Hire your baker, bartender, rental company, and florist
Confirm your guest list
Create your wedding website
Create your registry
Order your invitations
Plan your honeymoon (and consider whether you want to ask for contributions to a honeymoon fund)
Purchase wedding bands
4–5 months
Order thank-you cards
Select your songs for prelude, cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing.
Book your honeymoon
Book your rehearsal dinner venue
2–3 months
Order your wedding favors
Book the honeymoon suite
Schedule your dress fittings
Schedule your trial hair and makeup
Purchase guestbook, cake cutter, champagne flutes, flower girl basket, and ring bearer pillow
Order menus and programs
Send out wedding invitations (2 months)
Send out rehearsal dinner invitations
1 month
Collect RSVPs
Write vows
Meet with officiant to go over the ceremony
Send the details to your vendors
Finalize seating arrangements
Print place cards
Put together welcome baskets
Get your marriage license
Purchase gifts for bridal party and parents
Schedule your final dress fitting
2 weeks
Give the final guest count to your vendors, especially the caterer
Make final payments to your vendors
Update your registry
Get a final cut or color
Check in with your bridal party to make sure they know the details
1 week
Pack for your honeymoon
Book a spa day
After the wedding
Send in marriage license
Make sure all the tuxes are returned
Start writing thank-you notes
Change your name
Take your dress to the cleaners or preservationist
Design a wedding album when you get your pictures
Think about the best day ever repeatedly
Enjoy being MARRIED!
Picking the Perfect Date
Oh, the perfect date, the one you will remember forever. You celebrate it on every anniversary, and you embroider it on a pillow. But how do you pick the perfect date? In this section we’ll discuss some topics that might determine that for you and how you’ll have a date that you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
Picking a date is typically one of the first things you’ll do, which is very exciting. You would think picking a day would be simple, but for some it’s quite complicated because there’s a lot to consider. Just remember, it’s supposed to be fun! Think about those who have had to reschedule or postpone their weddings — they had to go through the process all over again.
Here are some things to consider when determining your perfect date:
Time of year: If you’re someone who knows without a doubt that the summer is out because you sweat so much, then maybe the fall is more your style. What time of year is your favorite? Do you love the spring when everything is in bloom? Do you love how the leaves change colors in the fall? Remember, everything you do reflects on you as a couple, so if fall is your
Determine your guest size and guest list
