What wedding planning are you doing right now?

CaliMel11 · September 2013

So far we have:

booked a venue
gotten our dj/lighting
gotten a photobooth
figured out the catering menu
booked the place for me to get ready, it's at the venue
figured out most of the bridal party/groomsmen
gotten most of the guest list hammered out
have the wedding colors
started a registry

We still have to:

get me a dress
get dresses for the bridesmaids/suits for groomsmen/the groom
taste cakes and book the bakery to make us one
rent linens, silverware/glassware/dishes
get a photographer
get wedding bands

SBmini · September 2013

A lot has changed in the past week... I:

Canceled our original venue (and got my 'non-refundable' deposit back!)
Found a new ceremony site/reception hall
Found a new caterer
Discussed contract changes with the DJ
Finalized colors (woo-hoo!)

I'm so excited for our new spaces! Our new ceremony site is in a garden so I won't need any flowers there and the new hall if gorgeous. And, even though the venues were a little bit more- catering is SO much less! And now we can bring our own alcohol too for additional savings. I still need to contact the photographer and florist about the change, but those are less of a concern than the DJ.

MaryGraceRich · September 2013

To add to my completed list:

My MOH has her dress and two of my bridesmaids found dresses they like they just have to order them. I am letting them choose their own dresses. I just picked a vendor, color and fabric. I researched the MU/Hair Stylist I want, She did my hair for my friends wedding and she managed o get my hair to stay curly the whole day... that is nearly a miracle.

I feel like everyone is stressing way more than I am. Am I the only one that is kind of relaxed about wedding planning?

alyssaglane · September 2013

Trying for a more organized update, hope I didn't forget anything lol

We have:

Secured our venue (includes catering) and church
Hired a photographer
Hired a videographer
Hired a DJ
Registered
Finalized bridesmaid dresses
Purchased my dress
Blocked off hotels
Booked transportation
Sent save the dates
Finalized wedding colors
Found my shoes

We still need to:

Find a hairdresser
Find makeup artist
Find Florist
Order suits/tuxes
Purchase wedding party gifts
Order invitations
Seating chart
Design cake
Order cake topper
Decide on favors

shoebunnie · October 2013

We have:

Secured the venue

Secured the reception site

Secured the hotel

Hired a minister

Hired a photographer

Hired HMU

Hired a florist

Ordered cake

Ordered catering

Sent STDs

Ordered invites

Hired the party bus (Vegas Wedding)

Purchased dress

Purchased MOH dress

Purchased shoes

Purchased veil

Purchased jewelry

Started ordering favors, decorations, and wedding party gifts

Decided on honeymoon location

angellqt143 · October 2013

I Have:

Booked my venue

Booked my florist

Booked my dj

Booked my Photgrapher

Booked my Honeymoon

Sent out Save the Dates

Took Engagement Pictures

Registered

Got my dress, veil, shoes

Picked out Bridesmaids Dress/Shoes

Bought Bridesmaids Presents

Picked out night of Hotel

Booked Bridal Shower

Got his wedding band

Got our favors

Booked hair and makeup artist

What I am doing now:

Getting all our funds together to pay off our vendors

Paying off Church

Looking for Rehearsal Dinner spot

Finalizing songs

Getting a Party Bus

Looking at Invitations

Need to Do:

Tasting

Cake tasting

Finalize Decor

Mail Out Invites

Guys have to rent Suits

LOSE WEIGHT

Hair and makeup Trial

Bachelorette Party

Apply for Marriage Licenses

Get my Wedding Band

Hmm more but after writing this all out I feel better about what I have to do!

hannahj0 · October 2013

I feel so behind!

Already done:
-Secured church and time for ceremony
-Secured reception site
-Said yes to the dress! And veil
-Decided on colors
-Hired photographer
-Just took engagement pictures
-Ordered and addressed save the dates (still haven't mailed them. Oops)
-Did wedding registry
-Decided on a bridesmaid dress
-Decided rehearsal dinner location
-Attended marriage prep class

In the middle of:
-discussing honeymoon spots
-got in touch with a dj
-tried booking a block of hotel rooms but they said it was too early
-tried hiring limo/shuttle service but they said it was too early
-in talks with what time we want reception
-have ideas for "videographer" (liking the idea of wedit or weddingmix)
-tried someone out for makeup
-book rehearsal dinner
-have bridesmaids actually order their dresses
-trying to meet with the priest but he keeps changing the date (hope that's not a sign of things to come)
-trying to get my mom to decide on a MOB dress

Need to:
-Find bakery and do cake tastings (can NOT wait, and I don't even like cake)
-Decide on suits and get those ordered
-Find a florist
-Book hair/makeup
-Decide on all the catholic ceremony things (readings, songs)
-Find invitations
-Get WP gifts
-Decide on favors and reception decor
-Decide our menu
-Get jewelry/shoes

Geez, I've pretty much half-assed everything so far. I'm ready to go elope! Haha

kayaggie89 · October 2013

I know im late but I live off the checklist on here. Ive printed it out and have each month stapled to my planner. I live and breath my checklist it helps out alot

SBmini · October 2013

Update-

I ordered my shoes last Friday- they'll be delivered on Thursday. Early, I know, but they were on sale and I got them for a steal!

