As we prepare for our first wedding of the 2010 for Dana and Sean next weekend, our office is busy with last minute details and lots of phone calls. And as I sit in my office and thinking about t brides that have chosen not to hire a DOC for their event, lots of things come to mind. So today I decided to post items for brides to add to that to do list to help make their day go smooth.
From the beginning designate a go to person for your wedding day that family, friends, and vendors can come to if there are issues. As a bridal couple you should not be dealing with mishaps.
Go over those contracts to make sure you completely understand what you are getting. You don’t want any surprises on your big day.
Make up a timeline of events FOR THE WEEKEND and send it out to your family/wedding party members and ALL your vendors. It’s best to over communicate verses under communicate.
Two weeks before the wedding start making the phone calls to your vendors to confirm number of guests and make sure they have no questions about your event. This is also an excellent time to communicate any special requests that you have to your vendors such as certain pictures you want captured.
If possible make final payments to all your vendors before the wedding to help ease some of the stress of the day. And also designate someone to distribute any vendor tip envelopes you might have.
Make up a wedding day emergency kit. Aletha from Pearls Events did an excellent blog posting on this today complete with a list of items to consider adding to your kit.
Communicate to your officiate about who is walking with you and how you see your processional happening. As you know there are many ways to get yourself and your wedding party down the aisle. Check with the church to see if they have a ceremony coordinator that can help with this task. If not, ask that favorite aunt if she can be of assistance. It’s important that you as the bride are not taking on this so you are able to relax and enjoy your walk down the aisle.

There are lots of items that need to be considered but these few I see as the most important. And having the opportunity to be a guest to a wedding once in a while, these are the stress items that my friends and family communicate after their big day. Weddings are one of the most important days of your life, so please be organized and enjoy that day!

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