February 26, 2010| 
I am getting married and I have no Idea what to start with…
what do i start planning first? Does Anyone know of a good Wedding planning Organizer where I can write down all tips, ideas,???
Some one with any advice please help……
well the first thing that you need to get is the venue that you would like to married at, because those are the ones that get booked right away…next you need to start looking for the dress that you want because some places they take about 6 months to make. also look for a good photographer, then the cake, then take everything slowly and in order in that way everything will fall through.
good luck
I’m getting married August 7 2010. I’ll be doing a lot of DIY stuff, and it will be a fairly small, laid-back wedding. When should I start planning and getting stuff done?
I only want answers from ppl who have planned a wedding before 🙂 Experience is usually the best thing to learn from. Thanks! 10pts for best answer!
If you need a venue, DJ, caterer, photographer, cake baker, etc you need to start booking those things now. Many of these vendors can book up over a year in advance.
Basically, wedding planning is super busy in the beginning (around 1 yr prior to big day) then kind of slow for a while, then super busy again for the last 2 months before the wedding. But since you’re doing a lot of DIY projects, you should start those projects as soon as possible so you can spread things out. You’re not going to want to spend 10 hr days at the last minute making programs, favors, etc! Plus, if you slowly accumulate the supplies for your DIY projects, you can spread the costs over a few months paychecks.
Good luck, and remember to have fun! Too many brides get stressed and hate planning their wedding — I’m having a blast!
I have plans to have a wedding reception (due to budgeting) at my church but the only thing is that I have know idea on the type of entertainment to provide. There is absolutely no alcohol and dancing at my church so what exactly is there to do besides toasting, speeches, and cake cutting? Please help!
I don’t think you need to provide entertainment. or anything. Just keep the reception to about 2-3 hours… Will you be serving a meal? If so, go with 3 hours. If not, then 2. Can you at least have background music? If you can, then do.
Arrange the reception hall in a way so that people will not just sit down the whole time.. they need to get up and mingle! Set up a table with punch, desserts or nuts so that people have to get up and go to it. Have a table with pictures of you and your fiance, or pictures from you and your fiance’s parents weddings. You could have a slideshow too.
People will be content to visit with the newlyweds and each other, but only for so long. You can definitely still have a nice reception.. if you keep it 2-3 hours, I don’t think that people will really even notice that there is no dancing. But if you drag it out, they’ll start to wonder if there’s going to be anything more. Good luck!
I’m a guy so I don’t know these things but How long does it take to plan a wedding and why? She said it could take months and I thought to myself It would only take me a week. What is a realistic time table to plan a wedding ????
It is different with each person you speak with. I am a woman, and I could do it in a couple weeks. Women get so obsessed with these huge weddings that they lose focus of what it is really about. To me it is simple, call the church, rent a small reception hall, call a caterer, get a dress and tux, that’s it. I would have a small wedding, with a few close friends and relatives. I would also have a small reception. Everything would be small and personal. So it would only take me maybe a month at the most.
We are planning to get officially engaged around Easter time, and after that we will pick a date, but I can’t help stewing over how long I should allow myself to plan the wedding. We are planning a fairly small simple ceremony and just dinner and cocktails after it(no dance). How long do you think I need to plan this type of thing?
I think a lot of it depends on the area where you are getting married. I live in southern Indiana, and I thought it’d be easy to plan my small wedding. But I soon found out, that even nine months before my wedding date, most reception places, dj’s, churches, ect. were already booked, for a year in advance. We are having a very small 20 guest wedding on the riverfront, and a 125 guest reception the weekend after, and it’s taken a very long time to plan even a simple ceremony. The sooner you start, the better off you’ll be.
I have been envisioning my wedding for as long as I can remember. I know what I want but now my friends and family members think we’re rushing because "they think" four months is not enough time to plan a wedding.
On another note: My fiance bought the ring and I told him my family would pay for the wedding. They still are but does it matter who pays for the wedding? Does it look bad if my family pays for the entire wedding? Does my fiance’s family have any say if my family pays for the entire wedding?
Timeframe really only matters when it comes to booking your vendors. I went to a wedding last night that they organized in 3 weeks, but the vendors were all available on a Thursday, so it worked out fine. Call your ceremony and reception venues first (and your caterer if it’s not included), then your DJ and bakery, with a list of your preferred dates and what’s still available. 4 months from now is what? October/November? You stand a pretty good chance by being away from the main "wedding season". But get moving on your dress, like, now – that can take a while, especially when you factor in any alterations.
If your fiance’s family WANTS to pay, you should definitely let them have some input (whether you choose to accept their money or not). But if not, you should still get their guest list and keep them up-to-date with how things are going. Traditionally, the bride’s family paid for the whole wedding anyway, so that’s not all that strange – these days, though, many couples pay for it themselves or sometimes both sides of the family chip in. Just be sure you talk to your parents about the budget before you even start shopping around – if you’re only giving them 4 months notice, you may have less to work with than if you waited until next year.
Congrats!
just wondering….how long were you engaged? did you plan the whole time? or did you take some time off during your planning? and again…What is the minimum amount of time it would take to plan a wedding?
I took 8 months to plan my wedding, because we got engaged at the end of Sept and had the wedding in May. But that was also because I am an accountant and had tax season to go through. There was another girl in my office who planned her wedding in 2 months, but she has been engaged for about 4 years…
The answer: it takes as long as you want it to. If you want a fancy hall, great food, that gorgeous designer dress that will take 4 months to make and deliver, then you need to take that all into consideration. If you are going to go to a bridal dress outlet, bring home your dress that day and have your bridesmaids get something from a store like Macys, adn have the wedding at a friends house with a BBQ after, then I think you could do it in 2months.
Etiquette says you should send out invitations 2 months before so keep that in mind.
Also, i found that the longer it goes on, the more frustrating it is because you have all the little details in your head and you drive yourself crazy trying to remember it all so it will go off perfectly. Best to just get it over with and get on with your marriage I say. The sooner the better!
I know the bride usually plans the wedding because she’s dreamed of her wedding a certain way since she was 12… but I honestly have never dreamed of any specific kind of wedding. Trying to plan a wedding is giving me a headache. How much is it fair to expect my fiance to plan? Can I give the planning to him and just show up? (He doesn’t seem to want to do the planning either.)
Men will tend to plan the things that are most important to them, but only if you discuss this with them. Maybe ask him to handle the DJ and see how that goes.
If you don’t want a big wedding you don’t have to have one. If neither of you are interested in the planning & you can afford it, hire a wedding coordinator to take on the task.
I want to be married to by boyfriend by next fall.
He asked me how long it would take to plan the wedding and I want to get a ballpark answer so he know what kind of window he has to propose to me.
This may sound crazy, but we have been together for five years and talk about our wedding all the time like he has already proposed. We are just waiting to get on our feet now that we have both finished school.
Depends on where and what kind of wedding you want. Certain venues will fill out a year in advance, or more. Vendors book well in advance, too. Dress orders can take up to 6 months to arrive, and you need time for alterations. But that doesnt mean you cant plan a wedding in 9 months– lots of people do. However, I think you should set your budget right now, then get a venue– those are the most important things.
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