I just contacted an officiant to let him know we'll be hiring him

STD will be ordered tonight (a little late, I know)

The big stuff that is left is:

Ask groomsmen to be in wedding
Connect with bridesmaids to make sure they get their dresses (doing DB so probably not necessary for some time)
Get suits for guys
Find baker
Find day of coordinator
Design invitations
Order necessary rentals for ceremony
Design all the odds and ends and decorations
Choose music

nikkiw31 · October 2013

Completed:

Purchased dress

Decided on wedding colors (blush pink & white)

Booked florist

Sent out Save the Dates

Booked venue

Booked DJ

Booked officiant

Decided on bridesmaid dresses

Need to do:

Book photographer

Design and order invitations

Find a makeup artist

Order favors

Decide on wedding and reception songs

Order shoes (waiting for spring 2014 line to come out; I want pink shoes)

Cake and food tasting

Order bridesmaid dresses

Order rental reception chairs

Groomsman tuxedos (letting the FI handle this one)

shelnjosh2014 · October 2013

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April .

So far I have :
-said yes to my fiancé

Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

SlothGoals · October 2013

So far this is what we've done:

- Booked Church and reception venue

- Booked the DJ

- Booked transportation

- Booked florist/decorator for the ballroom

- bought the dress

- booked the MUA

- bought invitations (awesome coupon from MagnetStreet)

- Booked photographer

- had engagement shots done

- bought my brooch bouquet

- have my wedding shoes (ended up using a pair from my closet!)

- sent STDs

- completed our registry

- finished our pre-marriage classes

- booked hotel block and wedding night accommodations

We still have to do the following:

- choose BM dresses

- choose suits for GMs

- choose bomboniere

- find a hair stylist

- book baker for cake

- get jewellery

- buy BP gifts

- get wedding rings

- parent gifts

- figure out rehearsal/rehearsal dinner

I'm sure there is a bunch of stuff we still have to do but this is all I can think of right now.

MaryGraceRich · October 2013

All I have left is:
Booking honeymoon flights
Buy the candy for my favors
Tuxes
Rehearsal dinner
Alterations
Book and do a hair and m/u trial.
Invitations

Everything else is booked and mostly paid for.

MaryGraceRich · October 2013

Correction I booked my hair and make up artist today. I have used her before. She is really good.

MaryGraceRich · November 2013

I just booked my flights for my honeymoon. I have also paid off my photo/video/photobooth company and honey moon. Only things I have left to book:
Rehearsal dinner (I am having a pizza party for it)
Alterations
Invitations
Gifts for bridal party
Tuxes
And then we have to finish paying for the venue and florist.
I want to be able to just show up on my wedding day and not worry.

CaliMel11 · November 2013

Nice job everyone!!

We got some more things done this month.

I got my dress, jewelry, undergarments and veil yesterday from my dress appointment at DB! I'm soooo excited to get to wear my dress!!

We also booked our photographer and gave the deposit.

My bridesmaid and MOH have each started getting their dresses.

I won a free bouquet for me at the Bridal Expo I went to, so that was awesome and today I met with the florist. She's super nice.

I feel really happy because all of our vendors have been amazing so far and I love their personalities.

We still have to:

suits for groomsmen/the groom
taste cakes and book the bakery to make us one
rent linens, silverware/glassware/dishes
get wedding bands
get invitations picked out
finalize the guest list
get favors
meet with the catering/venue to figure out the table layout and menu.

At least the list is getting smaller and we're almost finished. Thank goodness because our budget doubled as we planned.

MaryGraceRich · November 2013

I am super annoyed. My hair and mu artist called me to get more details on for styles and all of that. When I spoke to her the first time we only needed four girls to book her. Now she tells me six. So I had to cancel with her. And she was not even apologetic about it. She was actually super snobby about it as in "Yeah I cant do a wedding with less than six girls so oh well. Good luck"
I was really happy about booking her because she did such a great job at my friends wedding 3 years ago.

SlothGoals · November 2013

@MaryGraceRich, that really sucks! That's why we always tell people to get whatever they've been offered in writing in a contract.

MaryGraceRich · November 2013

She was in a hospital rehab facility recovering from surgery. I booked over the phone. She called me the other day to get more info and thats when she said that she cant do it.
You would think that a woman that will be out of work for 5 months and said that she was so upset that she had to give brides to friends so that she could have her surgery wouldnt turn down making $700 for a few hours work.

CaliMel11 · November 2013

shelnjosh2014 said:

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April . So far I have : -said yes to my fiancé Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

It'll be okay! I know it's super overwhelming, but really just give yourself a week to enjoy being engaged first before going straight into planning.

It'll all work out. I would say find your venue first, and then go from there. It makes it a lot easier to plan the other stuff if you know what place you're working with.

and congratulations!!

ShawnaM83 · November 2013

shelnjosh2014 said:

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April . So far I have : -said yes to my fiancé Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

Same boat! I booked the venue yesterday and have a dress... and here I was thinking it would all be ok. Then I read this board! SO MUCH TO DO!!! Ok, back to researching and emailing potentials.

