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Youve not only got more money to play with, you dont have to worry about the faff & the favours and can just concentrate on working out how to add awesome moments to the day.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0024-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">One of the simplest ways is making sure your speeches rock. Without the big party that normally kicks off a marriage, the speeches will now become the epi-centre of the day - so plan to make the most of them! </span><span lang="EN-US">We asked the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.speechy.co.uk/">Speechy team</a></span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span lang="EN-US">experts at writing bespoke wedding speeches for audiences big and small, to share their top tips for winning over a smaller crowd.</span><span lang="EN-US">?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0069-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span><u>A WEE WARM WELCOME</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">At a smaller wedding you can ditch the ladies and gentleman formalities and just get on with it. You want a causal, informal style. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span>Address the fact that the wedding isnt what you were originally planning but you werent going to let a global pandemic stand in the way of getting hitched.<span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> Says Heidi, TopDog @ Speechy.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span>Obviously tact needs to be shown regarding the enormity of Covid but depending on your audience, you can also have some fun<span lang="EN-US">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span>Here are some suggestions</p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">So were finally married and today really is a cause for celebration. I mean, for a start, we managed to book a table for 15 at a nice restaurant!</li><li style="text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="">Welcme to our new and improved, slimmed down wedding. Its like a normal wedding, just without the need for guests to dance to Come On Eileen, drink for 10 hours solid or accidently get off with someone they shouldnt. Unless you really want to Aunty Hilary. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Thank you for braving the outside world and coming to our wedding today. You really are our favourite people on Earth and so were expecting a lot of you guys. Laughter, love and obviously huge financial donations to our guest list.</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify; border: none;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0056-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u>AVOID THE SPEECH CLUMP </u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">A small wedding means thinking about the speeches differently. </span>If youre going for the traditional line-up (i.e. three-main-speakers) then Heidi suggests you schedule them so they dont come as a big clump. Have a speech after each course. It helps make the wedding meal feel more wedding-y and works better in the context of a smaller wedding. Another idea that works well at intimate weddings is spontaneous wedding toasts, an idea that originates from Scandinavia.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span>Just suggest the idea of proposing a toast to your guests when you invite them to the day. You can keep the brief loose or simply ask them to stand up & suggest what they wish for your future marriage.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The toasts <span lang="EN-US" style="">can</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="">just</span> be 30 secs long but encourage pe<span lang="EN-US" style="">ople to be no more than 3 mins.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0036-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span>CUT THE CLICHES, PLATITUDES AND GOOGLED GAGS</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">You can almost get away with generic wedding speech fodder when youre delivering your speech to a large tipsy audience, but any clichs or cringey jokes become MUCH more obvious at a smaller wedding</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""> warns Heidi. </span>So avoid any googled humour or platitudes and instead work hard to create a speech thats truly unique and meaningful. This relates to both your humour and your sentiment.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">When trying to make your guests laugh, remember the saying its funny because its true and think about what you and your partner are best known for. What are your quirks, eccentricities and guilty pleasures? Get sharing!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span><span lang="EN-US">When it comes to being romantic, avoid the phrases that have become meaningless through overuse soulmate, the one; you know the sort.</span><span lang="EN-US"> Says Heidi but adds </span>Its worth noting that, in these scary and uncertain times, people seem to be less squeamish about talking about the importance of love.<span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span><span lang="EN-US">This means your</span> audience will be more open to you going deep without thinking youre overly soppy. And seeing as the <span lang="EN-US">r</span>ugby lads <span lang="EN-US">arent </span>on the guest<span lang="EN-US">-</span>list, it do<span lang="EN-US">esnt really matter if you are.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0025-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span>INCLUSIVE COMEDY</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Presumably the guests who made the final 15 know you and your partner better than most heres where Speechy relax their righteous no in-jokes rule. A smaller crowd allows you to be a bit more personal with the anecdotes. </span>Recount the cute but cringe moments in your relationship journey chances are, half of your guests were there, and the rest will laugh picturing it. Get them in on the storytelling ask them if they remember the time you both had to be rescued from a car park, and expect a bit of banter off the back of it.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0055-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u><br></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u>PERSONAL THANK YOUS </u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Normally, the thank yous are the boring bit of a wedding speech because 1) the thank yous generally sound formulaic and 2) most people listening dont get thanked. At a smaller wedding, this doesnt need to be the case, in fact you really can name check all the couples & individuals at the table.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0019-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Heidi recommends With any thank you, try to thank people for a lifetime of love as opposed to simply how theyve helped with the wedding prep. Your thank you will sound more sincere if youre specific so instead of thanking your in-laws for raising a wonderful daughter, thank them for breeding a daughter who knows how to appreciate malt whisky. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u><br></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u>LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE </u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">M</span>ake sure your speech reflects your wedding size. Keep it succinct. No waffle. Ideally less than 1,000 words.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0075-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u><br></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><u>DIRECT DELIVERY</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Even at a smaller wedding, we still recommend standing up to deliver your speech. And as soon as you get up, smile. Its proven to be infectious and will immediately help you relax.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Obviously, with no need for a mic its easier to be expressive; use your hands and facial expressions to add humour and sincerity to your words. Encourage ad libs, ask questions of your partner, make it chatty. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""> </span><span lang="EN-US">A great speech can be ruined by poor delivery so, even though youre delivering to a small audience, rehearsal is still essential even if youre trying to convey a casual, off the cuff style.</span><span lang="EN-US"> Says Heidi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Of course, the ultimate piece of advice is simple; make the most of your speech and ENJOY delivering it on the day. This really is going to be one of lifes special moments.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0072-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">If youre looking for more help with your wedding speech, check out our supplier <a href="https://prettyandpunk.co.uk/business_page.php?trade_id=6398425107" target="_blank"><u>Speechy</u></a>. The team have written for a range of amazing comedy shows including Have I Got News For You and Dead Ringers and now help hundreds of couples around the world write their dream wedding speeches. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Thank you Damion Mower for the stunning gallery alongside this great advice from Speechy, we love a beautiful winter wedding packed full of inspiration for future couples. Please see some more images of this gorgeous gallery!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Speech tips - <a href="https://www.speechy.co.uk/" target="_blank">Speechy</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Photographer - <a href="https://damionmowerphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Damion Mower Photography</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Singing Waiters - <a href="https://www.thesingingwaitermasters.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Singing Waiter Masters</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Videographer - </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><a href="http://bloominglovelyfilms.co.uk/" target="_blank">Blooming Lovely Films</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0060-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0001-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0077-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0070-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0058-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0027-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0033-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0029-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0039-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0024-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0003-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0071-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0045-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 50%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><img src="../blogimages/768243905/pretty-and-punk0050-christmas-wedding-inspiration-buckinghamshire-wedding.jpg" style="width: 100%;"></p>` let parser = new DOMParser() let _document = parser.parseFromString($string, "text/html") let ele = _document.getElementsByTagName("IMG") for(let i = 0; i < ele.length; i++) { let wrapper = _document.createElement('a'); wrapper.href = ele[i].src wrapper.setAttribute('data-fancybox', 'gallery'); let myImg = ele[i] wrapper.appendChild(myImg.cloneNode(true)); myImg.parentNode.replaceChild(wrapper, myImg); } let mainEle = document.getElementById("posttext") mainEle.appendChild(_document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")[0]) </script> </body> </html>