Planning your wedding day takes a considerable amount of hard work, flexibility and passion. Having a good memory for details can be an asset when you consider the tasks involved on the check list with contacting everyone from caterers, to photographers, and least of all your family, friends and wedding party. The best way to keep on track with your plan is to use a wedding planning checklist.
Nine - Twelve Months before the Wedding
• Announce your engagement.
• Select a date for your wedding.
• Set a financial range and budget, as well as costs-sharing.
• Picture and formalize the type of wedding theme you want
• Organize and formalize the wedding location, time of day, number of guests.
• Consider hiring a professional wedding consultant.
• Develop a record-keeping system for payments made.
• Amalgamate the guest lists for the family of the bride, groom, the bride's family, groom's family.
• Finalize and select the ceremony site.
• Decide if you want children among your guests.
• Select and reserve your officiant.
• Select and reserve the receptions site.
• Choose and order your headpiece and bridal gown.
• Contact the local newspaper with the engagement notice and photograph.
• Use a ‘day-timer’, calendar or wedding software to mark down the dates and times for: the bridal showers, parties and other celebrations or luncheons
• Screen and hire a wedding photographer for your event.
• For a home and garden theme ceremony or reception, consider decorators or home improvement.
Six - Nine Months before the Wedding
• Choose the attire – dresses, shoes and accessories for attendants
• Choose your flower girl and ring bearer.
• Screen and book musicians or DJ for the reception
• Choose and book videographer.
• Arrange for your caterer.
• Contact, screen and book wedding florist.
• Schedule fittings and delivery dates for yourself and attendants.
Four - Six Months before the Wedding
• Complete and finalize guest list.
• Consider wedding counseling services with your officiant
that are available or required for your church or temple.
• Begin shopping for wedding gifts for each other.
• Reserve rental items needed for ceremony and reception.
• Choose and order your wedding invitations and stationary - wedding programs, seating cards, thank you notes.
• Hire invitations designer, calligrapher, or address invitations.
• Decide on and finalize a date, time and location of rehearsal dinner.
• Start to break in shoes
• Find and arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests.
• Start planning your honeymoon.
• Choose and reserve gift attendant, valet parking and other miscellaneous services
• Shop for shoes and accessories.
• Register for gifts.
Two - Four Months before the Wedding
• Save and record RSVP's and gifts received
• Upon receipt of gifts send thank-you notes.
• Mail invitations. Include accommodations choices and a
map to assist guests in finding the wedding ceremony and reception sites.
• Select bakery / baker and order cake and optional topper.
• Order flowers.
• Contact and book transportation for wedding day.
• Order decorations possibly according to wedding theme.
• Search for and shop your wedding rings.
• Check marriage license requirements.
Six - Eight Weeks before the Wedding
• Determine hair style and makeup.
• Create and follow schedule for makeup, hair and beauty, accessories and nails for the day before the wedding.
• Finish shopping for wedding day accessories -
ring pillow, glasses for wedding toasts, guestbook and any last-minute gifts.
The BIG Week
• Inform caterer of final guest count.
• Pick up wedding attire and make sure everything fits
• Gather everything needed for rehearsal and wedding day and liaise with coordinator
• Meet with coordinator to contact service providers
• Confirm accommodations and reservations for honeymoon
• Finish packing your suitcases - don’t forget passport if needed for the honeymoon.
• Pick up tickets and travelers checks.
The Day of the Rehearsal
• Designate someone to bring accessories - flower
basket, guest book and pen, ring pillow, toasting glasses, cake
cutting knife to the ceremony and reception.
• Provide a detailed schedule of events for the wedding with your wedding party
• Designate someone to return rental items such as tuxedos,
cake pillars after the wedding.
The Day of Your Wedding
• Give the groom's ring to the maid of honor.
• Stick to the planned schedule.
• Use your wedding planning checklist to stay on track and have a great, stress free and memorable wedding day!
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