So you’re engaged…now what?
Your friends and family can finally stop asking you when you are getting engaged, but now they have moved onto the next question: So when is the wedding? Where is the wedding? What colors will you use? How many bridesmaids?
But if you are like me, the thought of trying to plan a wedding made me want to burst into tears, and pull the covers over my head. The one thing I wanted to do first was to ask my bridesmaids. But, to ask my bridesmaids I had to have a date, and to have a date I had to have a venue. To have a venue I had to have an idea of a guest list, and to have a guest list, I had to figure out a budget.
Wine. Nah, I’m just kidding. But, it doesn’t hurt!
My first advice for newly engaged couples wondering where to start wedding planning is this – make a list of what is most important to you. Cheesy, I know, but list out everything that you need to plan, and figure out where your priorities are. This will also help you to decide where in your budget you can splurge, and where you can “trim the fat” so to speak.
For me, I wanted to have a big wedding. I wanted to be able to accommodate all of the people that were important to us. I didn’t want to feel guilty about drawing lines of what family and friends we could invite, and which ones wouldn’t make the cut.
Having that as a priority dictated our venue. If I wanted to be able to find some place that could fit everyone we wanted to invite, I needed to know how many people that was. So we started with creating our guest list. Some people have always dreams of a certain venue, and that is okay too! Find out their capacity, and build your guest list around that.
Once you have that settled, think about the vendors that you care most about. When you are deciding which vendors to prioritize, think about which wedding vendors can only take on one wedding per day. For instance, a catering company, a florist, or a stationary shop might be able to take on multiple weddings in a day. A specific make up artist, DJ, a planner or a photographer can only do one wedding. If you have your sights set on a vendor that can only take on one day, you’ll want to reach out to them right away.
Make sure you break everything down into little steps. It’s a whole lot easier to focus on one small task like picking a date, or compiling a guest list, than it is to worry about everything at once. Also, don’t forget to hire a wedding planner! Cincinnati has some fabulous ones (Like Maura) that can really help organize everything!
Now that you know where to start wedding planning, check back next week for my tips for planning a wedding that you probably didn’t think about! Until then, you can check out past blogs for brides here!
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