Choose The Award Winning Pines Manor
A 12 Month Checklist for Planning Your Wedding
Six Months to One Year
- Announce Engagement
- Meeting with families to decide style, budget and date
- Choose ceremony site
- Scout out reception sites
- Shop for gown
- Select Florist
- Choose caterer and consultant
- Audition bands and DJ
- Plan photo/video needs
- Select and invite attendants
- Book a spa or another outing for bachelorette party
Three Months
- Choose invitations
- Shop for bridal dresses
- Shop for rings
- Book honeymoon travel
- Apply for passports or make sure they are up to date
- Visit physician
- Order wedding cake
- Reserve formalwear for men
- Shop for bridal part gifts
- Confirm order with florists
- Visit the bridal registry
- Make arrangements at a spa for your bridal party
Two Months
- Address invitations
- Book transportation
- Choose music for ceremony
- Prepare music selection list for band or DJ
- Set up system for guest responses
- Outline ceremony
- Visit your hair stylist
- Reserve rooms for out-of-town guests
One Month
- Mail invitations
- Submit wedding announcements
- Choose accessories
- Have final dress fitting
- Sit for bridal portrait
- Write thank-you notes for gifts received
- Make all legal name changes
- Get blood test and apply for marriage license
Two Weeks
- Complete floor and seating plan for reception
- Give guest tally to caterer
- Confirm honeymoon reservations
- Prepare list for ushers, photographer/videographer
- Confirm all delivery dates
- Confirm arrival times for all attendants
One Week
- Place honorariums and gratuities in clearly marked envelopes
- Pick up formalwear, try on and make sure all accessories are included
- Wrap gifts for attendants, children and each other
- Have honeymoon car serviced and detailed
- Pick up passports
Day Before
- Put rings and license in a safe place
Wedding Day
- Transport bridal clothes to dressing room and travel clothes to reception site
- Have hair styled, nails manicured and make-up applied
- Have someone check reception site
- Dress for wedding
- Have candid photos taken with family
- Enjoy your special day!!!