Going to the Chapel….wait, no we aren’t!

We had been throwing around various ideas for our wedding before we were even engaged. We had originally been thinking that we would get married at The Elmhurst Inn in Ingersoll, and also looked into various locations in London over the Internet to have the wedding and reception. One thing we knew was that we wanted to have a one-stop wedding (meaning, we wanted to have the ceremony and reception in the same location). We wanted this for a few different reasons 1) It would be convenient for us. We I didn’t want to be trucking around to various locations throughout the day (hair, make-up, venue will be enough for me)! 2) It would be very convenient for our guests to not have to drive to different locations as well. 3) Neither one of us cared to get married in a church.

After toying around with the idea of a sit down ballroom type wedding, we realized that it just wasn’t us- we LOVE food and wanted to put a personal spin on things so we opted to do something a bit different and have a cocktail style affair! When we made an appointment to go visit Elsie Perrin Williams Estate we instantly knew it was where we wanted to get married. Mr. D is a sucker for ANYTHING old and rustic and I loooove vintage romance/vintage ANYTHING. So Elsie Perrin Williams Estate in London, Ontario it would be.

The plan (provided Mother Nature does not repeat the same horrible attitude she had this past July) is to have the wedding outside on the grass with the beautiful trees as a backdrop, and have the Cocktail Reception inside/outside. Although the Estate is ours for the whole day, we will begin the ceremony at 6:30 and cocktails/delicious delicious fare will follow.

Here are some pictures of Elsie Perrin Williams Estate that I found today while I was Google stalking our venue.

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