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love weddings, and from what I can tell, most other people love them, too. But they love attending them.

Planning them, that can be a completely different story. The price tag for a wedding doesn’t just include the large dollar sum many drop for this one day. It comes with a whole lot of stress and drama as well most of the time. That’s not to say that planning a wedding can’t be fun and exciting—it’s just fun and exciting mixed in with the stress and drama. So to help you out, we’ve made this guide for you.

If you’re looking for something to help you plan out when you should do what in the planning process, you can flip to the wedding checklist. Just remember that every wedding is going to be different, so your timeline might vary a bit. Tim Hauserman talked to some veteran cake bakers in the area to give you some ideas about what to expect while figuring out that part of the process. If you’re strug-

gling with your catering menu, turn to Erin Meyering’s story about offering vegetarian and other alternative options for your guests. For all things wedding planning and the issues that might come with it, I sat down with local wedding planner Donna Putnam and talked about her experiences with the big “I do.” We’ve also included a story on a local shop that offers not only gowns and tuxes but also planning and rental services.

So if you’re planning a wedding anytime soon—even if it’s just on Pinterest— read through this guide and hopefully it might take away a little bit of that stress.

And remember, your wedding is about you, your to-be spouse and the love you share—don’t let the planning get in the way of that.

Good luck, Sage Leehey

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Tiffany Harker really loves all the pieces of her job.

That was clear as soon as she started talking about her full service bridal boutique, beaming the whole time.

Back on Sept. 20, the doors of Tiffany’s Bridal Boutique and Formal Wear opened, complete with a formal ribbon cutting and all the works. Harker moved across the country from Ohio on April 20 to open this store, and she has high hopes for it.

“This has all been seven years in the making,” Harker said. “I got my degree in professional bridal consulting, and I started doing it out of house. I started doing small, little events. I got into big corporate events, really large weddings. And this is what I wanted my whole life. It’s been baby steps getting there. I started doing invitations, shoes, jewelry, things like that, then linens, chair cover rentals. My husband slowly got pushed out of every room in our house.”

When the couple had a daughter two years ago, Harker talked to her husband about moving and opening up her full service bridal boutique. The original plan was to move to Charlotte, N.C., but there were too many bridal shops in the area to open hers. And after some convincing from her aunt, Harker

decided Reno would be a great location for her shop and convinced her husband to move across the country.

Reno has fewer bridal and formal wear shops than many cities its size. Because of this, some go out of town for a larger selection of shops, making Reno a great fit for Harker’s shop.

“Full service is going beyond just the gown.

It’s being the wedding planner, the consultant, offering invitations, shoes, centerpiece rentals, linen rentals, chair cover rentals,” Harker said.

“I even do ceiling drapery treatments with the lighting, things like that, so everything needed for your wedding and reception venue, like the glassware, stuff like that.”

She offers different packages to couples seeking her services for their wedding. She can be the wedding planner from start to finish, the wedding day coordinator or they can choose from her services a la carte. She loves helping throughout the wedding planning process but misses it because she hasn’t been able to do much of this for the last year while trying to get the shop off the ground.

“I just love seeing the faces on brides,” Harker said. “It’s such a happy moment. It’s such a—I don’t know—it’s just a once in a lifetime moment event, and I just want them to be happy. And just to see their face, that’s my reward, is just seeing the smile on their face when they’ve found the gown, or walking into their reception and seeing their vision a reality. The best part is when they walk in and see their dream, their vision become a reality.”

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h, the wedding cake. It is often held up as an essential symbol of the traditional wedding, something to be treated with reverence like a fine family heirloom, but it’s important to remember that in reality, it’s just a large, fancy and potentially delicious dessert. It’s just a cake. At least that is what Allison Sayles, wedding cake maker extraordinaire for Sugar Pine Cakery in Tahoe City, keeps trying to remind herself, while she maneuvers her beautiful creations through busy summertime traffic. No lives are in danger here. Only large quantities of deliciousness. Customers might think otherwise when they understand the stress level that some folks go through to make sure one of those beautiful multi-tiered creations arrives in pristine condition.

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fairly simple, and the key is to begin the process early. First, she meets with whoever is in charge of the cake. Sometimes it’s a wedding planner, or the bride and the bride’s mother, or it could be the bride and groom, although it must be noted that while we have made great strides towards an enlightened society in which men and women possess equal opportunities, when it comes to wedding cakes, men are still firmly entrenched in the back seat. Vogt says that from her experience, “grooms are excited to get any kind of input. Sometimes the brides let them pick one of the flavors.”

