Where do you begin when planing a wedding?
Dont worry huni. I also panicked to start with. I bought a wedding magazine. Most of them have a list in them about all of the things you need to think about (you can cross off all the ones you wont use tho!!) The other thing I used was confetti wedding website. They also give you lots of ideas. I know its hard but if you can find someone to go with you for the day to keep an eye on your baby, go and try on a couple of dresses. That will give you an idea of what wedding theme you want. Then look at churches / registry offices / hotels, etc and everything else will fall into place. If you want any other advice, add me as a friend and I will send you a few messages. Lots of love and luck to you huni.
Wedding Fayre’s! Go to as many as you can! Work out your Budget, that’s everything from venue, drinks, invites, clothes….literally everything! Wedding Fayre’s will give you a rough estimate of what your looking for! Get yourself a folder to put all the info in! You need to work out roughly how many people you are inviting and then find a venue that will hold that number! I found the internet very helpful as well, if you are in the Uk websites like www.hitched.co.uk are very helpful with specialised forums for every aspect of your wedding! Congratulations babe and enjoy, I found the whole planning side of my wedding almost as enjoyable as the day itself! I didn’t quite know what to do with my time after the honeymoon period was over!!
Since you don’t want a wedding planner, it can be quite hard especially with a baby. But it’s possible. Start with where your going to have the wedding and who you’re going to invite. You need to think about who your inviting to the wedding, and after party. If you invite someone to the wedding, they don’t have to come to the after party. But you shouldn’t just invite someone to the wedding planner. Think about how many at the after party. What time it’s going to be at. And who’s going to be sitting at your table. Think about how many people are going to be at lunch, the wedding, dinner and the after party. If you’re doing that all. You don’t need too. Think about what time your wedding is going to be from and finishing. And who you’re inviting. Good Luck!
I agree with the very few that say start with your budget. Then decide a rough estimate of how many people. You need this to be able to book the reception then book your reception, church, these two are done simultaneously and will help you decide on a date then the photographer these things are usually done 1 yr in advance you don’t need a wedding planner, I did mine myself and it was well put together and on a modest budget. At the time of my wedding average weddings were 20,000 we spent 13 including 2500 for the honeymoon had open bar, had 125 people, served hors d vours (sp.?) had wedding favors, had invites printed, and had a professional photographer. We had all just been to my cousins wedding that cost 30,000 and so many guests came up to me and said mine was much nicer!
