My fiance and I talked about having a small wedding with only our closest friends and family. That wasn't going to work! We are Mexican! We both come from large immediate families and large extended families. We both have a large circle of friends so small and intimate was definitely out of the question. We thought long and hard about what we wanted and what was really important. For me- I always dreamed about wearing a beautiful gown and walking down the aisle of a beautiful church. Of course I wanted a kick ass party, but we're Mexican and no matter what we do, it will be a kick-ass party. :) Men are a little bit different, he really didn't have a vision. All that mattered to him was that we would be able to accomodate all our guests.... (which becomes a whole other issue).
We live in the country on a 7 acre ranch. We both decided that it would be beautiful to have our wedding at our home. We thought that it would be a great investment into our house and that we would be motivated to fix up the yard... this was a lovely idea but we definitely understimated the work that needed to be done. We got engaged in June of 2011 and decided that we would get married in September of 2012. This would give us 15 months to work on our house and get it ready for the wedding. The project took an amazing start. My fiance is very dedicated and when he says he's going to do something he does it. The demolition started in the backyard. There was an old tool shed that was knocked down. An old horse stable that was reconstructed into a storage space and the fence that divided the house to the backyard was taken down. Everything was happening so fast... it was exciting. We budgeted about $15,000 for backyard renovation not including the wedding budget. Yikes!!! That's a lot of $ but we were excited to have a new yard.
It was about October when I began to realize that maybe this backyard wedding was not a good idea. We definitely underestimated all the work that needed to be done. I mean we wanted to turn an empty grassless lot into a beautiful wedding venue. I began to think of all of things we needed to do and I became completely overwhelmed. I budgeted what we would spend of creating a venue and it was not cheap. This completely defeated the purpose of getting married at home. I mean don't get me wrong... we are not cheap people but we also didn't want to break the bank only because we wanted to get married. I had a talk with the finace and he completely agreed with me. He had the same concerns and I didn't realize how easy we would both agree that the wedding ranch was not the best idea. And so the hunt for a new venue began!
How do you turn this... 
Into this!!!
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