| Becoming engaged to your love can bring about a real | | | | from the cake to the reception hall, from everybody's |
| rush of emotions. On the one hand, if you said yes | | | | transportation to the food you'll be serving. Have it all in |
| than you're going to feel overjoyed that you finally met | | | | one handy place. It's a good idea to have both hard |
| and landed the person you want to spend the rest of | | | | copies and digital copies. Hard copies are good to go |
| your life with. A lot of people spend a lot of time | | | | over in person, while digital copies give you access to |
| thinking about this moment, and it's an exciting relief | | | | all the information whenever you want it. |
| when it finally happens. Then there is the sinking feeling | | | | While you're planning your going to want to set |
| that to get married you have to actually plan the whole | | | | priorities about what's important and what's not. If you |
| wedding! Here are some tips to help smooth the | | | | need to have a huge wedding, then set that out at the |
| process to ensure you can focus on the joy of it all | | | | onset. If you only need a small affair, then let everyone |
| and not the stress. | | | | know ahead of time. You need to decide how much |
| The first thing you need to do is realize that starting to | | | | more you're going to prioritize the wedding party |
| plan early on is better than planning later on. The | | | | members over the wedding guests. Are you going to |
| sooner you start working things out, the more time you | | | | simply plan to make sure that all the party members |
| give yourself to solve problems and deal with things as | | | | can be there, or will you take it to the next level? After |
| they come. If you wait until the last minute, then you're | | | | all, some people go so far as having separate and |
| going to feel overwhelmed and not be able to enjoy | | | | different wedding party favors and wedding guest |
| either the process or the day of. The best way to | | | | favors. It all depends on how you want to proceed. |
| start early is to look for a planner within a week of | | | | Now that you've decided on a planner, now that |
| getting engaged. This serves two purposes. First, you | | | | you've decided how to organize the event and where |
| will give yourself plenty of time to make sure you | | | | your priorities are, it's time to decide how hands on you |
| select the right planner for you. Second, it gives the | | | | want to be with the event. This once again comes |
| three of you the time to build up a relationship and | | | | down to a personal preference. Some people like to |
| understanding of what your needs and wants are, so | | | | be involved in every step of the process, while others |
| the planner can best serve your vision. | | | | like to simply hire great people to take care of the |
| Once you have the planner, you're going to want to | | | | details. You need to decide which is going to cause |
| figure out a system to keep everything organized. | | | | you the least amount of stress. Will you freak out if |
| You're going to be sharing at least some version of | | | | you aren't there every step of the way, or will you |
| this system with you, your partner, and the planner, so | | | | freak out if you have to handle it all? Decide which |
| you need to make sure it works for everyone. It's a | | | | direction will make you the most relaxed and happy, |
| good idea to have a system of files and folders | | | | and follow it. You'll be happy you did. |
| composing all the important elements of your wedding- | | | | |