Sample Timeline

(This is just an example) 

IMPORTANT: PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CATERER TO REQUEST A DINNER TIME. DO NOT FINALIZE YOUR TIMELINE UNTIL YOU HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE CATERER.

Rental times Noon-Midnight ( Sundays we offer 10am-10pm if you choose) 

When you arrive the tables and chairs will be set up - ready per your floorplan that Amelia will hand draw & provide to you. Email ameliabriske@eartlhink.net for details

Noon-1:30   

place linens on tables, set up personal décor etc. 

(Or maybe hired a coordinator/rental company to do that for you?)  We do see DIY couples.  MillCreek Wilde is already very beautiful – linens and florals you have a beautiful room! 

1:30-3:00    

Bridal Prep / other vendors arrive for their set up

(Couples usually have hair/makeup done in town/hotel/AirBnB.  They arrive in robes and use

the Cottage & Hemingway Hut for putting on their dress/suits and touchups) 

Usually they arrive at the venue around 1:30/2pm

3:00-4:00  First look

 (Couples walk around the Barn & Wooded Areas, The Old Barn on the Hill, 

Under the Apple Trees, Hang in the Bower Lounge and more) 

Sometimes Family Formal photos are taken at this time. 

4:00-4:30    Bridal Party in Suites

(Back to suites for one more touch up & line up your wedding party for Ceremony)  

4:30 -5:00   Ceremony begins

(Traditional ring ceremony is 9min. long )

5:00 -6:00     Cocktail Hour, Wedding Party Photos

(your guests will enjoy drinks & appetizers during this time  - provided by your caterer. Couples usually head to Hemingway Hut to sign their marriage license – along with more celebratory photos) 

6:15 -6:30   Wedding Party announced….. Newlyweds introduced!  

(gather your wedding party behind curtains / prepare for introduction) 

You could cut your cake at this point & first newlywed dance. 

6:30-7:30    Dinner Begins      

Important to confirm your dinner time with your career before solidifying your timeline

7:30pm       First Dances  (with parents)

8:00-11:00   get out and Dance!!!

(3 hours of non-stop fun!)

 11:00    Music ends

(last call is made, Coordinator, Rental companies or family start to gather personal belongings, Dj starts to pack up, bartenders box any opened alcohol for you to take home, The MillCreek Wildestaff starts to clean the barn and take trash out. 

Midnight  Departure

( this includes vendors)