Oct 2014 bride here - timelines for day of?

TeddiD34

Hey fellow October brides,
Do any of you have your time lines figured out yet? I have so much time for planning, but I just wanted a rough ballpark that someone else is using for their day of.
Cheers!

[Deleted User]

It depends on a number of things. Like, what time your ceremony is, if you're doing your own hair & makeup, or going to a place, or having someone come to you. If you're having a WP (and how many girls are included) adds time to hair & makeup. Are you doing pictures before or after the ceremony? Are you getting ready at the ceremony site, or off site? How far away is the salon, if you're getting your hair and/or makeup done there.

Our ceremony is at 2:30.

My hair & makeup appointment is at 9.

We're doing some pictures before the ceremony.

That's all I've got so far.

TeddiD34

Thanks ladies

Our ceremony is at 5:30; we're doing a first look; BMs are on their own for hair & m.u.; WP photos will be after first look, ending up at ceremony site (a university campus); cocktail hour & dinner follow immed. after ceremony, next door.

I'm just not sure what all to give time to.

Kate McCay

I just went over this with my venders so it's pretty detailed. Hope this helps.

9:00 Get to Salon For Hair and Makeup (Breakfast there)

12:00 Grab Lunch

1:00 Wedding Party Arrives at Venue

2:00 Photographer and Videographer Arrive
2 - 3:30 Pictures
4:00 Ceremony Starts
4:30 Cocktail Hour Begins
5:30 Reception Opens (Preset Salads)
5:45 Wedding Party Entrance / First Dance
6:00 Dinner Served
6:30 Begin Toasts While Guests Finish Up Dinner
6:50 Father Daughter Dance
7:00 Cut The Cake
7:10 + Dancing
8:30 Bouquet / Garter Toss
10:00 Sparkler Exit

SewInLoveWithDMB

7 am: Hair/makeup 

9 am: I arrive at church (getting dressed there) FI, bridal party, groomsmen can arrive around this time as well

(ETA): 9 am: photgrapher and videographer also arrive at church, as do flowers, etc.

10:30 am: Ceremony begins

By 11:30 am: ceremony over

11:30 - 12 pm: Receiving line, talk with guests

12:10 pm: Arrive at reception venue

12:15 - 1 pmish: Take photographs with hubby and bridal party, groomsmen

1 pm: Cocktail hour begins

2 pm: Dinner portion begins

5 pm: Finished.

TeddiD34

these are all great. Thanks!

simplykayla

alisonmarie658 said:

We have a very rough timeline. We're getting our hair done at 11 AM, plan to get to the church at 2:30, ceremony is at 4, pictures from 4:45 to 5:30, cocktail hour 5:30-6:30, dinner at 6:30. I'm not super worried about it.

Just curious - what will your guests be doing in between the ceremony ending and cocktail hour beginning while you're taking photos?

shannie11

11 hair and makeup for wedding party

4 pick up bridesmaids

5 drop me off at venue

5-6:10  first look with all of wedding party

6:30 ceremony

7 cocktail hour

8 first dances

8:30 dinner served

9 make rounds visting people

9:15 cake cutting

9:30 music starts

10:15 anniversary dance

10:30-12 dance!

simplykayla

alisonmarie658 said:

Driving to the reception hall. I doubt we'll be able to start that early with photos ourselves -- I'm hoping we can get parent pics and WP pics during that time while we'll be doing our receiving line.

Got it! I suppose I should have realized that haha.

shaylagirl

What Stina said.

You build your timeline around those things already set in stone, like your ceremony time and your reception time, then work outward.

My ceremony is at 11:15, and will last 17-20 minutes. 
My reception will begin at noon.

I worked backwards from there.

Hair at 7:30 am to be done by 9am.
Makeup to be done from 9 until 10.
Get dressed from 10-10:30.
Travel to ceremony site via limo from 10:30 to arrive between 10:45-11.
Final touchups at ceremony site.
Ceremony.
Leave ceremony site at noon, to be at reception venue at 12:15.
Reception from 12:15-4pm.

This isn't hard.    Honest.