Armed with information on what type of cake they would prefer, Vogt next puts together a cake tasting. She can even make a mini cake to take home and share with the family. Once the decision is made, she collects a deposit and then asks the bride to call her two weeks prior to the event to make sure they are still getting married. Vogt says, “I’ve had a couple of brides over the years who I’ve called and left a message just a few days before the big day, ‘If you are still getting married and want a cake you better call me.’… They do.”

At Lake Tahoe, it’s common to choose a beautiful outdoor setting for weddings. While a lovely green lawn with the deep blue lake in the background makes for spectacular wedding pictures, it can be a challenge for the cake makers. Vogt remembers a wedding at the Ehrman Mansion on the grounds of Sugar Pine Point State Park. The mansion sits in a magnificent wooded area on a grassy knoll just above the west shore of Lake Tahoe. A dance floor had been set up in front of the mansion overlooking the lake,

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and just around the corner was the cake lovingly set up for all to see. Also closely watching the chain of events was a bear (who was apparently a big fan of the movie Wedding Crashers). Once the dance floor filled up, the bear moved in to devour the cake. While there wasn’t much left when the bruin was finished, the guests did obtain some unforgettable photographs. Another memorable wedding along the lakeshore at Chambers Landing brought a smaller marauder, in this case a squirrel, who also quickly made off with nibbles of the sugary concoction.

Sometimes, the groom does get a little input into the cake, unbeknownst to the bride. Vogt remembers one instance where the groom contacted her five days before the wedding and asked for a secret decorating addition.

Apparently, it had taken the couple a long time to make the decision to embark on the marriage because right where the couple was set to cut the cake Vogt was instructed to add the word, “Finally!”

sticker which says, “Caution, Wedding Cake on Board.”

“You worry about Tahoe summer traffic,” Sayles say. “Then, when you get there, you have to carry it over God knows what uneven surface to what is hopefully a shady space.”

She has to time it so she can get in and set up the cake before the crowds arrive, but late enough that the cake will still be fresh when the bride and groom take their photo op.

Whoever is in charge of guarding the cake should arrive at the location before the always present gang of kids start hanging around with their long fingers waiting to dip in for a quick lick when the adults aren’t looking, or grandma wants to give her lengthy two cents about the horrible cake decoration choices made by her granddaughter-in-law. In the late summer and fall, wasps are a frequent visitor to the sweet stuff. Sayles remembers an extremely elaborate cake last year, adorned with flowers and peaches, that was soon swarmed by the hungry wasps. Oh, and then sometimes it rains. While Vogt had to deal with a bear at the Ehrman Mansion, Sayles’ reward at the lake side location was a tromp through deep puddles in a drenching rain.

Once, against her better judgment, Sayles was convinced to set up a lovely butter cream cake on a temporary dance floor. While, as is always the case, she was not there to witness the unveiling of her artwork—the cake maker is never there to enjoy the cake, they are long gone and back baking cookies for the non-wedding crowd—she was informed by a frantic wedding planner that the combination of clomping feet and a temporary dance floor led to the frosting grumbling on the cake. Another time, she remembers setting up a cream cheese cake on a sunny Tahoe beach in June when the temperature was 90 degrees. She did everything she could to set it up just right, but as she was leaving she thought for sure it was tilting slightly to the right. After both of these incidents, Sayles later received letters from the brides … saying how scrumptious and delicious her cakes were.

Perhaps, it really is just a cake.

In the end, while everybody loves her cakes, and Sayles is close to being booked solid for this coming summer, she is not sure why she keeps taking on the challenge.

“You have to keep your humor. You don’t want to disappoint people. It is absolutely nerve wracking.” While making cakes for strangers is a challenge, she says, “making my sister’s cake was the worst, I couldn’t watch people eat it.”

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Sayles says a popular alternative these days are gourmet cup cakes. Couples can have a small showpiece cake at the ceremony, and then provide the guests cupcakes. They are less expensive and easy to transport, and don’t require plates, or silverware.

Once the cake is completed, that’s when the scary and dangerous part of the operation occurs—delivering and setting it up. In the summer, Sayles is often delivering three cakes at a time, “I get the air conditioning going in my car for a while, trying to get it as cold as possible,” she says. Then, she delicately stacks the cakes in the car, and often has her husband drive while she holds on tight to her little babies in the back. Every bump in the road, and the frequent honking they inspire with their slow driving, increases her stress level. She says she needs to get a bumper

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onna Putnam is the owner of Forget Me Knot Events, and she has planned more than 250 weddings. Her experiences might help out those who are planning their own weddings.

