How to make your wedding a memorable one? Is wedding planning difficult? Where to get wedding party ideas?
This website is dedicated to share with you the A to Z of wedding planning.
You can actually have fun while planning your wedding! Do start early so to avoid the last minute stress and worry of not getting certain important things done.
You have always dream of that perfect wedding ceremony since you were a little girl. Picture this: wearing that perfect wedding ring, Cinderella wedding gown, wedding flowers and stroll down the aisle with your proud daddy.
That picture perfect wedding will set you back a lot more money than you expected if you do not plan your wedding early and carefully.
This site is here to share with you my own experience! Here's 14 steps for successful wedding planning:
1. Starting Point : Making the Announcement for Your Wedding
You want to announce to the whole world that you are getting married? Consider having an engagement party. The engagement party is a chance to introduce both the future bride and groom's friends and relatives. Do your own
engagement party planning
today!
2. Work Out a Wedding Time Schedule and Get Help
For a start, work on a
planning checklist,
and the timeline to achieve all those items. Factor in the peak period and low season of your jobs. It will be a good idea to take leave in advance (for example take leave a week before your wedding day).
3. Budgeting for Your Wedding
One of the most important planning tips is to work on your
wedding budget checklist
first and carefully. Once you have an idea how much you will like to spend. You will need to start looking around and compare prices for the various wedding services.
4. Form Your Dream Team For Your Wedding Party
Need help? There are two ways: Get a professional
planner
or friends to help with the wedding planning and execution.
Ask your friends or relatives to help you with the following: the wedding invitations, the wedding engagement party, wedding ceremony, wedding
decorations,
shop for wedding gifts, wedding gift wrapping your wedding
favors
etc.
If your wedding budget permits and you want a stress free wedding, engage a wedding planner to work with you
on your wedding needs.
5. Decide on Your Wedding Theme and Brainstorm Wedding Party Ideas
Choosing the wedding theme for your wedding will help you package together the same look and feel and it also sets the mood and environment for the wedding.
My fiancé and I spent many weekdays and weekends nights brainstorming a few wedding party ideas. It took us a few weeks to crystallise our ideas.
6. Work on Your Wedding Ceremony Guest List, Invitations and Table seating arrangements
Start gathering all your friends and relatives' contact addresses, emails and telephone numbers at least six months before you work on your
invitations
and taking into consideration those out of town relatives. Do keep in touch and update it as and when needed.
Table seating arrangements maybe tricky and sometimes complicated. You will need to study your invited guests, their idiosynacrasies and their social network. Do expect your guests to swop places among themselves and be gracious about it when it happens.
7. Selecting Your Engagement, Wedding, Destination Wedding and Honeymoon Dates and Locations
Selecting a wedding date may seem easy but it take a whole lot of considerations. You may want to check out your families social calendars, so that your date will not clash with another celebration. Once you nailed down a date, get ready another alternative date, just in case the wedding reception venue is not available.
Some couples decide on a weekday wedding while most had theirs on a weekend. If you do decide to hold your wedding on a working day, do expect lower attendance or latecomers. Also consider that your bridal party will have to take leave just to be there on a weekday for your wedding.
Checking out all the
honeymoon
destinations or for
destination wedding
can be overwhelming. First, there are so many attractive brochures and travel ads with attractive travel and accomodation rates it is no wonder all the resorts are after your tourist dollar. Do look to your friends and relatives for recommendations.
8. Selecting Your Dream Wedding Gown and Tuxedo
Do spend time looking through all the
gowns
for that perfect Cinderella gown and Prince charming tuxedo, after all, you get to wear it once especially the wedding gown.
You may want to know how to choose wedding gowns, evening gowns, wedding
lingerie
and wedding tuxedos that flatters your figures and fit your budget!
9. Wedding Flowers and bouquets
One major part of your wedding planning must certainly be the wedding
flowers
! How to select flowers that are suitable for the wedding theme and matching the wedding team's outfits. Careful thoughts and considerations include getting silk flowers for any member of the wedding team that has an allergy to pollen etc.
10. Wedding Beauty and Health tips / tips
Do prepare yourself to look fabulously radiant on your wedding day! Eat balanced meals and keep a healthy beauty regime.
11. Choosing Your Wedding Rings And Engagement Rings
One of the most exciting shopping trip amidst all your wedding planning will be choosing the
wedding rings.
How to choose your
engagement rings
and wedding rings? What should you look out for? Where can you find the best bargains?
12. Your Wedding Photography - Choose The Right Photographer
There is only one chance for you to get that picture perfect moment at the altar, the drama, the emotions, the entertainment and the story of your life. Do choose the right photographer for your
photography
as the wedding album will last for generations if it is done professionally.
13. Wedding Cakes and Groom's Cakes
Cakes
are the main decorations for weddings, you may want to spent some time visiting the bakeries and tasting their cakes, looking through all the designs and comparing notes before you set your heart on one. You may also custom made your very own design.
14. Wedding Etiquette
A very important part of your wedding planning should include careful attention to societal wedding
etiquette
. Respecting and carefully applying wedding etiquette will help erase unhappiness or embrassment at your wedding.