If getting married sounds like a great idea but planning the wedding gives you a chilly feeling, don’t worry. You can make sure your wedding goes well even if you have no idea where to begin planning. These easy, simple tips will set your feet on the right path to having an amazingly pleasant wedding experience no matter what details you want to include.
If you are planning on having designer dresses or gowns for your bridesmaids, consider purchasing them as their bridal party gift. Many bridesmaids find it expensive and taxing on their income to pay for such extravagant attire that they will only wear once. If you choose to have such a pricey item, make sure you don’t put pressure on them to pay for it.
If you are looking to get married you should decide very quickly what your budget will be. Many couples fall into the trap of endless planning and then adding up their expenses and find they are quite shocked. By setting a budget ahead of time you prevent yourself from overspending.
When photographing a wedding, you must be prepared! Don’t forget to bring extra batteries, memory cards and cleaning materials, for your camera. Think up alternate photography locations, in case the weather goes bad. Attend the rehearsal, so that you will have a good feeling for what will be happening and where you should be at all times.
The most important preparation for a wedding is to expect the unexpected. When it happens, laugh it off and let someone in your wedding party deal with it. No matter what it is, it will be resolved, and you’ll look back and laugh at it someday. Really, it’s true!
Almost essential to a wedding is a photographer. No wedding is complete without a pictorial representation thereof. Don’t you want to save those memories for a lifetime, and be able to years from now look at them and remember all the blissful feelings you had that day? By hiring a photographer you make this possible.
Your guests are likely to be hungry and tired after the ceremony, so why not provide them with snacks as they make their way to the reception? Have someone stand at the door with hors d’oeuvres on a tray and small glasses of something refreshing to drink. Your guests will greatly appreciate it!
Try to avoid being sick for your wedding! Up your intake of Vitamin C and eat only healthy items in the weeks leading up to the big day. Stay away from any foods that may cause stomach upset or gas as the last thing you want to do when you’re standing at the front of the ceremony is be flatulent!
To ensure that you make it down the aisle with ease, be sure to try on your wedding shoes and wear them for one to two hours – at least twice – before the big day. This is especially important if you are unaccustomed to wearing heels, or if your feet are prone to swelling. It will also help you to decide if you need to add strap or heel cushions to your shoes to prevent blisters.
For brides-to-be, make sure to ask the store where you are getting your dress how long it will take to alter it. You may even want to ask them to sign a contract stating that your dress will be ready in time. Many women have been stuck having to wear an emergency dress because their dress was not altered in time for their wedding.
Regardless of what guests you’re inviting, where you want to have the ceremony, how you want to decorate and what music you want to play, you can make sure your wedding is exactly the way you imagine it. Even if you’ve never planned anything successfully in your life, you can make sure your wedding is the exception to the rule, and you can do that by following the above tips.
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