Depending on your personal preferences and the preferences of your husband or wife-to-be, a wedding can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 years to plan. If one step in the planning process is missed, the whole wedding could be ruined. To prevent this from happening, we have created a wedding checklist in order to ensure everything goes according to plan on your big day.

7-12 Months Prior

• Announce Engagement and have your engagement party

• Decide on the wedding style and create a guest list

• Choose who you both want in the wedding party

• Set the date and time of the wedding

• Book your wedding officiant

• Choose your wedding song

• Decide on "extras" (cake, flowers, dj, photographers etc)

• Purchase your wedding dress and bridal accessories

• Purchase bridesmaids dresses and accessories (maid of honor as well)

• Start planning your honeymoon

• Buy (or make) your wedding favors

• Purchase your wedding invitations

• Plan your rehearsal ceremony and dinner



2-6 Months Prior

• Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests

• Finalize the dinner menu

• Book your limo (or other form of transportation)

• Book the rehearsal dinner site

• Book your honeymoon

• Purchase your wedding rings

• Purchase your gifts for the wedding party

• Rent the tuxedos for groom and groomsmen (including bestman)

• Schedule a dress fitting (bride)

• Book hair and makeup appointment (bride)

• Have your bridal shower

• Send out the invitations to your guests

• Plan the wedding program



1 Month Prior

• Get your marriage license (and blood tests if needed)

• Final dress fitting (bride)

• Arrange seating for your guests

• Have your stag and doe party



1-2 Weeks Prior

• Pick up the wedding dress

• Have your bachelor and bachelorette parties



The Day Before

• Give the wedding party their gifts

• Pick up the tuxedo(s)

• Decorate the wedding site

• Have your rehearsal dinner and greet out-of-town guests



Follow these steps in the first step towards a lifetime of marital bliss!





About the author:

Samantha Taylor spent several years working in the weddings industry as a wedding planner. When she isn't being a mom of two wonderful children, she works as a freelance writer for http://www.yourwedding101.com - a site that offers information about everything wedding related - from wedding planning to wedding invitations and more.





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