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Weddings: Helpful Hints
Calendars
and Time Schedules:
To keep your wedding party informed and on schedule, give
calendars to all your attendants several months before
your wedding. On each calendar note important dates and
times, such as showers, dress and tuxedo fittings, and
the rehearsal dinner. To ensure everyone understands the
wedding day’s schedule, hand out more detailed time
tables beginning as early as 9:00 am and extending until
your departure after the reception. Give copies of the
schedule to your parents as well, so they may locate and
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Out-of-Town
Guests
Create a warm welcome for out-of town guests by placing
baskets filled with fruit, small bottles of champagne
and scented soaps in their hotel rooms. Arrange for special
hotel service, such as newspaper delivery in the morning
accompanied by a tray of pastries, fresh orange juice
and champagne compliments of the bride and groom.
Limousines
In addition to adding luxurious style and elegance to
your celebration, using this spacious form of transportation
will also protect your wedding dress. The larger passenger
area of a limousine saves on wrinkles to keep your gown
looking fresh for the ceremony and photographs. An attentive
chauffeur may also keep your gown from being stepped on
or crushed in car doors, helping to preserve it.
Guests Who Could Not Attend
Send videotapes of your wedding preparation, ceremony
and reception to those special people who were unable
to attend your celebration, such as friends abroad or
relatives too ill to travel. A hospitalized grandparent
or friend away at school will love being able to participate
in your joyous occasion in this way. For an added touch,
include a pressed flower from your church or reception
hall, a wedding program, a printed appreciation scroll,
a wedding favor, a place card and a snapshot of you
at your wedding. Absent guests will feel as if they
didn’t miss a thing.
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Timeline Checklist:
Upon Engagement
Determine wedding style (formal or informal)
Reserve ceremony and reception sites
Select photographer
Choose attendants
Determine wedding colors
Select bridal gown
Begin guest list
6 Months Before the Wedding:
Purchase wedding rings
Make appointment with officiant
Choose bridesmaids’ dresses
Select caterer
Arrange for engagement portrait
4 Months Before the Wedding:
Order invitations, announcements and other wedding stationery
Purchase guest book, toasting glasses, cake knife, cake
top, garter and other accessories
Meet with florist
2 Months Before the Wedding:
Select formal wear for groomsmen
Order wedding cake
6 Weeks Before the Wedding:
Address Invitations
Apply for marriage license
Order flowers
2 Weeks Before the Wedding:
Confirm guest list
Inform caterer of final count
Address announcements
Arrange name changes
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