Hollin Hall Weddings: Focus on What's Important

I ran into Jenny & Chris on the grounds of Hollin Hall this past weekend as we were setting up for a wedding. They were there reminiscing about their wedding on September 6, 2009. (Happy Anniversary!) I asked them to share some advice for couples planning weddings and this is what they said.

"We would advise couples who have just begun the wedding planning process to focus on priorities--don't get lost in the details. It was really important to us to have authentic food representing our two cultures, so we spent a lot of time and effort in getting that just right. To this day, our friends still reminisce about our whole Chinese roast pig and Persian cherry rice. Things like table arrangements were less important to us, so we went for something simple. Hollin Hall is such a beautiful venue, we were able to keep our own decorations at a minimum. Remember that it's your wedding and you can plan to include or not include whichever traditions or components you want. We had no wedding party, a short and sweet ceremony and no long speeches so our guests had plenty of time to enjoy the food, the open bar and the lovely Hollin Hall grounds."