Well, the first thing to do is go to the book store and look at their selection of wedding preparation books.
Look at the wedding preparation lists and calendars that they have - pick the book that looks the most suitable for you.
You will find that the books are mostly geared for huge, expensive weddings - but they work equally well for smaller, less expensive weddings - just adjust the timing and brilliant things suitable for you.
The best thing in those books are lists that give you a excellent place to start preparation - and a place to keep notes and keep track of your progress.
They will include things like scheduling: church - hall - caterer - florist - dress - rehearsal dinner - photographer.
The lists have alot of useful details that you may not have thought of - and give suggestions on when to start preparation and excellent questions to question of the vendors.
Once you book the church - they have alot of suggestions on how to run the ceremony. When you book a photographer - they will have tips and suggestions on how to schedule photographs. Florists will have suggestions - start making contacts and plans - use the book as a guide. You will find alot of people with excellent suggestions who will help you along the way.
start looking for places to have the ceremony.. usually that determines the date..
but reckon of what season at least.
after you have the date..
then reserve a hall for the reception.
thats definately where you should start.
Saving money…ah those two small terms. First set a budget. Do this by calling around and getting quotes. my entire wedding and honeymoon is totaling 10 grand. I splurged on our honeymoon and not so much for our wedding. Figure out what you want first. Do you have a large family? Small family? How many people do you want at your ceremony/reception? The smaller the cheaper…keep that in mind. Ah and another fantastic thing to do is open a CD account Risk Free. This will let money earn interest at a pretty excellent rate while you save money for the wedding. Excellent luck! Also go to http://www.theknot.com lots of excellent advice.
You and me both!!! lol really after I attended my first marriage show, I was in the groove!! Just take time and get your date first!! Save money NOW!!!! just a small each paycheck if you can. A small will go a long way!
Start by remembering that literally all you need to get married is a groom, a ticket, and an officiant. The rest is only as complicated (and expensive) as you choose to make it.
If you choose to have a wedding, then run, don’t walk, to a bookstore or library and find copies of "Marriage Bargains" (Denise Fields) and "Miss Manners’
Guide to Excruciatingly Right Behavior" (Judith Martin). Read these from cover to cover before going to Modern Bride or the knot or any other money-making mags/sites that will try to tell you that you "need" all sorts of ridiculous fripperies. Then you’re ready.
buy a 1/2 dozen wedding magazines or books and start reading. there will be a million things you never even thought of. alot of these will have monthly to do lists or check lists that will help you get started.
Start with the largest details, then work your way down to the small ones. For instance, pick an approximate date and then your theme/colors. Then get the location for wedding/reception(depending on where that is it might choose your date for you), the priest, the dress, etc. The tinier things, like what centerpieces you use will be dependent on those, and aren’t really vital in the long run. Get the essentials done first.
There are also a bunch of wedding planner books, and the site in my sources has a basic timeline so that you have an thought of what you should have done by a certain top.
As for saving money, schedule in advance, and do things like making the centerpieces and the flower girls baskets yourselves. Some of the best weddings I’ve been to were backyard weddings. Of course, the backyards were gorgeous(one had a vineyard) but if your folks, or your fiances are well to do I’d consider it.
I started with setting the date which required nailing down what month I wanted to get married in and then calling churches and reception halls to see if they had dates available. After that I made up an approximate guest list so I could start preparation stuff to buy and make for it. And in meantime I got educated. I bought books for weddings on a budget and just started preparation out where I could cut costs. If you are a crafty person, there is a lot you can make yourself. I made my own save the date magnets, invitations from scratch, centerpieces, floating candles, pew bows among other things.
You just have to prioritize what you wouldn’t mind making yourself and what things you don’t want to stress yourself out with doing yourself.
First, sit down with your finace and your families and choose on the budget. What’s the total amount that you will have to spend. Take 15% of that and place it away in case there are budget over runs. Take half of it for the reception and the rest is what you have for the ceremony, your dress, flowers, cake, etc. Then, I would look at the calendar. Mark out any weekends or months that aren’t excellent for you, your fiance or either of your families for whatever reasons. Look at the months that are left and choose on the date of your wedding. Once both those things are done, you can start preparation. Choose on a basic number of guests that you want to invite so that you make sure that your ceremony and reception sites will hold the number of guests you want to invite.
