Creative Wedding Ideas

Here are some great tips on how to plan a wedding. Hopefully these tips will help relieve some of the stress and help you stay focused.Stay organized from the start. The first thing you will need to do is sit down and make a basic outline of what your wedding will be like. Answer the basic questions: Who will be maid of honor and best man? How large will your wedding party be? Where do you want to have the ceremony? What are some ideas for a location for the reception? How many guests would you like to have? What time of year do you want to have your wedding (a specific date might depend on when your chosen locations are available)? What is your overall budget for the entire wedding? Once you think through these basics, you’ll have a good direction for your special day.

Next you’ll want to find out what dates are available for your chosen ceremony and reception sites – this will determine what day you get married! Call around and be willing to be a little flexible. You may find your church is open on one day but the reception site you love is booked. You may have to decide which is more important to you.

Once you have a location secured, you can begin choosing colors, a theme, dresses for yourself and your bridesmaids, decorations, table settings, invitations and all the other details that will make your wedding unique. You really should wait until after you book the site of your wedding because the location will set the tone of the wedding and everything else should flow from that. You wouldn’t choose an informal location like a park and then serve a six-course meal with waiters in tuxedos.

One final thought – as you plan, keep a notebook with all of your thoughts, budgets, ideas, appointments and phone numbers in one place. When you have receipts from purchases, staple them into your book. That way you know where every receipt is – in case you change your mind about those centerpieces!