Start early and do a lot of research! Get thoughts from friends, family, magazines, internet, books. Carry a small pad with you, and whenever you like a touch, write it down. I did everything myself, counting decorations and invitations. It was a lot of work, but so worth it! Everything was the way I wanted.
When I plot my on my own I started by knowing how much we wanted to spend in general. Do you want a huge wedding? Small Wedding? How many people will be going? Call around for halls, banquets, catering. Do you want to get married by church or what? go to JC penny registry they will give you a wedding planner book it really helped me!
The first thing to do is figure out your priorities. Sit down with your fiance and accurate your eyes and picture your wedding. Lots of guests or just a few? Fancy dinner or cocktails and finger foods? Lots of dancing or a sophisticated soiree? Formal and habitual or snug and casual?
After you’ve both made lists of what you want, number them - 1 being the most vital. For me it went 1- guest regard (high!!) and 2- photos.
After that, place your lists together to figure out where your budget will be spent. There are guidelines as to how much of your budget should go where, but for me, instead of 20% of my budget for photos, I place 30% and had my dad print the invitations for free. So you have to go stuff around to fit your needs and wants.
It’s going to be really hard to not get overwhelmed. People are going to start asking you questions that at first you’re really excited about … do you want pearl white or eggshell white? But it will get to a top where you feel like, "I don’t freakin’ care!!" because it’s all very overwhelming. Try to have someone there with you at all the appointments, just so that they can help you keep it together. Someone who will not contend with you, but just support you and say, "Oh yeah for sure pearl. It’s gorgeous". It will really help.
Get a planner and write down everything! Don’t forget about all the small details by putting them in the calendar.
Have a Day Of planner to help at the wedding. You will be far to busy, plus you want to delight in your day. Not be telling people where to place the flower preparations.
And mostly, just be in like. Don’t let people tell you otherwise. Be pleased. You’re getting married!!!
Keep a binder with things you like in them. Remember you budget. Join theknot.com, it’s really helpful and fabulous at helping you keep track of stuff. They also have a lot of suggestions and thoughts. Congratulations!
First thing register with theknot.com, it has a complete preparation guide. Then choose on a date, a budget, and make a list of must haves that are the most vital to you and the groom. Then go from there. Then pick your venues— Theme colors/style/, number of attendants/groomsmen/ attire for marriage party.where, church, hotel, or other places.. and how elaborate a decor, lots of flowers and candles or austerely understated or in between. Reception—Where, how elaborate a decor, seated, buffet, or dessert only/ Bar/ no bar /and menu. plants– what kind /live or silks/ style of your bouquet nosegay or cascade I reckon this gives you a start. and theknot.com will help with the rest.
I started early, very very early but I am a very organized person. We are getting married in Vegas and three weeks later having a reception at home so different people have different time lines. I already sent our invitations out last month and the RSVP date is 2/1/09 because our wedding is 4/4/09 and reception 4/26/09. I want to make sure all vendors are given adequate time to prepare cakes, food, etc, in order to accommodate our wedding. I also looked at sales and made sure that I saved money where I could, like on our centerpieces and my dress. Each centerpiece was 5 dollars and my dress was 99 dollars on sale from 800! This left me money to get the invitations which were more expensive. Know what is really vital to you and make sure you spend your finances on that part of the wedding in order to make sure you have everything you want on your huge day!
set a budget. set a number of guests. split it in half. you invited your half your other invites their half. then if there is room you can give the other person any extra spaces.
ppl. ppl. ppl. know the ppl. who are helping or going to be in your wedding party. if your fiance tells you maybe you shouldn’t question someone you meent threw him to help. listen to him. wish i had listened to my hubby then my bm wouldn’t have backed out 5 days before the wedding
http://www.weddingannouncer.com/
this website allows you to make a website for your wedding, which was nice to get info out to guests. and the forums are GREAT get answers for every question you will ever have
Follow a accurate budget and give yourself plenty of time for preparation.. also don’t let others try to run your preparation because they will try!
set a budget, envision your wedding, look owing to some books, keep notes on what you want. join theknot.com it will help alot! congrats!