Tell me a little about your company.

I own Forget Me Knot Events, and I opened it about three or four years ago. I went out on my own after working, gosh, 16 years in the corporate world. I used to work for Reno Diagnostic Centers, and I was a marketing and HR director. And I thought if I was going to work this hard, I’m going to do it for myself and take all these skills that everybody has taught me and open my own business and do the one facet of my job that I love. And that’s event planning. I do corporate event planning and wedding planning and pretty much any event someone wants me to help out with.

What’s your favorite part about being a wedding planner?

I think my favorite part is meeting the family. It might sound kind of trite, but I really, absolutely love all the different family dynamics and how much emotion is involved in the process and helping mitigate the stress level and let them enjoy the emotion versus letting the other negative emotions come in. In other words, let’s keep the stress level down and let the happy emotions come through. It’s just really cool to be a part of that day, and I still keep in touch with a lot of my brides, and it’s kind of nice to feel part of the extended, extended family.

Any bridezillas or horror stories?

I think in life you’re always going to have someone you don’t get along with or whatever. I think part of my job is to pull them off the ceiling, so I don’t really let them get up there that high. It’s my job to sweat the details. It’s my job to make sure the day comes out the way they want, so if I’m doing my job then they don’t typically turn into a bridezilla. And my major was communications, for Pete’s sakes, so if I can’t talk to somebody then I’m doing something wrong. I really, really try to get them to talk to me. And I used to bartend, too, so it’s all about building a relationship and talking with people. And I think that helps keep them from turning into a bridezilla. And when they interview me, I’m interviewing them as well. Sometimes you’re just not a fit. You can’t be a fit for everybody. So there’s times where you can sense that in an individual and maybe it’s best to just not go forward.

So how does the process normally work?

They usually find me from my website or word of mouth or something. Pretty much everybody is going to go check you out online first, you know, the sniff test. So they go scope you out, stalk you on social media, Facebook, Instagram and all of that, and they look at your work. And then they decide if that is what they’re going for. Then they’ll usually send me an email or give me a call, and they’ll usually want a price range, whether they want day-of or partial or a full planning experience.

So I’ll give them kind of a ballpark range because I don’t want to waste anyone’s time, myself included. … And so then we usually set up a time to Facetime chat if they’re a destination bride or if they’re local, we usually meet [at Starbucks]. And then depending on what they tell me and how well the meeting goes, I’ll give them a price from there.

affordable than most people think. When people hear wedding planner, they think Jennifer Lopez with the headsets on [in The Wedding Planner] or even Father of the Bride, and they think, “Oh, I can’t afford it.” And it’s actually more affordable than you think, and it’s money well spent because someone is watching out for you for the full day. … When you rely on friends and family, it’s not if they’re willing to help, it’s if they actually do help in the end. Everyone is going to say they will help you, but you may not want the help that you get.

What are some common issues that people can try to prepare for?

There’s always going to be issues with their budget. When I work with people,

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If you took the pie and divided it, it’s almost all equal. I have a lot of day-ofs, but then throughout the course of the year, I’ll get a lot of full planning that come in.

And it’s kind of nice because you get to put your toe in the pond of all these different facets. Sometimes the day-ofs are really cool because you get to become someone else for the day, and you get to execute their vision. Sometimes they’re a little bit more challenging in that regard because you don’t know if someone else will be as organized as you are. But I purposely jump into the picture 60 days beforehand to make sure that I understand what’s going on, so it’s a little bit more than just a day of. But the partials are fun, too. And with the full planning, that’s where you really get your feet wet and then you’re down in the trenches trying to plan it out with their mother, sometimes grandma.

What’s the best advice you can give to someone who’s planning their wedding?

Don’t put your family to work on your wedding day. It’s your wedding day.

You’re getting married to celebrate two families coming together. Don’t put them on the unpaid work detail. In order for your family to enjoy the day and you to enjoy the day, hire someone to just be you for the day. Carve that out of your budget if you can afford it. It’s more

You mentioned Pinterest, is that more of a help or a hindurance?

I always advise to them to have a slush fund set aside for those unforeseen costs.

There’s always vendors who want to work with you but then certain circumstances come along and later something happened and somehow they become double booked or something. Always prepare for a vendor who maybe can’t fulfill what you want to do, and that’s OK because you can always find another person that’s going to work with you. It’s not the end of the world.

