The date that you choose will depend on:
The time of year you want to be married (Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter).
The size and formality of your wedding.
The availability of the ceremony and reception sites (if you have your hearts set on certain ceremony or reception site, you may want to check to see if they are available before you set your official date).
You and your groom’s school or work schedules.
Whether you will have adequate planning time (review the “Bride and Groom Checklists” at the end of this section).
It’s best to have at least 1 year for planning since popular sites and vendors are booked months in advance. Although you can still plan a beautiful wedding in less than a year, keep in mind you will need to order your wedding gown at least 4 to 6 months in advance unless you are planning to purchase one off of the racks, borrow or make one. Even if you are planning a small informal affair, you will need at least 2 to 3 months for planning.
Envision Your Day
Use your worksheets, checklists, and forms to mark off completed items and keep track of all of your activities. This will also help you stay organized and to ensure everyone stays informed.
Set aside time to attend to your wedding planning and details. If you begin to get stressed or overwhelmed, put aside your planning, take a breather and relax. Then review the progress you have made and what you have accomplished. Use this exercise to rejuvenate yourself.
Hire a Wedding Consultant to assist you in keeping track of all of your details and to help eliminate stress. This is especially important if you have less than 6 months to plan as a Wedding Consultant can help keep the pressure off of you and allow you to enjoy this special time period in your life.
If hiring a consultant is not a possibility, delegate duties to trustworthy friends and family members who have expressed an interest in helping out.
Delegate duties to your fiancé so that he will feel a part of the planning and festivities. Envision your day: Next, use your imagination and dream for a minute about what would make your special day memorable, exciting, and romantic. Ask your groom to do the same. If you need some assistance writing down your thoughts, use worksheets “Determining your Style and Formality” as well as “Determining your likes and dislikes” at the end of this section. Your answers will aid you in determining your formality, style or theme. This exercise will also help you to convey your ideas and paint a picture to your vendors and Wedding Consultant. Once you have some insight into what is really important to you as a couple, you can begin to focus your resources, efforts, and finances on these areas.
Set aside time to attend to your wedding planning and details. If you begin to get stressed or overwhelmed, put aside your planning, take a breather and relax. Then review the progress you have made and what you have accomplished. Use this exercise to rejuvenate yourself.
Hire a Wedding Consultant to assist you in keeping track of all of your details and to help eliminate stress. This is especially important if you have less than 6 months to plan as a Wedding Consultant can help keep the pressure off of you and allow you to enjoy this special time period in your life.
If hiring a consultant is not a possibility, delegate duties to trustworthy friends and family members who have expressed an interest in helping out.
Delegate duties to your fiancé so that he will feel a part of the planning and festivities. Envision your day: Next, use your imagination and dream for a minute about what would make your special day memorable, exciting, and romantic. Ask your groom to do the same. If you need some assistance writing down your thoughts, use worksheets “Determining your Style and Formality” as well as “Determining your likes and dislikes” at the end of this section. Your answers will aid you in determining your formality, style or theme. This exercise will also help you to convey your ideas and paint a picture to your vendors and Wedding Consultant. Once you have some insight into what is really important to you as a couple, you can begin to focus your resources, efforts, and finances on these areas.
Begin Your Journey
Congratulations! You are about to journey to an event that you probably have dreamed about all your life. You have met your Prince Charming and he is about to whisk you away to your fairy-tale castle to live happily-ever-after. This will be one of the most special and wonderful time periods in your life. The memories that you create in planning your once-in-a-life time affair will be moments to treasure for a lifetime. Undoubtedly you will want your affair to be perfect and you will want to make sure you are doing all the right things but where do you begin? How do you journey from “I will” to “I do”?
Extraordinary weddings are well thought out and planned. Planning a wedding can be a complex task. It takes an enormous amount of time, money, and energy especially when you compare it with the few hours the event takes place. However, by using this planner you can make the process manageable and easier.
The planner covers all aspects of planning a wedding, etiquette tips, ideas, and money saving tips. It also contains checklists, spreadsheets, and worksheets to help you make your decisions and help you feel confident that no detail will be overlooked. It addition, it contains tips on how to select your vendors, the basic questions you should ask them, and what should be contained in their contracts. The most important thing you can do is relax and enjoy this time period with your groom, family, and friends. You are on your way to creating a memorable event that you will treasure for a lifetime.
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