How To Plan Your Wedding Step By Step
When planning your wedding, you’ll soon realise that every person and their dog has an opinion on how you should do things. Although most people mean well, everyone’s different ideas can cause confusion. If all the input starts to muddle your own ideas of budget, order and importance of what you want, sit down, prepare a plan and make a checklist.
This way, you can mark your progress, keep to your plan and prepare for your wedding whilst minimising the inevitable stress as much as possible.
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1) Decide what you want
Deciding what you want can be the hardest part, but the part that you need to get out of the way first. Are you thinking of a small registry or a big wedding? What’s your budget? How much of this budget will be allocated to hosting your guests? Now is the time to think about and make a note of all the details of your dream wedding, such as photography, wedding attire and where you want to hold the wedding.
2) Once you know what you want, you can pick a venue.
If you’ve decided on a date, you can start to think about venue(s). If you’ve hired a wedding planner, they can show you options based on your needs and wants. Alternatively, you can go directly to a venue you want and they should havesomeone able to help you with all your queries and requests. It’s wise to start researching photographers at this point too.
3) Who gets an invite?
It’s time to officially announce the happy occasion! Start by making your guest list, then you can design, print and distribute your invitations according to it. In addition to this, now is a good time to start preparing your bridesmaids and groomsmen - they can be a major help throughout the whole process.
4) Choose the bride’s dress and groom’s suit.
So your date and venue are sorted and it’s time to move on to the wedding attire! Choose your outfits and accessories according to whether you’ll be inside or outside. The Great British weather is temperamental at the best of times, so never forget to take this into account when planning your outfit. The right decisions at this point will make sure you avoid any fashion related nightmares on the day.
5) Be punctual with your appointments
It’s great to have a theme/colour scheme in mindat this point as it will make the planning progress a lot more smoothly. If your wedding planner is dealing with all the tedious details, you’ll get to focus on the fun parts. However, you shouldn’t miss appointments where decisions need to be made, otherwise you might find yourself feeling disappointed on the day with elements such as the wedding cake, food, lighting music and flowers.
6) Sort out your living arrangements.
If you’re not already living together and are planning to move in with each other after the wedding, it’s a good idea to get all your home bits sorted now. All the things associated with moving into a new property can be very time consuming so it’s worth getting as much as possible out of the way before the wedding. Financial, legal and insurance products should be dealt with first. If you’re able to then start decorating and furnishing, you can make sure you have something ready to move into as a married couple.
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7) Make sure everyone involved in the wedding is doing ok.
It’s easy to get caught up in wedding prep but let’s take a step back and think about the wellbeing of the people around you. Some of them may be carrying stress you’re not even aware of, so it’s a good idea to take a break to rest and spend time with your loved ones. This can help to eliminate any possible tensions before the big day.
8) Are your wedding favours ready?
It’s time to add the finishing touches to your plans and make sure everything is finalised. Make sure the small but important details are ready such as your wedding favours, hairdressers, barbers, make up artists and anything else you’ll need on the day.
9) Your big day has arrived!
Wedding days are notoriously hectic and full on. Preparations for everything you have planned for so far will spring into action at full speed. You won’t have time to think about all the small, seemingly unimportant details, so before the big day, make a list of things you need to remember and stick it to the door of your bedroom/dressing room.
Write down anything that is important to you, from remembering your phone to the needle and thread you might need for any clothes related mishaps.
10) Roll on the honeymoon!
The stresses of the big day are over and it’s time to relax and make the most of your time as newlyweds. It’s list time again! Make a checklist to make sure you've got everything you need for your time away - tickets, passports, details of where you’re going.
Most importantly, don’t forget to thank everyone who was there along the way and helped to make your dream wedding a reality!