Some people have lost their venues. That’s a big one. We have always been able to find them another venue, and they’ve done well, if not better. It’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t happen exactly the way they plan, so try and keep that perspective that this happened for a reason, now let’s work it out positively.

What’s your favorite part of the actual planning process?

I think planning the floral and the décor, because what we do is we usually do a mock table setting. And you can really see on the family’s faces, the bride’s face—it’s like a preview of their wedding and they’re really excited. You can tell immediately if what you’ve put together is going to work or not. It’s always nice to give them that feeling, that release, like, “Oh my gosh, what I saw in my head is actually going to work out.” Sometimes you have all these ideas in your head. You’re on Pinterest, and you’ve got a thousand pins in your head, and you’re like, “How the heck am I going to put this all through this funnel and get this all to work?” So it’s a matter

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of putting in a tangible form for them to be able to see. I really like to work with the local florists in town because I’m not really a designer. I can do design, but I’m more like organization, planning, all of that. And so I work with them to kind of pool those two schools of thought together to give them visual confirmation of where they’re going. And again, it’s a preview to their wedding day. And it’s always, from that point forward, I wouldn’t say smooth sailing but things are just like, “Ahh.” It takes that pressure cooker feeling off. I’ve got it.

I can see it. I know it’s going to be great, and then they get really, really excited about it. I like to do that early on because that excitement helps fuel them through the rough patches, budget problems, vendors dropping off or things not panning out or things being more than they thought they were going to be.

I think Pinterest is an awesome medium for inspiration and ideas. It can tend to overwhelm folks because they tend to over-pin. And having never planned a wedding before or any kind of large social event that has over 100 people, that’s understandable. So I recommend that they pin to their heart’s content. It’s kind of like brainstorming. You’re just dumping ideas.

And then create a whole separate page and don’t even look at your other page for like a whole month and get the planning started, and then you can go to that page and start pulling things that you really like.

It can help you streamline your vision.

And you also have to be realistic with your budget because Pinterest can sometimes give you the illusion that things are more affordable than they really are. A lot of the bouquets that are in there are really elaborate. It’s a forum for people to showcase their best work, so that’s the best of the best. Sometimes we forget that when we’re budgeting things. And they’re like, “Oh, I can make that.” Someone else can make that, maybe, but it’s going to cost a lot of money. They have to be realistic with themselves as far as do-it-yourself projects.

Sometimes people get into a quandary, and they’re like, “Oh, I’m going to make this and my mom’s going to make this and grandma’s going to make this.” You end up with this do-it-yourself list that’s really long, and you don’t want to be up the night before your wedding hot gluing things and folding programs because you’re saving a dollar and you saw it on Pinterest. It might come out beautiful, but now you’re photos are going to come out bad because you’re tired and have dark circles under your eyes. So I think it’s really great for inspiration, but you have to keep in mind what’s realistic. It’s kind of like what they used to say—you can’t have everything you see on TV. Same thing for Pinterest. It’s just a different medium.

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Leafing though the plethora of options and pages of The Knot may open your eyes to new possibilities.

Every detail matters.

You’ve gotten down to the nitty-gritty, the menu. Should be easy, right? You love food, people love food. Done. But … is there a vegetarian option? What about a vegan option? You search your mind for a friend whose New Year’s resolution may have been

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to ditch the beef and benefit from broccoli.

Don’t let possible diet restrictions ruffle your wedding feathers. Be prepared when someone mentions the “v” word during wedding planning … unless you yourself are the tofuloving, vegetable broth replacement, type of bride or groom. Then you’ve probably got the vegetarians covered already.

Dish Café, voted Best Catering Company in Northern Nevada by Reno News & Review readers for six years in a row, claims to serve “local food made with love.” Dish has catered many weddings, some entirely vegetarian.

With nearly 1,000 catering transactions last year and about 20 weddings, Dish has the options covered.

From stylistically formal to more upscale picnic/backyard weddings, Dish offers full

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service catering, including rentals, flowers, staffing, drinks, cupcakes, everything with a homemade taste and vibe.

Because it can be a whirlwind planning a wedding and most people want to make sure everyone enjoys their wedding and heads for home with an experience to remember, the bases to cover can seem endless.

“We try to make sure that we have everybody covered, always,” said Dish co-owner Nancy Horn.

Horn suggests discussing vegetarian options during the catering interview process. Let’s be honest, the bride and groom desperately search for right answers and brilliant food suggestions, while the caterer checks his or her list for food sensitivities and restrictions, bud-

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get and taste and tries to assemble those pieces into a dream theme and picturesque ideal.

