Wedding

Are you getting married? Dont know where to start? Do you feel like screaming because you have so much to do? Well, put all your troubles aside because I am here to help you. First I think I should congratulate you on your special day. Now let’s get down to business, I know exactly what you are going through I recently got married and the preparations were hell but the actual day was the best.

There are so many things to think about such as: Do you want a big or small wedding, When do you want to get married in the spring, fall, summer or winter. Next thing you want to do is think about is budget. Are you paying it yourself or are both sides of the family paying half and half, if both sides of the family is paying half and half then you don’t really have to worry about it but if you are paying for the wedding then pick a number on how much you can afford then stick with it and just think it doesn’t matter how much you can afford you can always have a beautiful wedding I even think a simple and less expensive the better.

The following thing you should do is get a guest list talk to both sides of the family /parents to make sure your not leaving anybody out. Next look for what kind of invitations you want-you can make your own by buying a kit at a stationary store or go to a bominare store and they can print them up but it is going to cost you an arm and a leg. The next thing you need to look is the church and hall.

Obviously, look more than one place but if you are having an outdoor wedding then ask if they have a ceremony area to do it in. For the ceremony the minister pretty much knows what kind of reading should be for the wedding but if there is any specific readings you want then tell the minister. For the music at the ceremony Obviously, you will have the Wedding march for the bride and for the bridesmaid choose a nice, mellow, so they can calm down as they walk down the aisle. For the pew seating one side is the bride’s family and on the other side is the groom’s side of course and the ushers would take the guests and sit them.

The sixth thing is getting your attire basically for this part is up to the person wearing it and what they are comfortable with. Bride, you choose what colour the bridesmaids dresses are going to be, now the colour could be your favourite colour or it could a colour that suits the month or it may be a colour that it is important to you. The seventh thing, is the photographer .

Look at the internet and see what different videography and photographer that are advertising that way you see their work and if you like it and I would choose the little man with a small business or a solo person the reason why is that you could make a great deal, with a big company they will sell add on’s. Choose a park to do your pictures that is maybe half-way from the church and to the banquet hall so people don’t have to back track.

When you get all the invitations back to let you know whose coming and not coming then you can start with a seating plan for dinner again talk to both sides of the family, they know who sits well with who. Think what kind of gifts the guest would like and gifts for the bridal party some ideas are coasters with maybe the couple’s picture, watches or a bottle of wine with wine glasses.

Caterer, most halls have a great food service and menu before your wedding day ask the manager of the hall if there is a day they can set-up so you can taste the food and do this early enough so that if you don’t like it you can choose a different banquet hall or find a caterer that will go there with a different menu that you will be happy about, Another question to ask the manager at the hall is if they allow another caterer to come in to the kitchen or if there is a special dish that you want you could give the recipe and they can make it or not, is there going to be an open bar or not.

Reception music is basically the D.J’s job to come up with the music selection just tell him your song to dance your first dance, is there a last dance, if there a theme at your wedding and they play songs to that theme, is there a specific song you want played. Do you want music played while people are eating or not , but the D.J will get all the necessary information to make it a great party.

Bakery – Find a cake that goes with a theme, season or which ever one suits you the best or the one that looks really nice, you must taste the cake or a similar cake before you order it. And there are places that will custom make your cake such as, if you want a chocolate filling or a chocolate cake with strawberry filing.

Next one is the florist. The florist will pretty much help you with samples and suggestions and here are the people you’ve got to think about to give flowers to The bride, Bridesmaids, Maid of honour, Parents of both sides, Flower girl, and you also want to go with the colours of the flowers to go with the colour of the dresses, and one more thing you got to think about is where would you like some more flowers so that when you take pictures it will make the picture nicer with all the different colours for instance do you want flowers at the head table. Do you want flowers at the ceremony, Do you a have an arch and Do you want flowers there? if you have an outdoor wedding are you getting married in a garden?

The second last thing to worry about is Transportation – Is there transportation to the ceremony, to the park for pictures and the banquet hall? Are there going to be any guest accommodations? How many people travelling with you? The last thing to worry about is Miscellaneous- Is there any reception equipment you need?

This is what I did.

I had the ceremony outside of the hall, took pictures in the garden and landmark of the hall and reception all in one place. We had the wedding at five o’clock until five thirty, pictures at five-thirty until six-thirty, at six-forty-five dinner was served, at eight-forty-five the dancing started until ten-thirty at which time it was the sweet table and at midnight it was over everybody left but everything went smoothly and it was boom boom bang the guests did not have to wait a long time for anything. We also had a couple of deals because we were friends of somebody else…… everything went well. For the reception music I was the one who picked all the music for the whole night, it was an eighties theme and I wanted the music At the wedding everybody was having a great time reliving the eighties. Plus I even came up with a game for the center piece it was old T,V shows theme song and they had to guess what was the name of the T.V show.

Good Luck and I wish all the best