CaliMel11 · November 2013

ShawnaM83 said:

shelnjosh2014 said:

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April . So far I have : -said yes to my fiancé Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

Same boat! I booked the venue yesterday and have a dress... and here I was thinking it would all be ok. Then I read this board! SO MUCH TO DO!!! Ok, back to researching and emailing potentials.

If you have any wedding expos in your area, it's great to be able to meet a ton of vendors in person. We were able to meet ones we had booked and were so happy that they turned out to be super nice in person as well.

It gets really overwhelming, so I encourage you not to look at the whole huge checklist the knot has, or even our lists....otherwise you'll probably feel like running away screaming. I was panicking when I saw how much there was to plan!

Just focus on a couple of things each weekend if you can. Then it's more managable. I would say first off, figure out your budget. Figure out what is important to each of you. What sort of venue are you both envisioning? Do that first.

I really wish we had maybe looked around more at venues, as ours we have to buy 2 cases of wine, a day of planner, and use their catering. But all in all everything works out.

Figure out areas you can splurge on [for us it was photos] and areas you don't care saving on [for us it's flowers].
You'll get it all figured out and I promise it'll all come together!

MaryGraceRich · January 2014

I ordered my cake topper yesterday

alyssaglane · January 2014

We have:

Secured our venue (includes catering) and church
Hired a photographer
Hired a videographer
Hired a DJ
Registered
Finalized bridesmaid dresses
Purchased my dress
Blocked off hotels
Booked transportation
Sent save the dates
Finalized wedding colors
Found my shoes
Hired Hairstylist
Hired Makeup Artist
Hired Florist
Finished Our Invitations, sending them out soon!!
Ordered/Designed our Cake
Ordered Favors
Attended all Marriage Prep Classes
Booked Our Honeymoon (We're going to Punta Cana!)

We still need to:

Order suits/tuxes
Purchase wedding party gifts
Seating chart
Order cake topper
Buy my bridal accessories
Make programs
Buy ceremony essentials
Make welcome bags for hotel guests
Buy reception essentials
Purchase FI's wedding band, I'm using his grandmothers

CaliMel11 · January 2014

We got some more things done!

rent linens, silverware/glassware/dishes
get invitations picked out
get favors, we picked them out.
meet with the catering/venue to figure out the table layout and menu/taste the food
meeting with our officiant tomorrow
meeting with the new florist next weekend
set up the meeting with the bakery

Still have to:

figure out the suits for groomsmen/the groom
taste cakes and book the bakery
book the florist
get wedding bands
finalize the guest list
figure out hair and makeup for me and the bridesmaids/moh
get the bridesmaids/moh gifts/groomsmen/best man gifts
send out the invitations
figure out day of transportation if needed
order programs. I have them all designed but am waiting to order until closer
figure out the songs for everything!

Kim81685 · January 2014

What is a typical affordable rate for a dj?

luckystarz · January 2014

We just picked flowers this weekend, waiting on the official quote and list of flowers.

We need to get my son a suit, he's walking me down the aisle.

FI needs to get his white vest and tie.

We got to see the wedding site (it's a DW a few hours away). It was gorgeous and I'm now getting really excited, and hoping the next few months fly by!

ewithnell · January 2014

Since most of our "big" to-do's are done, I feel almost overwhelmed with all the little details we have to do still.

FINISHED:

Booked the venue
Hired the DJ
Hired the florist
Hired the photographer (we decided not to have a videographer)
Hired the day of coordinator
Sent out the "save the dates" (I ended up just including a note in our Christmas cards)
Ordered the cake
Booked the hotel
All the bridesmaids have their dresses
I have my dress, veil, sash & shoes
Made my hair appointment for day of
Scheduled the officiant (one of our many pastors)
Registered
Send Bridal Shower thank-yous

Things yet to be done:

Finalize things with our caterer
Finalize tuxes
Finalize guest list
Start assembling the welcome bags for out of town guests
Figure out a guest book (don't want a book or a sign-able picture frame, suggestions??)
Order and send the invites
Figure out what I'm doing makeup-wise
Finalize ceremony
Finalize music list
Figure out ceremony music & readings
Get marriage license
Order return address labels & postage
Table numbers
Pails for the sparklers
Engagement photos
buy a hanger for my dress for pics
"Reserved" signs
Write letter to my man to open on April 5th
Try on dress with all of accessories to see how I like it (update, they look AWESOME!!)
Hair trial
Makeup trial
Decide on what beer&wine to buy and then buy it (Total Wine lets you return unused items!)
Purchase garter
And a million other things (it keeps getting longer...oh boy)

I'm just glad that I'm going to be meeting with my coordinator this week, so that I can get a grip on all the little things that are piling up.

ewithnell · January 2014

Just ordered my invitations! Finally :-P

SlothGoals · January 2014

I made myself a "to do" list and I'm slowly crossing things off of it. I went out today and basically cleaned out every dollar store in my city and the city east of me of their black/blue/silver wine bags that we need for our favours.

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