Horn says Dish always tries to include a vegetarian option in any wedding because there is no sure way to know if anything has changed in guests’ eating patterns. The planner should come prepared to at least consider a vegetarian friendly dish and within the crazy planning process, caterers should ask whether the couple wants this option.

BUFFET OR TRADITIONAL P R E D E T E R M I N E D P L AT E The buffet style is becoming increasingly popular at weddings with mixed guest lists of those who eat meat and those who don’t, according to Horn. This format allows people to pick and choose what goes on their plate.

Potentially, everyone can be happy with the selections they make as opposed to having a predestined plate of food given to them.

“My preference is to give people options,” Horn said. “I prefer to do buffet service because it’s easier for people to custom make their plate.”

Jennifer Jeffery, the Team Coordinator for Custom Ink, orders Dish Café catering for a team of over 350 people twice a week. Thirty

of whom are vegetarian, eight are vegan and eight are gluten intolerant.

Jeffery said she can’t provide for every diet restriction but with the help of Dish, she does her best.

With a buffet set up, the possibilities are endless. Eating light? Try an upscale salad bar with rich and delicate greens, different types of cheeses, fruit, and meat options like savory steak or lemon and cracked pepper chicken.

Dish’s winter specialty is a baked potato and chili bar.

Dish uses Field Roast, a brand specific to providing vegan meat options including chipotle sausage and soy, gluten crumbles as a meat replacement. The Field Roast and others relatively similar can be found at Whole Foods.

“When Dish makes chili, we always have to get extra of the veggie option,” Jeffery said. “We usually get a little extra of whatever vegetarian option we have … sometimes the veggie option is better!”

Buffets offer options for an even further customized menu to include anything guests could crave. Take fajitas to the next level or offer a taco bar. Let people dress their own salmon burger or veggie, black bean patty.

“Even though it’s a vegetarian option, it [should feel] like a meal,” Horn said.

Vegetarians notice. There is a difference between eating bread and a Caesar salad where vegetarians have to pick chicken bits off and eating a hearty, filling meal.

Buffets also may help you avoid wasting food. Because people are choosing what ends up on their plate, they’re more likely to eat its contents.

REQUESTING A V E G E TA R I A N M E A L AT A W E D D I N G Because wedding etiquette is constantly changing, it’s difficult to navigate how suggestions are received. If you’re spending a hearty amount of money to attend a wedding, you probably want an adequate meal that serves your dietary restrictions when you arrive.

If the mailed RSVP card asks the guest to select a dinner option, it is OK to write in veggie if the only options are meat. This way, the planners are aware that there are

people attending the wedding with certain preferences.

The point of planning is to be at ease.

Although some turn into “bridezillas” and are primarily concerned with a particular vision of the day, it is important to make sure this end goal, the desired ease, surrounds everyone attending your wedding.

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B E AWA R E : M E AT E AT E R S G E T C U R I O U S Horn described experiences where the nonvegetarians’ curiosity leads them to help themselves to the vegetarian set up.

Perhaps the most embarrassing catering faux pas is to run out of food.

If you do provide a vegetarian option at your wedding, especially in a buffet format, make sure those specific vegetarians receive their food first before meat eaters dine and dash with the entirety of the vegetables and meat alternatives.

Appetizers can include your favorites. Like pizza smothered in sausage and bell pepper?

Serve one with mushroom and bell pepper.

Cheese is also an alternative. You can always include an incredible smoked cheese for those who like that meaty taste.

Although Dish Café does rustic and homey, maybe more casual and local when possible.

Anything can be made vegetarian. Weddings are typically meant to be and should be a version of who you are and what you want.

Overall, providing a vegetarian option is the perfect way to round out your menu. Even if you’re not sure you will host vegetarians at your wedding, there may be guests who simply want to eat lighter that day.

Regardless of any specific details, good food is good food. The theme and overall feeling of the wedding is the couple’s concern.

However, it is crucial to consider others when it comes down to planning the menu.

“I’m doing a vegetarian option because everyone I’m inviting means something to me and if by chance they have become vegetarians without me knowing I would hate to put them in an uncomfortable situation,” said Krissy Hall, a Reno local planning her wedding for January 2015.

Photos by Belinda Grant Photography

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Joannie Stosic, a Dish Café employee and full time vegetarian, presents an array of rustic vegetables she made.

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your reception and book it now.

Reserve a block of hotel rooms for out of town guests and book your own wedding suite.

