Planning your wedding, and making sure it’s a day no one will forget, seems daunting at first. Numerous parties need to be coordinated, schedules need to be maintained, and you need to stay happy in the process! Like most difficult tasks, planning a wedding goes smoothest when you divide it up into little tasks and take each, one step at a time. With the help of our professional wedding planning team, we’ve made up this checklist to help you get closer to your big day!
The major players in every wedding party include:
Wedding Planning Checklist, Part 1: Right After Your Wedding Engagement
This first article deals with tasks you should tackle long before your actual wedding date, right after your engagement. Take it one step at a time, and you’ll have a beautiful wedding planned before you know it!Start A Folder To Fill With Wedding Inspiration
Check out bridal, fashion, design, and food magazines and start clipping! This way you’ll start getting a sense of the common components of a wedding, and the particular styles that you want for your big day.Plan Your Wedding’s Budget
How much will you have to spend to stage your perfect wedding? How much do you want to spend? Are the two numbers pretty far apart? Maybe it’s time to tone your imagination down. If not, amp it up! How much are your families willing to contribute?Select The Wedding Parties
As soon as people find out about your engagement, they’re going to be clamoring for a place in the ceremony! Who do you want standing beside you at your wedding?The major players in every wedding party include:
- Maid (or Matron) of Honor
- Bridesmaids
- Best Man
- Groomsmen
- Flower Girl
- Ring Bearer
- Ushers (are optional, but can go a long way in making a wedding run smoothly)