Check List for the Bride
A One Year Plan
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 Your wedding is one of the most important and exciting days of your life. It also will require a great deal of planning and attention to detail to fulfill your expectations. Here's a checklist to help you remember all the details:
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9-12 Months Before the Wedding
- Decide on the type of wedding. How big? How formal?
- Set a tentative budget.
- Choose the date and time of ceremony and reception.
- Select the locations and make reservations.
- Make an appointment with the person who will perform the ceremony.
- Plan a guest list with names and addresses.
- Shop for your wedding rings.
- Shop for your dress and accessories.
- Pick your colors for the ceremony and reception.
- Choose your attendants, their dresses and accessories.
- Select photographer, transportation and caterer (if separate from reception location).
- Plan your honeymoon.
- Select A Sound Spectrum for your Disc Jockey Service.
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6-9 Months Before the Wedding
- Announce your engagement.
- Register your gift preferences with Dillard's Bridal Registry.
- Choose a florist; consult with florist on floral needs and preferences.
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3-6 Months Before the Wedding
- Order invitations and personal stationery. (Allow four weeks for delivery.
- Keep a record of all gifts received. (See the guest and gift lists in this section.)
- Send thank you notes immediately.
- Help mothers select their dresses.
- Check that all bridal attire has been ordered.
- Shop for your trousseau.
- Choose a baker for the wedding cake and groom's cake.
- Meet with you Sound Spectrum DJ to arrange events at Reception (first meeting).
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2-3 Months Before the Wedding
- Start addressing the wedding invitations.
- Shop for such wedding accessories as toasting goblets, ring pillow and a garter.
- Confirm all ceremony and reception reservations.
- Arrange for the wedding rehearsal. A Sound Spectrum can provide Ceremony Music. If DJ is to perform Ceremony, contact him.
- Ask friends to help at the reception with the guest book or gifts.
- Confirm honeymoon plans; get passport or visa if needed.
- Confirm flower orders with florist.
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One Month Before the Wedding
- Mail the invitations.
- Have the final fitting on your wedding attire.
- Have your portrait taken; send announcement to the newspaper.
- Choose gifts for attendants.
- Arrange lodging for out-of-town guests.
- Purchase wedding album, guest book.
- Select the groom's wedding gift.
- Apply for marriage license with fiance and witness.
- Meet A Sound Spectrum DJ to review Reception plans.
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The Week of Your Wedding
- Give the final estimate of guests to the caterer.
- Check all final details: Baker, florist, photographer.
- Have your bridesmaids' luncheon; present bridesmaids' gifts.
- Pack for your honeymoon.
- Provide maps for out-of-town guests.
- Finale meeting with Sound Spectrum DJ to cover all remaining details. Everything should be done at this point.
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The Day of the Wedding
- Have your hairdresser style your hair.
- Begin dressing one and one-half hours before the ceremony.
- Parents of the groom should be seated five minutes before the ceremony.
- The bride's mother should be seated immediately before the processional and before the aisle runner is rolled.
- Relax . . . and enjoy your special day.
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After the Honeymoon
- Finish thank you notes.
- If you are taking your husband's name, change driver's license, social security card, bank accounts and credit cards.
- Make an appointment with your Dillard's bridal consultant to make any needed exchanges.
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