Register for gifts. Bring your fiancé along when you do this.

Continue talking to and booking vendors. Get everything in writing, so there are no surprises on your bill.

Figure out if you are going to purchase or make your invitations and save-the-dates and make the necessary arrangements and purchases.

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very wedding is different, so each has slightly different needs when it comes to the whole planning process. Some take a whole lot of planning, and some take almost none—wedding chapel downtown anyone? The timeframes given here are just suggestions, but this checklist should get you started.

so that there’s little room for surprise. Try to pay off some older bills before you start raking in the new wedding ones.

24 TO 12 MONTHS BEFORE

Prepare some questions for vendors and venues so you can weed out the not-so-great choices quickly and make sure you get exactly what you want from each of them.

Before you take to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with the news of your fiancée status, call or tell in person your close family members and friends first. Nobody likes finding out their friend is getting married by seeing a relationship status update.

Sit down with your fiancé, break out the calculator and figure out just how much you have and want to spend on the wedding. Come up with a list of things you’ll need to pay for—including wedding related things and upcoming rent or mortgage payments, cell phone, utility and other bills—

Take to the internet and start brainstorming like crazy. Pinterest is the favorite for this.

Book your wedding photographer. This is one of the most important vendors, so choose wisely. Wedding photographers can get booked up quickly, so it’s a good idea to do this earlier rather than later.

Have your engagement photos taken.

There are a lot of great suggestions for poses and outfits online. Have fun with it.

Send out your save the date cards to all of your guests.

Start rounding out your vendor team.

Figure out designs with your florist and do a tasting with your cake baker, too.

Arrange any necessary transportation for the big day.

Start planning your honeymoon. Make sure to check your passports and other travel documents and if you’ll need any shots.

Choose and book the venue for your rehearsal dinner. Make all the necessary arrangements for that night.

Plan out a preliminary guest list to get a head count for later preparations.

Remember, more guests means more money spent.

Book all party rentals and linens you may need.

Talk to your wedding party and figure out a budget that will work for their dresses, tuxedoes, suits or other outfits.

Choose your venue and book it. Look into the venue’s options, if any, for things like catering and table and chair rentals.

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Finalize the menu with your caterer.

Choose and purchase your wedding rings.

Finalize your honeymoon plans and get time off work for it.

Finalize all details of the order of the ceremony and reception and readings.

Send out the invitations.

Choose the music for your first dance and other important moments.

Buy or make any and all wedding favors and gifts.

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Do a final fitting of the wedding attire with all the accessories.

Get your marriage license and figure out any name change documents you may need.

Make sure the members of the wedding party have gotten their dresses and suits.

Figure out and buy your guest book, flower girl basket and ring bearer pillow.

WEEK OF Check all of your honeymoon plans, including that passport and the weather.

Pack for your honeymoon, too.

If the shoes you’re wearing in the ceremony are new, break them in. You don’t want your feet to distract you from the fun.

Give the caterer and venue the final guest count.

Pick up your wedding dress and keep it safe.

Check the weather for the big day. If it’s outdoors, make sure you have a back-up plan for bad weather.

Confirm timeline and details with planner, vendors and wedding party. Print out a copy for yourself and/or your maid of honor.

Book an appointment for a manicure and pedicure.

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Consider whether you would like to get a wedding planner or day-of coordinator or what friends and family members might help out.

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It’s time for the parties, including the bridal shower and bachelorette and bachelor parties. Make sure that everyone invited is also invited to the wedding, especially if you’re not doing the planning.

Finalize and confirm all details with your vendors.

Find the wedding dress and the rest of the wedding party’s attire. Chances are you’ve been working on this one from the beginning, but now you need to get serious and choose it. Alterations can take several months, so do this as early as possible.

Decide who will be in your wedding party.

trial run with whoever will be doing it for your wedding, whether it’s a professional, a family member or a friend or yourself. This way you can avoid any catastrophes on the big day.

D AY B E F O R E Get that manicure and pedicure.

Have a great time at your rehearsal dinner.

Make sure to have tip money ready for vendors.

Give out the gifts you chose for your wedding party.

Confirm all transportation necessary.

W E D D I N G D AY Get your hair and makeup done, get dressed and gaze at yourself in the mirror.

Relax and slow down. The day will be over before you know it.

Make sure to take the time to actually eat the food and cake you spent all that time and money on.

Make the rounds and take all the photos you want with your guests, but make sure to have fun and appreciate your new spouse, too.

Have fun!

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