Wedding Timetable A 12 Month Wedding Planning Countdown
Wedding Timetable A 12 Month Wedding Planning Countdown
Congratulations on your engagement! It's a time where your will, wit, organizational skills, and humor will be put to the test. Weddings take a lot of planning and you will likely spend over 100 hours on the phone, visiting with vendors, planning, and chasing after details. To help you get off to a good start, we've put together a complete outline of the things you'll need to do for your wedding and the approximate timeline for getting those things done!
Six to Twelve Months Before Your Wedding
Four Months Prior To The Wedding
- Check the requirements for marriage license
- Select and discuss your color schemes with the florist/decorator of choice
- Again consider pre-marital counseling
- Reserve your wedding day rental equipment
- Decide upon a bridal gift registry and select your gift choices
- Order your wedding invitations and related stationery needs
- Start shopping for the men's' wedding attire
- Reserve your wedding day transportation
- Research and select readings for ceremony
- Make music selections for ceremony and reception
- Decide upon and order favors
- Select your baker, then choose your wedding cake, and groom's cake
- Help both mothers coordinate and find their wedding day clothing
- Review your contracts with all of your vendors and service providers (DETAILS!!)
Two Months Before Your Wedding
- Have engagement portraits taken
- Place your engagement announcement in the newspaper
- Mail out invitations and announcements
- Decide on the men's' wedding attire
- Arrange and plan your rehearsal dinner
- Purchase your wedding day accessories
- Arrange attendants' parties
- Prepare accommodations for out-of-town attendants and guests
- Consider a hairdresser and/or makeup artist and book appointments
- Finalize all honeymoon plans
One Month Left!
- Final wedding dress fitting
- Final fitting for your wedding attendants
- Obtain marriage license
- Have your attendants' parties
- Purchase your going-away outfit
- Create a calendar of events for the wedding day.
- Make sure your accessories are in order (rings, pillow, garter, etc.)
Two Weeks Remaining!
- Finalize arrangements with the wedding entertainment
- Provide a list of wedding music you would like played (or not played)
- Finalize music during special events such as first dance, dance with dad, etc.
- Pick up your wedding rings and make sure that the engravings are correct
- Make sure they fit!
- Contact the guests who have not responded to your invitations.
One Week To GO!
- If you can, take the week, or part of the week off from work!
- Make sure your marriage license is in order
- Prepare seating arrangements, if necessary
- Purchase travelers checks, confirm honeymoon reservations
- Pack your baggage for your honeymoon
- Have your wedding ceremony rehearsal
- Instruct your wedding party on what they will be doing on the day of the wedding
- Have your rehearsal dinner
- Make sure all wedding attire fits properly
- Give the best man the amounts your vendors are to be paid on the day of the wedding
- Inform your caterer of the total guest count
- Confirm out-of-town guests have transportation and sleeping accommodations
- Check with your florist and/or balloonist to make sure they will arrive when scheduled.
Your Wedding Day
- Relax, enjoy yourself, and remain calm!
Allow at least two hours for dressing
- Allow plenty of time to apply your makeup and style your hair
- If professionals are doing your hair and/or makeup, determine the time they need
- If photographs are to be taken before the ceremony, allow plenty of time for that!
- Remember to bring the rings and marriage license
- Seat guests as they arrive
- The groom's parents should be seated about 5 minutes before start time
- Mother of the bride is normally seated last
- Take a deep breath, don't worry, be HAPPY and SMILE!
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