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some have different thoughts for what you can use for decorations and everything like that.
There are a million wedding plotting guides online. The Knot is a well loved one, and is very excellent, but it can be a small overwhelming at times.
My sister found this one very helpful: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides.topic__ss_categories_ss_family-and-relationships_ss_weddings.html
It covers everything from printable to-do lists to traditions to invitations to registering.
Congratulations! And excellent luck!
First of all, figure out how much money, between yourselves and family members that you have available for a budget.
A “real” wedding can be quite expensive.
Your best plot of attack is to visualize everything from the rehearsal the night before until the end of the honeymoon, as you visualize this, write down exactly what you see in the background.
As you do this, you will see many of the details you need to plot for.
You may want to look at sites like e-bay for lower cost thoughts. Places like the Knot are financed by companies which inflate the costs. The most expensive rings are on there, and the pricier wedding dresses.
Now, as you visualize these details. Now you have a checklist.
Your first item will be to figure out a date and to reserve the wedding location. A factor to take into consideration is the minister or the person who will perform the ceremony. He or she may require counseling before the marriage (as a person who has been married for 19 years, I highly recommend the counseling – the wedding is only one day – but it’s the beginning of a commitment to one another). He or she may be a huge help in finding out what you need to do, especially in terms of a marriage license.
If you are using the church, you will want to coordinate with that church on the details, including what time you can get into the church and the costs, and what you are allowed to do in terms of decorations. Some churches will not allow alcohol on the premises or rice to be thrown at weddings.
Now that you have the thoughts, you need to price things for the wedding. You may find that you will need to change your plans based upon the budget. But, get friends and family involved.
For instance, wedding photography can cost anywhere from $500-2500. So, do you have a friend who can take outstanding digital photography that you can develop into an album yourself, and possibly a friend who is an outstanding scrapbooker who would place together your wedding album for you as a gift.
Flowers are another expense, that will vary from florist to florist. You will want to be careful about pricing on this as well.
Congratulations as you and your fiance being a life together. But please remember that the wedding is not the ultimate thing. It’s a celebration of your life together, but things can and will not go perfectly. When you plot too many details, it can and will bring you to tears, because it’s not perfect. So, please, keep things simple and not too elaborate. More than one bride was in tears because the flowers on the table were not perfectly opened or the tables were not exactly where she wanted them. It turns the brides into Bridezilla. So, keep it simple and you will delight in your day.
Nip to the supermarket and pick up a magazine there full of thoughts and addresses for all the things you will need and some things you reckon you will need and really dont
I’ve been using weddingsolutions.com for plotting my wedding. I’ve never done anything like this; I was only a bridesmaid once and I wasn’t assigned any ‘tasks.’ It’s a pretty excellent website. It has tools to help you plot your budget out, too.
First of Congratulations! There are a lot of websites that can direct you to what you should do for plotting a wedding, checklists and all of that. The first thing you need to do is to sit down with both of your parents and hammer out whose paying for what, and your overall budget. The next thing to do would be to set the date, most weddings take place on Saturdays, but you will have the occasional Friday or Sunday, and some people even get married during the week. Then I would choose on whether or not you are going to hire a wedding planner. One might be really helpful if you start feeling overwhelmed, or you just really want the help to make sure your day is perfect. You then want to reckon of what sort of a theme you want to have, or if you just want to pick your fav colors and run with em. After you’ve done that you want to start researching where your wedding and reception are going to take place, your church, his church, the park, beach, a hotel, country club, private venue, the list goes on and on. Then you are going to want to research things you want such as photographer, videographer, caterer if your venue doesn’t have food. Those are the next 3 huge things. after you have those, its really all down hill.
As for when you should get your dress, I work in a bridal salon and we tell brides no less then 6 months to order your dress. It is best to get one about 12mo out if possible if not, then you may have to buy one off the rack if you wait too long. Bridesmaids you usually order at least 4mo before the day of your wedding, they are simpler to make, which is why they take less time. Tuxedo’s and all of that can be ordered pretty much anytime, but you usually just pay like $100 deposit and then about a month before the wedding everyone goes in to get measured and pays for their tux’s then. Flower girl dresses are normally ordered along with the bridesmaids dresses. And the ring bearer is normally ordered with the rest of the men in the wedding party.
As for your decorations and all of that, it depends if you are going to buy them or rent them. normally you get these or reserve them about 2-6mo out from your wedding day, of course if you know that your getting them from say.. Target and you know that they are going to have the same vases or something, you can get them whenever. I always tell people to look for things on clearance if they want to save money, it worked for me, and I have saved myself a ton of money.
Your cake you also want to order about 6mo out from your wedding day. A excellent baker should do a taste testing with you. And then you can choose on what you want your cake to look like. You would also get your flowers around 6mo up to a year before. Most florists if you book them will do mock ups of your bouquet and centerpieces, boutonnieres, corsages, ect. They also will proably question for a color swatch from your bridesmaids dresses (if you have more then one color) that is so you have flowers that complement them.
I reckon I covered just about everything. Here are a list of websites that I have found helpful:
http://www.weddingsolutions.com/
http://www.projectwedding.com
http://www.ourweddingday.com/
http://www.weddingwire.com/
http://www.theknot.com
http://www.classysassyweddings.com/photogallery.html
http://www.yourweddingcompany.com
http://www.weddingsgalore.com
Those are all the ones that I have bookmarked. I would go to this one first though because it has the most detailed to do checklist I have ever found and it really gives you an thought for everything!:
http://www.weddingsgalore.com/wedding_checklist.html
it even has a grooms checklist.
Anyhow I hope all of this helped! If you need anything I am always online so just add me and question away! Congrats again
theknot.com it tells you everything…even has a huge checklist!