First you’ll want to choose if you are going to want a destination wedding or a local wedding. Then does local mean where you and your fiance live now, where your family lives or where his family lives. Once you choose the location and time of the wedding then you need to reserve where you want the ceremony to be. Then, start looking at reception sites. Use friends’ suggestions, the golden-haired pages, places you’ve heard of, any thoughts you, your fiance or family members have. Reckon inside and outside the box. Thoughts for places are halls, mansions, historical homes, parks, places that do nothing but meetings/receptions, etc., hotel, your parents home, etc. Is there a place that’s special to you and your finace that could accomodate your reception? Do you want it inside or outside. If you choose to have it outside, be sure to have a plot B at the site in case it rains or snows.
Once you have those things done, I would start deciding who you wanted in your wedding party and start making a guest list. Then start on thinking of wedding colors, themes, look at invitations, wedding dresses, bridesmaids dresses, flowers, favors, the style of wedding that you want, informal, formal, inbetween, etc.
It sounds like a lot but http://www.theknot.com has a fantastic checklist that is really helpful for keeping you on schedule/track with the preparation administer. Also, I would look on Yahoo for wedding lists for brides. There used to be a really fantastic one that was extremely helpful and very encouraging.
I looked for the group I was a member of but couldn’t find it. Here are a few members only groups that look like they may be helpful. With them being member only, it should cut way down on the spam.
First you should start with the church. Next the reception hall. Everything else you can shop around for best prices. Also you should send out "Save the Date cards or magnets" to let your out of towners know about the wedding in time. I am getting married July 2009 and ordered mine online at Best Buy Imprints.
The first two things you need to do is set a budget and a date. Then work from there.
It takes a lot of research & time to get all the info you need. (i.e. ceremony site, reception site, DJ, caterer, bakery, etc.).
If you have a large wedding, I would suggest one of those wedding planner programs. I used one and it helped out tremendously. You can even arrange how you want your tables set up and who’s sitting at what table on it. Then if you need any info printed, it prints out all itemized. Be careful even if since some programs are generic.
Here’s the link to the free trial one I used. It’s called iDo Wedding.
Well I reckon the best place to start is choose where and what time of year you want to get married. Pick a few dates with your fiance and choose if you want to get married in a church, hotel, or other facility. Run these dates by your church coordinator or wherever you choose to check on availability. Choose with your fiance where you want to have the reception. Having the reception at the church would save you a lot of money, but most churches do not allow alcohol, which may or may not be a huge deal to you. Other places to have a reception use their own catering, which can add up because they will have a food minimum (often $5000 or so). Even if, there are a few that allow outside caterers and other vendors (such as alcohol and bakeries). If you choose a touch other than the church for the reception, I would highly urge finding a place that allows outside caterers/vendors. Once you have a ceremony and reception site picked out, lock in your date and place down your deposits on both. When you have this set, pretty much everything else falls into place. You can save money by making your own centerpieces, buying flowers wholesale, and finding friends and family that can help out. Maybe your family or your fiance’s family knows a friend that is a photographer, DJ, or florist. Don’t be worried to question for help, since weddings can get really expensive!
1. Make a pad. You’ll need this for thoughts, pictures, etc. It will save you so much time, and from forgetting vital things or people.
2. What is your budget? That needs to be set before you even eye a roll of ribbon.
3. Sit down with your fiance’ and a pad of paper. Discuss your wedding vision, and the must and must nots. The former gives you better insight, and the latter saves you un-needed stress later on.
4. Start a guest list draft, and get an thought of how many you will be expecting.
5. Start looking at venues-ceremony, rehearsal dinner, reception. If you see one you like, and meets all of your needs, don’t hesitate to snatch it up.
6. Start thinking of your wedding party. How many attendants you each want, and roles that you can give other special people.
7. Vendors–from flowers to catering. Start sampling their wares. If you find a cake baker, photographer, florist, o cater you like book them. You need to do this at least a year in advance of the wedding.
8. Start looking at dress styles and cuts, but DO NOT buy until 8-10 months before the wedding.
If you want any money saving tips, or special thoughts I have made lists of both for previous Y/Aers.
listen girl im on the same path you are in im trying to plot my own wedding for this year im just trying to look for a excellent job to save all my pay checks for the wedding, but i urge you to get alot of information on the things you want for your wedding, get a binder and start writting thoughts down like colors for the wedding, the cake, DJ, Food, Reception place.
ok excellent luck i wish you the best
Well, the first thing to do is go to the book store and look at their selection of wedding preparation books.
Look at the wedding preparation lists and calendars that they have - pick the book that looks the most suitable for you.
You will find that the books are mostly geared for huge, expensive weddings - but they work equally well for smaller, less expensive weddings - just adjust the timing and brilliant things suitable for you.
The best thing in those books are lists that give you a excellent place to start preparation - and a place to keep notes and keep track of your progress.
They will include things like scheduling: church - hall - caterer - florist - dress - rehearsal dinner - photographer.
