1. At about 2-3 weeks before you wedding take the time to contact all of your day-of vendors (only if you haven't recently met with them though) and confirm their arrival times and also the details of your contract. Knowing that you've had a final discussion with them will give you the utmost confidence in them and their service.
2. Create a production schedule mapping out all of the details for you day. I can't emphasize enough how important and helpful this is.
3. Get your "stuff" organized. Create separate boxes or containers for items related to different events throughout the day. For example, keep all of your items for the ceremony together and labeled in it's own container. This way whoever is setting up has no reservations to where it belongs.
4. Emphasis to your bridal party and any day-of vendors the importance of time. If everyone is prompt and on time it will ease your mind and allow you to really soak in the emotion of the day.
5. Seriously though, just try and relax. If the flowers aren't the perfect shade of magenta, a bridesmaid walks down the aisle on the wrong cue, or your welcome toast isn't exactly how you practiced, at the end of the day you'll still be husband and wife and nobody will have even noticed. Try your best to soak up every moment of the day, it goes by way to fast.
Does anyone else have other tips they'd like to share?
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I've always imagined weddings to be perfect, but you this post reminded me again that nothing's perfect. This is a very good reminder for brides and grooms to be to relax and calm down and don't stress too much.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of number 4. I started making pocket schedules for all of my brides/grooms and their wedding party based on the timeline I developed. The groomsmen have seriously loved that they can just stick in their pockets. At my wedding two weeks ago, a few of them were showing me they still had theirs at the end of the night.
ReplyDeleteAlso agree with #3. Separate boxes makes it easier for yourself, and your DOC if you have one.