Day of Wedding Timeline Question...

Re: Day of Wedding Timeline Question...

• Tygirljojo

  

  August 2010 edited December 2011

  Timeline:
  
  6:00 AM – Wake up, shower, get coffee
  7:00 AM – Begin makeup & hair of BMs & Jolene
  11:00 AM – Begin packing stuff into car; Steve & GMs arrive at venue, unload their stuff, start to get ready
  11:30 AM – Check out of hotel & head to venue
  12:00 PM – Jolene & BMs arrive, unload stuff; Jolene get into dress, begin photography of getting into dress, bridal details, etc.
  12:30-12:45 PM – Reveal
  12:45-1:30 PM – Wedding party pics
  1:30-2:30 PM – Bride & groom pics
  2:30-3:15 PM – Family pics
  3:00 PM – Ushers arrive
  3:15 PM – Head to trailer, refresh makeup, chill, wait for ceremony to begin
  4:00 PM – Ceremony
  4:30 PM – Open bar
  5:30 PM – MC asks guests to be seated for dinner service
  5:35 PM – Caterer excuses tables to buffet
  6:15 PM - Toasts
  6:45 PM – Cake cutting
  6:50 PM – First Dance, father/daughter dance, mother/son dance (while caterer cuts cake for servings, sets up ice cream sundae bar & fruit display)
  7:10 PM – Open dancing
  8:00 PM – bouquet & garter toss
  9:00 PM – Begin loading alcohol and gifts into Becca’s car
  9:30 PM – Last call
  10:00 PM – Music off, begin clean-up
  
  **Note: we had 1 lady doing hair & makeup for all 4 of us girls which is why so long for that to be done. 
  
  I wish I had built in an hour of buffer time instead of 30 mins.  I also wished I had someone to keep track of the time for me (missed the cocktail hour!!) and wish we had done the bouquet toss, garter toss, etc right after the dances vs. waiting an hour. 

  
  Family fall photo session with Ashley Hoyle Photography
  Married 7/10/10
  Wedding Planning Bio - Updated 6/13/2010
  
  

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• amandasw member

  

  August 2010 edited December 2011

  Here's mine (I made a separate one for guys and girls, and then you see where they come together):
  

  Girls
  9:45am Bride’s hair appointment (Gene Juarez, Northgate)
  11:15am Leave for Bride's parent's home (North Seattle)
  11:00am Bridal Party arrives and gets ready; Florist drops off bouquets
  11:30am Make-up (Bride)
  11:30 - 12:30pm Lunch

  12pm Photographer arrives
  

  12:30pm Bride gets dressed

  12:35pm Videographer arrives

  1:00pm Girls leave

  Guys
  9:30am Guys arrive at the apartment, get ready, eat (North Seattle)

  11:15pm Boutonnieres get to Apartment
  

  11:30pm Photographer arrives (put on boutonnieres)
  

  12pm  Videographer arrives
  12:30pm Videographer leaves for Bride's parent's house
  12:50pm Guys leave

  1:30pm First Look - The Quad, University of Washington
  

  3:45pm Head back to UPC to take family pictures (ring bearers & family arrive for  pictures)
  

  4pm Videographer driven back to Bride's parent's home

  4:30pm Must be finished taking pictures; go back to dressing rooms, have a snack and water; musicians rehearse
  

  5pm Guests begin to arrive

  5:30pm Ceremony starts

  6pm Ceremony ends - Bride and Groom leave church (head to Pike Place for a couple shots)

  6:15pm Guests start arriving at the Harbor Club

  6:30pm Passed hors d'oeuvres served

  7:15pm Seating of guests

  7:25pm Grand Entrance of the new couple
  7:30pm Welcome and Prayer by the Father of the Bride, open up buffets

  **vendors eat**

  7:40pm B&G make the rounds

  9pm Buffet removed
  

  9:15pm Cake cutting then Toasts
  

  9:30pm Father/Daughter Dance, First Dance

  10pm Garter/bouquet tosses

  11:30pm Couple departs for Alexis Hotel
  
  
  A couple things: 
  - All of our locations were pretty close, but I planned extra time and it worked out ok - think of how long it would take you to get somewhere (if you're going between places in the city) and just double it. 
  
  - Hair and make-up times were only for me (the girls came to hang out and did each other's)
  
  - Overall, It looks like a lot of time, but it really wasn't, we were still late leaving my parents house to get to UW, but because I'd planned all that extra time we weren't really rushed at all and got lots of pictures.
  
  - I have no idea whether we were on schedule for the reception, but we had great people (DJ and reception location people) keeping things moving.
  

  
  Planning Bio
  Married Bio

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• GeorgiaGC

  

  August 2010 edited December 2011

  Thanks ladies!! This is so helpful!

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