January 2014 Weddings

Planning Process

How far are you guys into the planning process? My mind keeps telling me I have to get so much done so I've been doing a lot - but the logical side of me is saying "girl, you have like 9 months to do all this, take a break!"

Re: Planning Process

  • I feel like 9 months is a long time, but I've found a venue and an officiant.  The only reason I have a dress is because I saw one on clearance at Davids Bridal online, and I bought it on a whim.  That turned out to be a good decision.  One good thing about booking early is that you can pay as you go.  Another caveat for me is that several of my guests are international, meaning they need lots of time to prepare.  Visas from my fiancé's home country (Cameroon) can take months!
  • We just got engaged 4 days ago and are hopping for a Jan 4th 2014.
    The only things we know are that it will be held in Colorado because that's were we live and were his family lives. I have less family that I want to attend so they can travel easier. We also know that we want his grandfather to officiate. Oh, and we want to do it outdoors. But outside in Colorado in January..cold! So we will probably make everyone wear coats and do the ceramony outside and then go inside for the reception :)

    My biggest issue right now is figuring out the colors. Believe it or not, his favorite color is hot pink! But the only thing I can think of to incorprate this is hot pink, black, and silver. Pretty. But I don't know if that's what I want.
  • We are just starting to look at venues, etc. and will hopefully choose one and put a deposit down by the May.  That's my goal.  Then, once we have a venue, we can start working on other details.

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  • I feel like I have a lot done some days and then other days feel like theres a lot to do. So far we have our church & venue booked, photographer & dj booked, I went dress shopping kinda early because of a promotional coupon I got that ended within a certain time period. I ended up falling in love with a dress during that trip. We're mostly finished with our guest list. Took engagement photos on saturday. Found a great deal on plane tickets so we bought our honeymoon tickets and booked our room. And I found a groupon deal for a photobooth so we got that done. Jeez, now that I'm writing it all out, it seems like a lot. But then I'll start thinking about things tomorrow and feel overwhelmed about other things not done.
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  • Hey 814,

    Don't get overwhelmed.  You're ahead of the game!
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_january-2014_planning-process?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:4664340e-1ddf-4eb9-b1ac-f716b5208d9cDiscussion:d2fb47b9-527d-4f62-a282-fe7ffda85f18Post:f8a45b7a-ec06-4c3d-8fa2-50ab14b6b887">Re: Planning Process</a>:
    [QUOTE]We just got engaged 4 days ago and are hopping for a Jan 4th 2014. The only things we know are that it will be held in Colorado because that's were we live and were his family lives. I have less family that I want to attend so they can travel easier. We also know that we want his grandfather to officiate. Oh, and we want to do it outdoors. But outside in Colorado in January..cold! So we will probably make everyone wear coats and do the ceramony outside and then go inside for the reception :) My biggest issue right now is figuring out the colors. Believe it or not, his favorite color is hot pink! But the only thing I can think of to incorprate this is hot pink, black, and silver. Pretty. But I don't know if that's what I want.
    Posted by kaddessi[/QUOTE]<div>
    </div><div>I'm getting married on 1-4-14 in Colorado too! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /></div><div>
    </div><div>This last year it was 65 in January, but I don't know about an outside ceremony, you just never know! It could be snowing!</div><div>
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  • I've got a venue booked for the reception, and our church booked for the ceremony too. We're looking at caterers right now!
  • Our date is 1/11/14 and so far we have our venue with deposit, officiant, bought my wedding dress, met with the florist, have our cake/cupcakes and grooms cake situation done and have a DJ. We're meeting with our photographer on Sunday! Wow I have more done than I thought! Ha. I feel like I need to hurry and get everything done.. But realistically we have 9 months still! Happy Planning everyone!!
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