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Bride's calendar:
Guidelines for staying on time
Planning a wedding is a memorable experience. But timely decision-making can
turn a wedding into a special day where every detail approaches perfection.
Here is a calendar from the National Association of Wedding Professionals
Inc. to help brides-to-be stay on track.
12 months before
- Buy a wedding planner or date book.
- Consult with fiancé and all parents about budget and style-from colors to cake.
- Select your attendants.
- Decide on wedding and reception sites and reserve both.
- Book consultant, caterer, photographer, videographer, florist, and musicians.
9 months before
- With fiancé, visit clergy member or justice of the peace.
- Choose and order dress and accessories.
- Register for gifts.
- Begin guest list; have fiancé start his.
- Consult travel agent about honeymoon.
6 months before
- Plan details with wedding professionals.
- Book calligrapher, portrait photographer, and limousines for wedding party.
- Order invitations and announcements.
- Complete honeymoon plans with fiancé.
- Set date to order attendants' dresses.
- Discuss rehearsal dinner with fiancé.
3 months before
- Finish guest list.
- Shop for lingerie and honeymoon clothes.
- Order wedding rings.
- Make appointment with hairdresser.
- Talk to fiancé about reserving a block of rooms for out-of-town guests.
6-8 weeks before
- Mail your invitations.
- Buy groom's wedding gift.
- Choose gifts for your attendants.
- Have final dress and headpiece fitting.
- Have portrait taken.
- Pick up rings.
- Plan your bridesmaids' party.
- Write thank you notes as you receive gifts.
- Send announcement to newspaper.
2 weeks before
- Get marriage license with fiancé.
- Confirm honeymoon reservations.
- Submit request list to photographer,videographer, and musicians.
- Address announcements to mail on wedding day.
- Arrange to move belongings to new home.
1 week before
- Pack; get going-away outfit ready.
- Purchase traveler's checks; inquire about ATMs near your honeymoon site.
- Give final guest count to caterer.
- Give and/or attend bridesmaids' party.
- Check final details with wedding professionals.
- Keep up with gift acknowledgments.
- Remind attendants of rehearsal dinner details.
The National Association of Wedding Professionals is an organization of
professionals serving the wedding industry with a commitment to uphold
superior quality and service.-(NAWP)
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