The lists have alot of useful details that you may not have thought of - and give suggestions on when to start preparation and excellent questions to question of the vendors.
Once you book the church - they have alot of suggestions on how to run the ceremony. When you book a photographer - they will have tips and suggestions on how to schedule photographs. Florists will have suggestions - start making contacts and plans - use the book as a guide. You will find alot of people with excellent suggestions who will help you along the way.
if you want to be married within a year and by a church, start with the church.
You doubtless ought to start with WHERE the wedding and the reception will be AND what times….
thats a start…
start looking for places to have the ceremony.. usually that determines the date..
but reckon of what season at least.
after you have the date..
then reserve a hall for the reception.
thats definately where you should start.
you need to set a date, then work your way with the cherch, ballroom, dress, tux, decorations, food, so on.
Saving money…ah those two small terms. First set a budget. Do this by calling around and getting quotes. my entire wedding and honeymoon is totaling 10 grand. I splurged on our honeymoon and not so much for our wedding. Figure out what you want first. Do you have a large family? Small family? How many people do you want at your ceremony/reception? The smaller the cheaper…keep that in mind. Ah and another fantastic thing to do is open a CD account Risk Free. This will let money earn interest at a pretty excellent rate while you save money for the wedding. Excellent luck! Also go to http://www.theknot.com lots of excellent advice.
You and me both!!! lol really after I attended my first marriage show, I was in the groove!! Just take time and get your date first!! Save money NOW!!!! just a small each paycheck if you can. A small will go a long way!
Start by remembering that literally all you need to get married is a groom, a ticket, and an officiant. The rest is only as complicated (and expensive) as you choose to make it.
If you choose to have a wedding, then run, don’t walk, to a bookstore or library and find copies of "Marriage Bargains" (Denise Fields) and "Miss Manners’
Guide to Excruciatingly Right Behavior" (Judith Martin). Read these from cover to cover before going to Modern Bride or the knot or any other money-making mags/sites that will try to tell you that you "need" all sorts of ridiculous fripperies. Then you’re ready.
Pleased preparation!
theknot.com
Like it. It has been incredibly valuable to figure out what needs to be done and keep me on track!
buy a 1/2 dozen wedding magazines or books and start reading. there will be a million things you never even thought of. alot of these will have monthly to do lists or check lists that will help you get started.
Start with the largest details, then work your way down to the small ones. For instance, pick an approximate date and then your theme/colors. Then get the location for wedding/reception(depending on where that is it might choose your date for you), the priest, the dress, etc. The tinier things, like what centerpieces you use will be dependent on those, and aren’t really vital in the long run. Get the essentials done first.
There are also a bunch of wedding planner books, and the site in my sources has a basic timeline so that you have an thought of what you should have done by a certain top.
As for saving money, schedule in advance, and do things like making the centerpieces and the flower girls baskets yourselves. Some of the best weddings I’ve been to were backyard weddings. Of course, the backyards were gorgeous(one had a vineyard) but if your folks, or your fiances are well to do I’d consider it.
I started with setting the date which required nailing down what month I wanted to get married in and then calling churches and reception halls to see if they had dates available. After that I made up an approximate guest list so I could start preparation stuff to buy and make for it. And in meantime I got educated. I bought books for weddings on a budget and just started preparation out where I could cut costs. If you are a crafty person, there is a lot you can make yourself. I made my own save the date magnets, invitations from scratch, centerpieces, floating candles, pew bows among other things.
You just have to prioritize what you wouldn’t mind making yourself and what things you don’t want to stress yourself out with doing yourself.
Excellent luck and congratulations!
First, sit down with your finace and your families and choose on the budget. What’s the total amount that you will have to spend. Take 15% of that and place it away in case there are budget over runs. Take half of it for the reception and the rest is what you have for the ceremony, your dress, flowers, cake, etc. Then, I would look at the calendar. Mark out any weekends or months that aren’t excellent for you, your fiance or either of your families for whatever reasons. Look at the months that are left and choose on the date of your wedding. Once both those things are done, you can start preparation. Choose on a basic number of guests that you want to invite so that you make sure that your ceremony and reception sites will hold the number of guests you want to invite.
First you’ll want to choose if you are going to want a destination wedding or a local wedding. Then does local mean where you and your fiance live now, where your family lives or where his family lives. Once you choose the location and time of the wedding then you need to reserve where you want the ceremony to be. Then, start looking at reception sites. Use friends’ suggestions, the golden-haired pages, places you’ve heard of, any thoughts you, your fiance or family members have. Reckon inside and outside the box. Thoughts for places are halls, mansions, historical homes, parks, places that do nothing but meetings/receptions, etc., hotel, your parents home, etc. Is there a place that’s special to you and your finace that could accomodate your reception? Do you want it inside or outside. If you choose to have it outside, be sure to have a plot B at the site in case it rains or snows.
