Planning

Start planning right away. Use a notebook/folder/index cards or a computer program to list everything you can think of relative to your wedding -and don’t forget the honeymoon. List dates when jobs need to be completed by and check them off once done. Keep a record of everything -deposits, receipts, phone calls and written confirmation of any bookings. You can get a complete checklist in my Free Wedding Planning Guide.

Budget

Work out a budget for your wedding and once set try not to exceed it by more than the smallest of margins. Wedding costs have a habit of blowing out of proportion. If you find it hard to keep under budget look for areas where you can economize. Could you borrow a friend’s car instead of hiring one? A wedding doesn’t need to expensive to be wonderful.

Share the Workload

Once you have a list of everything that needs to be done before the wedding day, enlist all the help and support you can. Ask your attendants, family and close friends to help with various tasks. People love a wedding and love to be involved so let them.

Problems

Keep problems in proportion. It is not worth upsetting yourself, and everyone else, over minor details. If the bridesmaids’ shoes are one shade lighter in color than you wanted it isn’t the end of the world. Learn some relaxation techniques or have a soothing massage if it all gets too much.

Enjoy the Lead Up

The time leading up to your wedding is a very special time but it will go very quickly. Don’t spend it going crazy over wedding preparations or arguing with everyone within your radius. Don’t say things you may later regret. If you feel yourself losing your cool walk away for a while and calm down.

Take Time Out

Each week take time out with your partner and agree not to mention the word ‘wedding’ or anything related to weddings. Chill out with a good bottle of wine, a tasty meal and each other’s company.

The Big Day

Finally enjoy every moment of your wedding day. It may come along but once in your lifetime so savor every moment of it.

Couples who don’t have enough time on their hands, or just find the preparations that go into planning a wedding too overwhelming, can always just hire a wedding planner. However, if you wish to shave thousands off your wedding budget, there IS a way to do your own planning and still have a dream wedding. Should you, as a couple, decide to plan your wedding yourself, then you should probably brace yourself for some hard work ahead. After all, you have to decide on the details from the biggest to the most minute, as well as to make sure that these decisions are conveyed and relayed properly to the right persons, namely, your wedding reception caterer, your couturier, your wedding florist, wedding cake baker, wedding videographer and photographer, to mention only a few.

What you should keep in mind is that albeit planning your dream may be difficult, it is not impossible, and that all the hard work and planning will be well worth it in the end. All you need are some walking shoes to run your wedding errands, a wedding planning notebook, your wedding checklist, some wise-money saving ideas up your sleeves, and some patience that, if you’re lucky enough, should be able to hold out until the moment you walk down that isle towards your true love on your dream wedding day!

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