|
c |
Announce your
engagement-send notices to local and hometown
newspapers |
|
c |
Develop your
guest list (or determine a total number of guests you
can afford, and work from there.) |
|
c |
Set the actual
date, after determining availability of ceremony and
reception sites. |
|
c |
Plan your color
scheme |
|
c |
Book ceremony
site |
|
c |
Book official
that will perform the ceremony |
|
c |
Book reception
location |
|
c |
Book caterer
|
|
c |
Book
photographer and/or video |
|
c |
Choose your
attendants |
|
c |
Find your
wedding dressing |
|
c |
Select wedding
attire and accessories for attendants |
|
c |
Determine sizes
of attendants and order their attire |
|
c |
Determine where
you want to honeymoon and begin making travel
arrangements |
|
c |
Determine what kind of music you want for your reception
and ceremony. |
|
c |
Book band or DJ, etc for reception
|
|
c |
Find musicians for your ceremony |
|
¨c |
Select a florist
|
|
c |
Buy wedding rings |
|
c |
Help mothers select their attire (so that they don't
"clash" in photographs!) |
|
c |
Order invitations (and thank you notes, table place cards,
etc) |
|
c |
Arrange to rent any necessary equipment (tables and
chairs, silverware, china, tent, etc) |
|
c |
Mail invitations 4 to 6 weeks before wedding date
|
|
c |
Order wedding cake
|
|
c |
Arrange for transportation to and from wedding and
reception (horse-drawn carriage, limousine, etc) |
|
c |
Get marriage
license |
|
c |
Gather information on out-of-town guest accommodations,
and make reservations where needed. (you could include a list
with your invitation, telling guests about local hotels and
inns, and including phone numbers, and/or an offer to make the
reservations for them) |
|
One month prior
to the wedding! |
|
c |
Record gifts received and send thank-you notes
|
|
c |
Plan rehearsal and rehearsal dinner (often the "domain" of
the parents of the groom) |
|
c |
Purchase gifts for attendants
|
|
c |
Purchase gifts for each other
|
|
¨c |
Schedule final fittings, including shoes and accessories
|
|
c |
Arrange for cleaning and preserving of wedding dress-ask
someone to take it for you after the wedding. |
|
c |
Schedule appointments at beauty salon—go 3-4 weeks before
the wedding for haircuts, and/or to try out the style you will
wear on your wedding day-bring headpiece, veil, etc to
incorporate in hairstyle. Also make your appointment for the
day of your wedding (or the day before if you're having a
simple hairstyle you can sleep on) |
|
c |
Invite bridesmaids to have appointments with you at beauty
salon |
|
c |
Groom get haircut 2-5 weeks before wedding, so it doesn't
look "just cut"! |
|
c |
Choose someone to attend to the guest book to make sure
that all your guests sign it. |
|
The
week before the wedding. |
|
c |
Make a schedule of your reception. Give copies of this to
your best man, maid of honor, wedding coordinator, caterer and
photographer. |
|
c |
Assign someone (or a few people) to "run" the reception-to
take charge of moving events along according to the schedule,
and keep things running smoothly. (If you have a coordinator,
s/he will do this.) |
|
c |
Arrange for someone to gather all necessary items for
ceremony and reception, and to transport them to the sites.
Arrange for someone to be responsible for returning them
afterward. |
|
c |
Delegate all tasks for the wedding day—a great way to do
this is to write an index card for each person you are
delegating tasks to, and give this to them at the rehearsal or
a day or two before the wedding. If you are really organized,
give a copy of these lists to the best man, maid of honor, or
wedding coordinator so they know who is responsible for what
tasks. |
