12
Months Before Wedding
Determine approximate number of
guests, this has a lot of influence
in choosing your reception
Start thinking about your wedding
dress, look at different styles
and decide what you would like
Choose and book a reception location
Book photographer
Book videographer
Choose and order your wedding
dress
Create your wedding webpage including
a guest book and photo gallery
Begin your guest list
Find out about all the religious
wedding
procedures requirements
Select your reception entertainment,
band or DJ and start listening
to demos
6
to 8 Months Before Wedding
Decide what flowers you require
and what style you would like
and book a florist
Choose your wedding cake and order
it
Write your invitation wording
and order your invitations
Plan honeymoon
Organise passports, birth certificates
and visa
If you plan a diet you should
start now
4
to 5 Months Before Wedding
Find a wedding car or coach for
your wedding
Finalise guest list
Order wedding rings
Finalise ceremony arrangements
with officiant, including marriage
licence
Choose a hairdresser and book
for your trial and the wedding
day.
Choose a make up artist and book
for your trial and the wedding
day, you will need to book in
for yourself, all female attendants
and possibly mothers.
2
to 3 Months Before Wedding
Buy your bridal accessories: veil,
headpiece, jewellery, lingerie
and shoes.
Think for additional decorations
that you would like for your wedding
that are not included, such as,
butterflies or doves to release,
e.t.c.
Any change of hair colours or
styles should be experimented
with now
Pick up your invitations and start
delivering them
Order your bombonieres
Start thinking your friends about
the bachelosr / hens. You have
to prepare lists with names and
telephones of who you would like
to invite
Have your hair and makeup trialsl
Purchase anything required for
the honeymoon
6
to 8 Weeks Before Wedding
Write your ceremony program
Confirm your honeymoon reservations
Book in to have nails professionally
done 1 or 2 days before the wedding
3
to 4 weeks Before Wedding
If there are any beauty routines
that you are still to do, do them
now, facials or teeth whitening
Pick up wedding rings and check
their size
Pick up your wedding dress, and
store it carefully.
Decide what you are using for
something old, something new,
something borrowed
Confirm all reception details
including menus and numbers
Arrange seating for reception
Name your place cards for your
guests
Check luggage condition
1
week Before Wedding
Place a wedding announcement in
the newspaper
Confirm your ceremony location
booking, including time
Confirm honeymoon arrangements
Pack for your wedding night
Check that you have all the accessories
that you need, jewellery, shoes,
veil, tiara, lingerie, extra pair
of stockings, garter, something
old, something new, something
borrowed, something blue
Have your hens and bux nights
The groom should have a have a
hair cut now if required
Organise cash for anything that
is to be paid on the day and give
it to a trusted person to make
the payment on the day
1
Day Before Wedding
Organise someone to transport
wedding accessories
Organise someone to return any
hires
Review schedule with wedding party
After
the Wedding
Ensure that all formal wear is
returned
Check that all wedding bills have
been paid in full
Take your gown and veil to be
cleaned
Freeze the top layer of your wedding
cake
If you wish to have your wedding
bouquet preserved, take it to
be done
Within two months write thank
you letters