Wedding Planning can be a difficult task. Even though most
people know the basics of planning a wedding it can be very
overwhelming, especially in the beginning. How do you deal
with everything and get the planning done? Simple. Take a
deep breath, relax and start at the beginning.
Announce The Engagement.
Announcing your engagement is pretty basic, once you get
engaged it is time to tell everyone you know! This can be a
pretty fun part of your engagement, announcing your future
commitment and showing off your ring to all your friends
and family. There are many ways you can announce your
engagement. You can send out engagement announcements, have
an engagement party or even use more modern forms of
communication like telling the world of your upcoming
nuptials on social networking sites.
Set The Date.
Being engaged is great, but there are differences between
saying you are getting married, you are getting married
next spring or you are getting married on May 18, 2011.
Having a date makes it feel less abstract and more real.
Setting the date of your wedding is one of the most
important decisions to make in the beginning of the
engagement. So how do you choose your date? There are many
ways. Sometimes people already know when they want to get
married, they have the date picked out based on a holiday
wedding, a tradition, or a date that means something
special to the couple.
However, if you do not know that date you are getting
married and there are no special dates or holidays that you
want to get married on it is time to decide when you do
want to get married. Narrow down your choices. Make a
decision on the time of the year ot the season and go from
there. Once you have decieded the season or month you want
to be married in you can take a closer look at the calender
and eliminate all dates you want to avoid. These would
include holidays you don't want to be married on, birthdays
and anniversaries of potential guests as well as any days
that bring negative feelings to you, your fiancé or
your families.
Determine Your Budget.
Once the basics are done, announcing your engagement and
setting the wedding date, you really need to tackle your
wedding budget. This may be one of the least pleasant
things you need to do while planning your wedding but it is
pertinent to understand how much money you have to spend so
you can plan the perfect wedding with the least amount of
snags as possible.
Choose Your Ceremony Site and Your Reception Site
The ceremony site is important. This is the place you walk
down the aisle and marry the man of your dreams in front of
all your family and friends. There are many choices of
places to say I do. You can get married in a church, an
outdoor garden or another outside location, a restaurant, a
hotel or a private home. What you choose will affect the
feel of your wedding. Each possible ceremony site would
affect your wedding. When choosing where you will have your
ceremony think about what kind of wedding you want if you
want something classic, romantic, modern or something else
entirely. Think about how you want the place to be
decorated and if what you have in mind could be easily
accomplished in each possible place.
Your reception is pretty much the same. Your wedding
reception locale should really add to the theme of your
wedding, the one you already set at the ceremony site. Some
ceremony locations can double as reception locations such
as hotels and restaurants, where as others such as churches
and other places of worship are usually only for the
ceremony.
Planning your wedding may seem daunting at first, but once
you become organized and start thinking about what you have
to do it really isn't that hard. Just remember the basics.
Keep the planning simple, focus on what needs to be done
but try not to overstress and get organized. Make lists,
check them off. Read and research online and off about
weddings, wedding planning and talk to whoever you can
about their own weddings and experiences.
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Pam Kazmierczak is the owner of
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