Once you have those things done, I would start deciding who you wanted in your wedding party and start making a guest list. Then start on thinking of wedding colors, themes, look at invitations, wedding dresses, bridesmaids dresses, flowers, favors, the style of wedding that you want, informal, formal, inbetween, etc.
It sounds like a lot but http://www.theknot.com has a fantastic checklist that is really helpful for keeping you on schedule/track with the preparation administer. Also, I would look on Yahoo for wedding lists for brides. There used to be a really fantastic one that was extremely helpful and very encouraging.
I looked for the group I was a member of but couldn’t find it. Here are a few members only groups that look like they may be helpful. With them being member only, it should cut way down on the spam.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OurFrugalWeddings/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wedding_Planning/
HTH
Congrates!!
First you should start with the church. Next the reception hall. Everything else you can shop around for best prices. Also you should send out "Save the Date cards or magnets" to let your out of towners know about the wedding in time. I am getting married July 2009 and ordered mine online at Best Buy Imprints.
Excellent Luck
The first two things you need to do is set a budget and a date. Then work from there.
It takes a lot of research & time to get all the info you need. (i.e. ceremony site, reception site, DJ, caterer, bakery, etc.).
If you have a large wedding, I would suggest one of those wedding planner programs. I used one and it helped out tremendously. You can even arrange how you want your tables set up and who’s sitting at what table on it. Then if you need any info printed, it prints out all itemized. Be careful even if since some programs are generic.
Here’s the link to the free trial one I used. It’s called iDo Wedding.
Excellent Luck & Congratulations!
First of all, you will need a bloke who is prepared to marry you!
Well I reckon the best place to start is choose where and what time of year you want to get married. Pick a few dates with your fiance and choose if you want to get married in a church, hotel, or other facility. Run these dates by your church coordinator or wherever you choose to check on availability. Choose with your fiance where you want to have the reception. Having the reception at the church would save you a lot of money, but most churches do not allow alcohol, which may or may not be a huge deal to you. Other places to have a reception use their own catering, which can add up because they will have a food minimum (often $5000 or so). Even if, there are a few that allow outside caterers and other vendors (such as alcohol and bakeries). If you choose a touch other than the church for the reception, I would highly urge finding a place that allows outside caterers/vendors. Once you have a ceremony and reception site picked out, lock in your date and place down your deposits on both. When you have this set, pretty much everything else falls into place. You can save money by making your own centerpieces, buying flowers wholesale, and finding friends and family that can help out. Maybe your family or your fiance’s family knows a friend that is a photographer, DJ, or florist. Don’t be worried to question for help, since weddings can get really expensive!
Here are the steps:
1. Make a pad. You’ll need this for thoughts, pictures, etc. It will save you so much time, and from forgetting vital things or people.
2. What is your budget? That needs to be set before you even eye a roll of ribbon.
3. Sit down with your fiance’ and a pad of paper. Discuss your wedding vision, and the must and must nots. The former gives you better insight, and the latter saves you un-needed stress later on.
4. Start a guest list draft, and get an thought of how many you will be expecting.
5. Start looking at venues-ceremony, rehearsal dinner, reception. If you see one you like, and meets all of your needs, don’t hesitate to snatch it up.
6. Start thinking of your wedding party. How many attendants you each want, and roles that you can give other special people.
7. Vendors–from flowers to catering. Start sampling their wares. If you find a cake baker, photographer, florist, o cater you like book them. You need to do this at least a year in advance of the wedding.
8. Start looking at dress styles and cuts, but DO NOT buy until 8-10 months before the wedding.
If you want any money saving tips, or special thoughts I have made lists of both for previous Y/Aers.
Congratulations, and excellent luck!
start with relaxing and just start on your attire,pick the dress that u really like and try not to be so nervousand ecited to much
listen girl im on the same path you are in im trying to plot my own wedding for this year im just trying to look for a excellent job to save all my pay checks for the wedding, but i urge you to get alot of information on the things you want for your wedding, get a binder and start writting thoughts down like colors for the wedding, the cake, DJ, Food, Reception place.
ok excellent luck i wish you the best
Do not start preparation, live a pleased life single or live together. Marriage ruins the best relationships.
http://www.theknot.com
Has helped me a bundle!!!!!!
Here’s my wedding link if you want any thoughts!
http://beckypooh03.googlepages.com/home