- Overall: go with the changing times. Think environmental, fair trade, no sweatshops, no child labor, no exploitation, "alternative lifestyle," & "simple living." For example, you can make your own stencils & print your own cards. You can use flowers from your pots & garden for room decor. Buy your food & things you need from your producers-friends or neighbors, a local coop, local farmers, and home producers. You can have a cook out, a pot luck, a garden party, etc.
- Prerequisite: Announce you engagement date.
- List of guests for the actual wedding. Do you want children? Set a ceiling. Start with family & then friends.
- List of guests for the wedding reception. Set a ceiling. Start with family & then friends. Do you want children?
- 1st, set the day/date/time/place for the actual wedding. Then, make an appointment with the court or your place of worship or both. Then, make all the related preps. See below.
- 2nd, set the day/date/time/place for the wedding reception. Then, make all the related preps. See below.
- 3rd, set the day/date/time/place for your honeymoon. Then, make all the related preps. See below.
- 4th, set your maximum number of guests
- 5th, set your budget ceiling
- 6th, hire a wedding planner, either your friend or a professional. But *pay* for their services!
- Have contracts. Track bills & payments.
- Select your bridesmaid & entourage members.
- Select your best man & entourage members.
- Decide on your color scheme & theme.
- File everything in a hard-copy or electronic folder or binder.
- Accommodations for family & friends?
- Camera for still photos: professional? photo cameras, batteries, a few external cards
- Camera for videos: professional? video cameras, batteries, a few external cards
- Cars for bride's & groom's entourage
- Clothes, shoes, & accessories for the bride
- Clothes, shoes, & accessories for the bride's parents
- Clothes, shoes, & accessories for the bride's entourage
- Clothes, shoes, & accessories for the groom
- Clothes, shoes, & accessories for the groom's parents
- Clothes, shoes, & accessories for the groom's entourage
- Flowers (bouquet & corsage) for the bride, groom, & entourage, wedding venue, & reception venue.
- Get volunteer entrance table attendants to guide guests to sign the guest book & others to guide guests to their seats.
- Get a volunteer Mistress or Master of Ceremony.
- Get volunteer usherettes & ushers.
- Give a detailed itinerary of the actual wedding day to the whole entourage.
- Give gifts to bridesmaid & best man durinf the rehearsal dinner.
- Giveaways for guests.
- Guest book for signing.
- Hair & make up for bride & groom.
- Let the Maid of Honor have the groom's ring for safe-keeping.
- Let the Best Man have the bride's ring for safe-keeping.
- Invitation cards for the actual wedding with name of place, map, phone & RSVP
- Invitation cards for the wedding reception with name of place, map, phone & RSVP
- Musician/s for wedding proper. Give music preferences ahead of time to them.
- Musician/s or DJ for wedding reception. Give music preferences ahead of time to them.
- Organize a rehearsal & dinner with entourage.
- Professional studio-quality formal wedding photos.
- Seating arrangements (print seating cards) for VIPs & others?
- Select bride's entourage.
- Select groom's entourage.
- Select only *one* person to *direct* the whole team during the whole day of the actual wedding. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Tell everyone else to shut up, exce3pt when asked.
- Thank you cards to everyone, including workers, volunteers, & entourage. No one is too unimportant to be missed.
- Transportation for family & friends?
- Wedding cake
- Wedding proper decor
- Wedding reception decor
- Wedding reception menu
- Wedding reception: Open Bar? Bartender? Purchase alcohol, ice, tonic water, soda water, orange juice, lemon, lime, olives, cherries, pop soda, etc.?
- Wedding reception plans: pot luck, catering, or restaurant reservations
- Wedding registry: choose your shop. Think alternative.
- Wedding rings
- Prepare for your honeymoon: packing, transportation, lodging, money, passport?, & things to bring.
Rey Ty
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