How many details should be done by now?

Re: How many details should be done by now?

• Nancy00714 member

  

  March 2012

  Hmmm...you've just gotten me worried   My venue takes care of food, cake, place settings, linens, etc.  Florist takes care of ceremony and dining room decor. I believe they are going to show me samples in June.  (haha, i hope they are!)  I have to plan the ceremony with my friend and I don't know who takes care of sound for that. 
  
  I honestly don't have anything planned out with them.  As per my contract the planning comes later when I meet the venue's wedding coordinator.  And from what I've read the wedding coordinator tells everyone what to do. 
  
  As far as DIYing, I want to make the card box and I'm going to need to wrap my favors or something and figure out what I want to do with the table numbers, all of this has to wait until june .  If you think that your venue lady requires you to DIY something but you don't know what you should really get on that (finding out what you need to DIY)!  And I think you should also have what you expect from this lady finalized and in writing.  That way you know what it's going to cost and you have no surprises.
  

  

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• shelby8020 member

  

  March 2012

  I feel crazy too , don't worry lol! I feel like there are a MILLION little details to work out and I don't know who does what, when , or how!!! Ugh now I'm stressed again hahah. My venue handles the catering, linens, cake, and my florist will do the decorating and flowers. I don't even have my centerpieces picked out yet......or the cake, table numbers, escort cards, invitations etc!!!!! But my venue called and set up our details meeting for April which my florist is attending ....so I'm hoping to square away a lot of things then (hopefully). I get nervous too reading some of the posts on here and seeing how much stuff people already have nailed down, when I still have so much to do....but all you need to remember is that it will ALL come together!!!! I would try calling the lady again and voicing your concerns to her or even set up a meeting and talk to her face to face. If you need to buy stuff and DIY items..... You will need time to do all that so that you ARENT running around like crazy!

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• Eliz77 member

  

  March 2012

  My venue handles food, cake, linens, table settings, decorations and centerpieces. I'm using the same florsit for bouquets and Church flowers, so I tentatively picked our centerpieces and what flowers to use for bouquets yesterday. Our menu/hors d'oeuvres/cake choices get done in June, as do picking linens, table settings and the table numbers. 
  The only DIY I'm attempting are favors (cake pops!). 
  I do have a few things nailed down that I felt were most important: Church, venue, photographer, DJ, florist (the who, not the flowers!), all attire including rings. 
  The other details such as invitations, gifts, favors, limos, my jewlery/accessories, hair/makeup are next and I feel the easier parts.
  The BIG thing now is our honeymoon plans! HOPEFULLY that will be set in the next week or two.
  I'm really not going over the top like a lot of my friends/relatives have. I have a set budget and so far I am under it (yay! more for HM in Maui!!!). So, that really helped. I also keep in mind how I barely remember small details about the weddings I attended, so I don't feel the need to micro-manage. I feel that would just set me up to be disappointed and have more things fail. This way, I can control what I can, and I know things will come together! My venue provides a coordinator who will be there on the wedding day. That has given me a lot of confidence, to turn such control over to her, thta I feel I can sit back and enjoy the day.
  
  

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• Elinetrouwt member

  

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  I haven't got many details done, but tonight I'll finally meet up with the venue lady and caterer, so we can sort stuff out (are candles allowed? petals? do the linen come with the venue?), and then I can start DIY'ing and planning the decoration.

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• hmacsine

  

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  I've been procrastinating on the details. I can't seem to keep focused and get them done.I'm a lazy bride. I just want someone to do everything. Lol I know my vendors hate me. (or maybe they love me) I just give them a general idea and tell them to use their expertise to complete it.

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• BmoreBride311 member

  

  March 2012

  I'm hoping to have a lot of the details you mentioned planned with my venue and vendors in April, when I go to Baltimore for a few days.  I have a florist, but I don't have centerpieces planned. I have a caterer and know she'll be doing the linens, but I don't have those selected. I think doing that sometime in April or May should be fine. I think you are fine where you're at, just keep at it! Don't be afraid to pester your venue coordinator a little if you need to, you are paying her to do this stuff with ya!
  
  But what do I know? I've never planned a wedding before!

  

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• Nati05 member

  

  March 2012

  Ok thanks guys! That makes me feel a little better. Your timeline planned helped Bmore. May does sound good for decor stuff. Whew! Ok I need to relax a little lol

  

  

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