Preparing for the wedding is a responsible procedure, which must be approached with all seriousness and knowledge of the matter. Often paid organizers take this initiative. They plan the whole wedding to the smallest detail and taking into account the wishes of future spouses. If appeal to such intermediaries is impossible, you can always arrange a wedding celebration on your own. How to do it? Where to start planning? And which items to include in your wishlist?
We make a list of actions and wishes
Begin wedding planning with a wish list. This should be done about six months before the celebration. What should be in it? First, start by determining the exact date of the wedding. At the same time, take into account the wishes of each other. Secondly, the preparation for the wedding involves the timely selection of the place and time of the wedding. To do this, it will not be superfluous to clarify the wedding schedule of the proposed registry office.
Thirdly, decide on a restaurant or cafe where the main fun will take place after the official wedding procedure. Consider the traffic intersection, the presence of parking. It will be useful to visit the proposed institution, conduct price monitoring and make rough estimates of future costs. Do not forget about a romantic honeymoon. Determine the country of residence, dates, number of days and calculate other organizational issues (registration of passports, booking tickets and hotel rooms).
And, of course, before deciding what is needed to prepare for the wedding, it is imperative to determine the theme of the celebration. And will it be a classic wedding with a veil and usual gatherings or a holiday in pirate, Hawaiian, gangster, Ukrainian, Indian and other styles - you decide.
We make a list of guests for a festive celebration
The second thing to start preparing for the wedding is the guest list. Record the number of invitees on both sides. At the same time, it is worth considering their gender, age and social status. You will need this when planning who and where to plant. This must be done approximately 4 months before the event.
The next step is to verify the exact number of guests. To do this, ring all the people you want to see at your wedding, put “+” or “-” in front of each. Consequently, the number of servings, ordered places and the number of invitations will depend on the number of guests.
At the same stage, step-by-step preparation for the wedding involves the purchase, signing and mailing of beautifully designed invitation cards.
We solve organizational issues
About 3 months before the celebration, people who decide to get married need to solve a number of organizational issues. In particular, it is necessary to go to the registry office, write a statement there, solve the wedding issue (if such is provided for by the plan). At the same time, it makes sense to look and buy wedding rings, as well as ask the price and, if you wish, immediately buy wedding dresses. If you are not ready to buy outfits for now, this is best done about a month before the celebration.
It is also worth deciding on the choice of a cafe or restaurant. At this stage, you need to discuss the menu and specify the number of guests. In addition, you need to ask about the cost of the wedding procession, evaluate the services of florists, decorators, makeup artists. And, of course, not a single wedding preparation is complete without the selection of honorable witnesses.
What to do a month and a half before the wedding?
When the final wedding date is getting closer, you have less time left to prepare it. In about a month and a half, you should decide on the choice of host, designers and musicians, book a wedding tour with a travel agency, book tickets and a hotel.
Among other things, provides for the preparation of the wedding photo and video. Therefore, the next step will be to find the right operator and photographer. At the same time, it makes sense to turn to the choreographer and use it to stage your wedding dance. If you were not going to buy wedding dresses, it's time to start searching for them in the rental agencies. Decide on the design and order of the wedding loaf and cake.
At the same period of preparation, girls and women should contact a cosmetologist and begin preparatory work to improve skin color, the condition of hair, nails and other parts of the body. Men are also encouraged to do looks in advance. In addition, you need to take care of choosing a floral salon and decide on a floral arrangement for the bride’s bouquet and for creating boutonnieres.
What to do young three weeks before the celebration?
Three weeks before the event preparation for the wedding goes in a different direction: there is very little time left and preparatory work on organizing and decorating is faster. At this time, it is recommended to ring all the guests again and finally specify the number of those who can come.
At the same stage, you should talk with the host or the organizer of the wedding event and discuss in detail the wedding scenario. It also provides for communication with the photographer and cameraman. This must be done to adjust the route of the wedding walk. Check once again the organizational moments on the theme of honeymoon.
Remained a week before the wedding: what to do?
A week is left before the wedding: what to do? The main thing is to calm down and not to panic. This is especially true for parents who, in the literal sense, preparing for their daughter’s wedding, make handfuls swallow sedatives and drink pills "from the heart." Dear Dads and Moms! If your precious daughter is walking down the aisle, then a week before the wedding, you should calm down, not rushing to call all the people who are planning to be involved during the wedding ceremony (photographer, cameraman, florist, driver, etc.).
At the same time, you should buy balloons and accessories for decorating the hall (if you decide to do the decoration yourself), buy small and symbolic gifts for the guests and make funny diplomas and medals (for example, the letter “For the fact that I fell asleep at the table”).
And, of course, it is best to organize a loud bachelorette party and a bachelor party a week before the wedding.
The day before the wedding: what to do?
The day before the celebration, conduct an audit of all prepared things. Once again, review your previously created wish list to see if you missed something in a hurry. Check the availability of glasses and champagne for the registry office, specify the time of arrival of the driver. You can decorate the car with the groom in the evening, and prepare an ransom for the bride for an honorary witness.
The bride should check the condition of her outfit, shoes and accessories, put everything necessary in her purse, and also phone the hairdresser or private master to specify the time. And finally, sleep well and expect a solemn moment.
How is the preparation for a stranger's wedding?
As you can see, it’s not at all easy to be a bride and groom before the wedding. It is much easier for guests who only need to come on time, express their support to the young, give presents and enjoy the evening. If you were invited to a wedding, then it makes sense to prepare for it in a week.
In this case, you will have time to take care of your suit and sign up with a hairdresser. And, of course, do not forget to buy gifts for the bride and groom. At the same time, it is better to choose exactly those things or kitchen utensils that will be useful to young spouses in the future. If you don’t know what to give, it’s best to buy a beautiful envelope, invest money in it and prepare beautiful words with which you solemnly hand the envelope to your spouses.
How to arrange an urgent wedding?
Sometimes there is no way to arrange a classic wedding. There can be many reasons for this, for example, tight deadlines for paperwork for traveling abroad, pregnancy of the bride, etc. In a word, in such cases it is necessary to act quickly, but at the same time not to lose prudence. So, it’s worth starting the preparation again with planning. But this time, it is better to prescribe the timing of the execution of certain actions.
For quick weddings, we offer the following action plan, taking into account the monthly period:
- apply to the registry office;
- find a restaurant or cafe;
- arrange with the host, designers and musicians;
- buy bridal clothes, shoes, accessories;
- make a guest list, arrange and send out invitation cards;
- order attributes for newlyweds and honorary witnesses;
- arrange a rental car;
- arrange with the photographer and cameraman.
And finally, a couple of useful tips. If the wedding is urgent, then when choosing a cafe, give preference to small establishments located not in the city center. With this approach, you will be able to rent a room much faster. The most important point of the plan when organizing an urgent wedding is to submit an application to the registry office. And, of course, do not forget about prioritizing when planning your wedding celebration. It is possible that you will have to abandon those things that you can do without.