consult, we'll talk through your guest count, region, and timeline, and open your planning portal on the call so you can see exactly what working with us looks like.
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