Start early and do a lot of research! Get thoughts from friends, family, magazines, internet, books. Carry a small pad with you, and whenever you like a touch, write it down. I did everything myself, counting decorations and invitations. It was a lot of work, but so worth it! Everything was the way I wanted.
When I plot my on my own I started by knowing how much we wanted to spend in general. Do you want a huge wedding? Small Wedding? How many people will be going? Call around for halls, banquets, catering. Do you want to get married by church or what? go to JC penny registry they will give you a wedding planner book it really helped me!
The first thing to do is figure out your priorities. Sit down with your fiance and accurate your eyes and picture your wedding. Lots of guests or just a few? Fancy dinner or cocktails and finger foods? Lots of dancing or a sophisticated soiree? Formal and habitual or snug and casual?
After you’ve both made lists of what you want, number them - 1 being the most vital. For me it went 1- guest regard (high!!) and 2- photos.
After that, place your lists together to figure out where your budget will be spent. There are guidelines as to how much of your budget should go where, but for me, instead of 20% of my budget for photos, I place 30% and had my dad print the invitations for free. So you have to go stuff around to fit your needs and wants.
It’s going to be really hard to not get overwhelmed. People are going to start asking you questions that at first you’re really excited about … do you want pearl white or eggshell white? But it will get to a top where you feel like, "I don’t freakin’ care!!" because it’s all very overwhelming. Try to have someone there with you at all the appointments, just so that they can help you keep it together. Someone who will not contend with you, but just support you and say, "Oh yeah for sure pearl. It’s gorgeous". It will really help.
Get a planner and write down everything! Don’t forget about all the small details by putting them in the calendar.
Have a Day Of planner to help at the wedding. You will be far to busy, plus you want to delight in your day. Not be telling people where to place the flower preparations.
And mostly, just be in like. Don’t let people tell you otherwise. Be pleased. You’re getting married!!!
Keep a binder with things you like in them. Remember you budget. Join theknot.com, it’s really helpful and fabulous at helping you keep track of stuff. They also have a lot of suggestions and thoughts. Congratulations!
First thing register with theknot.com, it has a complete preparation guide. Then choose on a date, a budget, and make a list of must haves that are the most vital to you and the groom. Then go from there. Then pick your venues— Theme colors/style/, number of attendants/groomsmen/ attire for marriage party.where, church, hotel, or other places.. and how elaborate a decor, lots of flowers and candles or austerely understated or in between. Reception—Where, how elaborate a decor, seated, buffet, or dessert only/ Bar/ no bar /and menu. plants– what kind /live or silks/ style of your bouquet nosegay or cascade I reckon this gives you a start. and theknot.com will help with the rest.
I started early, very very early but I am a very organized person. We are getting married in Vegas and three weeks later having a reception at home so different people have different time lines. I already sent our invitations out last month and the RSVP date is 2/1/09 because our wedding is 4/4/09 and reception 4/26/09. I want to make sure all vendors are given adequate time to prepare cakes, food, etc, in order to accommodate our wedding. I also looked at sales and made sure that I saved money where I could, like on our centerpieces and my dress. Each centerpiece was 5 dollars and my dress was 99 dollars on sale from 800! This left me money to get the invitations which were more expensive. Know what is really vital to you and make sure you spend your finances on that part of the wedding in order to make sure you have everything you want on your huge day!
set a budget. set a number of guests. split it in half. you invited your half your other invites their half. then if there is room you can give the other person any extra spaces.
ppl. ppl. ppl. know the ppl. who are helping or going to be in your wedding party. if your fiance tells you maybe you shouldn’t question someone you meent threw him to help. listen to him. wish i had listened to my hubby then my bm wouldn’t have backed out 5 days before the wedding
http://www.weddingannouncer.com/
this website allows you to make a website for your wedding, which was nice to get info out to guests. and the forums are GREAT get answers for every question you will ever have