Who decorates?

brandyleueirvine

Hi ladies!!  Im Brandy.  My fiance and I are getting married in October.  How does the decorating thing work???  We booked a venue that includes linens and things... but who goes the day of the wedding to set up???  Like the extra decorations?  Is this something Im supposed to do?

annamhisle

I am defniitely going to be going to help decorate!! My mom, maid of honor and another friend are going as well

ceh789

Some venues will do this, some caterers will, some brides hire a Day-of-Coordinator who will handle it, some brides do it themselves.  Check your contracts.

jjolovich

Fi and I's families are going to do it, that way it will get set up the way we want it! Check your contracts though for sure!

jagore08

The only things that needed set up were the tables/chairs and floral arrangements.  The venue took care of the furniture and the florist did all the flowers.

jemmini6

Our venue handled the set up of everything.  There were no decorations for the ceremony space, other than flower petals, which two of my BMs sprinkled along the aisle about 30 minutes before the ceremony started.  The reception venue just needed the centerpieces and linens set up, which the venue staff also handled.

Not all venues do this though, in which case you need to ask them when you have access to the room to do all the set up yourself. 

ElisabethJoanne

For us:

Ceremony set-up is everything for the Mass, plus 2 altar floral arrangements, plus a chupah. The parish altar guild will set up for the Mass, the cantor and organist for the music part, and the florist will set up the flowers, or will deliver them and the altar guild will set them up, which is just moving them to the pedestals. Not sure who will set up the chupah, probably a priest or the groom and groomsmen. It's just a matter of moving 4 umbrella stands to the center of the church.

Reception set-up is all the tables and chairs and linens and flowers. The caterer will do the tables and chairs and linens. The florist will do the flowers. Either the bakery or the caterer will set-up the cake table.

bunni727

A couple of the bridesmaids (who volunteered), a friend (also volunteered), and I will be decorating early the day-of.

AurorasEnvy

We've hired a day of coordinator to handle all that stuff.  Best money we've spent so far!

Squishy'sGal

My venue did all the work, We brought the favors and souvenirs and napkins and place cards a few days before and the people at the venue set the tables and put the stuff out. If your place doesn't do that I would go with the coordinator or ask a super, duper, VERY reliable friend or two to see that everything is done the night before.

bellefille42

In order to avoid spending a fortune on an official Day-Of-Coordinator, I hired the most anal retentive person I know to run the show on the day, and I'm paying her 200 bucks. That's less than half the price of most day-of coordinators. The trick is to have everything planned down to the last detail, including doing a mock table set up and taking pictures, so they only have to follow your explicit instructions. that way you don't even have to worry/think about it on the day of and can just be in the moment!