Seven Tips For a Stress-Free Wedding
The Best 7 Tips for a Stress-Free Wedding
(that you probably haven’t heard before)
Do what feels authentic to you
This one might feel like a no brainer. But you need to hear it!
This is no ones wedding but yours and your future spouse’s!
Do you want a small wedding? Do it! Don’t want a traditional ceremony? Then mix it up! Don’t like flowers? Spray paint bottles a bunch of colors and use those as pops of color instead! (This is what I did!) Or buy live plants for the centerpieces! Or use goldfish in bowls...whatever! You do you! This is going to help you SO much when you’re making your decisions. If you’re struggling with deciding, just ask yourself — what feels most like “us?”
Don’t be afraid to think out of the box. Your wedding should feel like yours and your partners’!
Stop Planning a Few Days Before
DON’T PLAN YOUR WEDDING RIGHT UP UNTIL YOUR WEDDING DATE!
Hear me here. It is more important that you take time to soak in the moment before you walk down the aisle than getting everything perfect. My advice: the Tuesday before the wedding is your last day to do anything wedding planning related!
Take the few days before your wedding to:
Go on a date
Spend time with family and friends
Get outside
Think about how excited you are!
Hire a Wedding Coordinator or a Day-Of Coordinator
If you already have, feel free to skip this part.
If you haven’t- hear me out.
I know it’s expensive. It’s worth it. If anything- have your most organized, type A friend be your day of coordinator.
Make sure you meet with your coordinator and give them: all your vendor contact information, the day of wedding schedule, all your bridal party phone numbers, your officiant’s information, any special details they might need to know.
Leave Your Phone Behind
If there’s a day you need to be in the moment, your wedding day is it!
Make sure your coordinator has your Maid of Honor/Best Man’s number (or whoever will be with you while you’re getting ready) and leave your phone in your honeymoon bag. You don’t need to know if anything goes wrong- let your coordinator deal with that. I know, it’s hard to let go. But trust me, it’s worth it! This one leads into my next point which is…
Make a Contact Sheet
This one kinda goes with the wedding coordinator bit but it’s so important that I’m going to mention it again.
Write down ALL your vendor’s numbers.
Include the Maid of Honor, the Best Man, your Photographer, the caterer, the coordinator, the bakery/dessert person, the officiant, both of your parents, the DJ, the Emcee...everyone! EXCEPT YOUR AND YOUR PARTNER'S NUMBERS! Don’t include those ‘cause you’re not gonna want to answer any questions!
Leave Plenty of Time for Photos
You’d be surprised -- lots of people don’t factor enough time in for photos! This is one of the benefits of a first look. You can take most if not all of your bridal party photos before the ceremony even begins! Even if you don’t do a first look, have a juicy cocktail hour (and then some.) And don’t forget to add some time in the schedule (even 15 minutes!) for some golden hour photos with just you and your partner! Something I do with all my clients is a planning meeting where we talk through your timeline from a photographer’s perspective and make sure you have a realistic expectation of what we have time for!
Have Someone Make You a To-Go Bag
Okay so this is a little detail but it’s really so fun!
On my wedding day, I definitely didn’t eat enough. Our caterer didn’t let us take leftovers (something about liability?) but we did have someone pack us up some dessert!
It was SO nice to cuddle up and eat some lemon bars together! (I LOVE lemon bars! So DUH I had them at my wedding!)
We were both STARVING! And it was so nice knowing that even though I was still hungry I had food waiting for me when we got back to our hotel!
Alright, that’s all I have for now! What’d you think? Were these helpful? You can pin this blog post to Pinterest, share it with your friends, or just reach out and let me know what you think!
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