Aren't weddings exciting? The confetti, the decorations, the pure celebration of love that you get to be a part of - they're beautiful. When it's your own wedding? Well, that beauty becomes a little stressful to handle!
Weddings are known to be challenging to plan, with coordination one of the most critical factors in your planning stage. It would help if you were meticulous, from choosing your venues to deciding to shop here for dresses for the bridesmaids. Your wedding can go off without a hitch, and you can make it happen with the wedding planning tips you never knew you needed:
- When you get engaged start planning immediately. Sure, you may not have plans to get married for five years, but that doesn't mean that you can't get planning now! You can get yourself on Pinterest and start up a wedding planning board with ideas of things you'd like. You can also start looking at venues and booking appointments, too. Starting early can be the one thing that gets you the date that you want for your wedding.
- Choose a wedding theme or motif to make certain decisions, like decorations, easier for you. Don't be afraid to go for an unconventional theme, like Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, or even steampunk style. It's your wedding day, so you and your partner can choose what you like. The most important thing is that you're both happy with your choices.
- Sort out your budget. Before you can start buying, you need to know what your budget is and what's going to tip you over the edge for your wedding purchases. The more you know early, the more you can plan accordingly. The wedding dress can be the main and often most expensive purchase. Shop around and look at sites such as styleaisle.
- Get as much of your family and friends involved as you can, from taking advice on photographers and videographers, to getting to know people who can help you with your venue on the day. You need to know which members of the family can give you a hand with organising everything from the engagement party to the wedding day. You're bound to have opinions in the mix, so take them all on board!
- Always be selective with your guest list. You need to know how many you're catering for and then only invite those you know will be there. Of course, everyone wants the whole family there, but if you haven't seen your cousins in thirty years, they don't have to be at your wedding!
- Pick your bridesmaids early - you're going to need their help. The planning won't be as smooth without them by your side. They'll need dresses and shoes as well as makeup and hair done, too, so get them on your side early, and you'll be able to get planning properly.
- Choose your venue wisely. If you want to go abroad to get married, but you want everyone to come, it may be worth chatting to the wider families first to know who would make it overseas. If there's only a small contingent who can see you get married, it's okay. It just means you need to set up a blessing at home, too!
- Always have a plan B and wedding insurance. Things can and do go wrong, even if you don't want to think about them happening that way! Your wedding should go off without a problem if you plan it well, so make sure you do your research.
