FAQs

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What should I wear?

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Immediate family will be dressed black tie. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends, you may dress black tie at your wish. However, as long as you stick with somewhat formal attire you will look great! We PREFER blacks. Black dresses, black button-ups, etc. Nudes and Grays are good alternatives, should black not match your wardrobe. We ask that you have fun with this and look at it as an opportunity to dress like a million bucks, feel your best, wear your nice jewelry, your fur coats, etc!

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Can I take photos?

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No and yes..... We ask that NO ONE have their phones/cameras out during the ceremony. We are paying two very talented individuals a lot of money to take photos and a video and the last thing we want is phones being held up during the ceremony. Your smartphone won't make our ceremony photos look very timeless. We are more than willing to share the photos and videos that we are paying for! However, if you wish to take photos at the reception, during the cake cutting, dancing, or "snack hour" we actually ENCOURAGE that! We also ask any photos posted on social media be hashtagged with #HappilyEtcheverryAfter this way all our guests can visit all photos posted under this hashtag.

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Is the ceremony outside or inside?

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The ceremony is outside on private property and should be about 20 minutes long. Due to it being outside and in the middle of January it may rain so we ask you wear thick coats, however there is a spot inside the house that we can take shelter in that is large enough to fit our guests.

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Is the reception outside or inside?

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The reception is planned to be outside (since it is on the same private property as the ceremony) even if it is chilly! We only plan to move it inside the house if it should rain, so dress appropriately! Wear coats!

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What happens after the ceremony?

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After the ceremony the bride, groom, parents, siblings, and grandparents will take some photos. Our other guests will relax around the property (which is spacious and beautiful) and wait a short time for dinner. Then we will enjoy dinner, drinks, music, conversation, and possibly a small cake cutting and untraditional "first dance".

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Does the wedding have a theme?

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Our wedding will have minimal decorations, due to the location being beautiful on its own. Therefore with all the greenery, we decided that our wedding color would be BLACK (elegant and contrasting). The 'theme' is Twilight Edward and Bella's wedding meets black tie European meets Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice.

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What is the situation with plus ones?

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We do NOT want any plus ones at the wedding. It is nothing against you, we are just trying to keep our guest list between 30-50 people. We figured the only way to do this is to only invite people that have been apart of our lives as a couple. If your significant other has never met us or isn't very familiar with our story we ask that they do not attend. We don't want to meet people or have awkward forced conversations with people on OUR wedding day :) Thank you for understanding!

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What time should I come?

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The ceremony starts at 2pm, try to be there by 1:30pm. If you arrive after the bride has made her appearance and the ceremony has officially began, please do not come down to the ceremony and distract everyone. If you know you are the kind of person that runs late, plan to arrive an hour earlier.

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What about parking?

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There is free parking on the property where the wedding is taking place. Try to carpool if possible!

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I still have more questions. How can I contact you?

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You can contact whom ever you are most comfortable speaking with. You can call OR text at any time, we will get back to you if we miss your call. Bobby: (209) 202-2035. Alexys: (209) 535-5084. Or you can email Alexys' frequently check email: alexys.olivares@yahoo.com