Oh SNAP!!! She Said "YES" | Keeping Your Sanity While Preparing for Your Wedding

OK....BREATH!

If you are gong to be hearing wedding bells soon, there is obviously a lot to do. 

Whether you are the bride, the groom or a member of the family, the solution for getting overwhelmed is being organized ahead of time.

Venue

As soon as you think wedding bells are in the future for yourself, research, visit and select a venue as soon as possible.  Usually the good venues AND dates are reserved months in advance and while you may feel there is time for a spring wedding, many others may have booked the location of your choice the winter before. So, unless you are hosting it in your back yard, you should get a venue deiced upon as soon as possible.

Another advantage to booking a venue is that when you have a date in front of you, organizing becomes much simpler. When you have a selected date, you can start booking the wedding band, the florist, the cake, the deejay or any other vendor you need. Just making castles in the air by saying that you might be getting married some time in the spring makes everything ambiguous and difficult to plan accurately.

Theme

If there is one thing everyone is doing these days is having a theme for their wedding. From Hawaiian weddings to a color theme to a motif like wedding bells, everyone is going with a theme so that their reception looks more coordinated and everything ties in tighter. If you choose to have wedding bells for a theme, then the cake can have wedding bell toppers, the centerpieces on the guest tables can have wedding bell flower arrangements and the invitation cards can have the same motif.  Just a thought here...

Calm Your Nerves

Whether you are the bride, the groom, a member of the family, or someone close to the party, being calm and confident about the wedding day is the most important element of organizing. Even the most professionally choreographed wedding can go disastrously wrong if the couple have last minute jitters, if they are too laid back or if they are too much on top of things. Having a balanced approach and being involved but continuing with your life is the most important thing for the both of you. Plan your wedding but do not let that take over your entire life.

Keep in mind the following:
Have realistic expectations. Do not be so extravagant that you begin your married life in credit card debt.  Be mindful of the extremes and limits you will accept. For example, extreme diets to fit into a size 2 wedding dress when you normally wear a 14 will lead to a host of medical issue to deal with soon after.

Just Remember To Breath.  

At the end of the day...your only concern is for the person standing next to you...Right?

Congratulation and ...Cheers! 

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