Proper steps to planning a wedding on my own by next spring?

Answer 1

I would suggest sitting down with your fiance and deciding what type of wedding you'd like to have (formal, outdoors, destination, at home, courthouse) then go to www.theknot.com The website is great for directing you to the various things you need to be doing to pull off your wedding in whatever time frame you have allotted. Congrats!

Answer 2

Planning a wedding can be overwhelming because with so many things to do, it's hard to know where to begin. I found this article on the first three steps to planning a wedding to be extremely useful. http://www.elegala.com/newyear.html

The article says that Step 1 is determining your budget; Step 2 is Tackling the Guest Count; Step 3 is setting your date and venues. It explains why and elaborates on how to go about accomplishing these tasks.

Everything else pretty much flows from these 3 decisions - so once you've checked them off your to do list, you're on your way!

Answer 3

There is so much to do when it comes to a wedding. So many things to make, buy, instruct people on how you want it done, find a church, hall, etc... there is no way anyone could answer this question for you, except to give you pointers. I am getting married, myself, on 07-07-07 and I know a lot of people who have gotten married and they have given me pointers, but it is up to me to plan it. Below I have pasted links to sites that give you a 'Wedding Time line'. But you have to adjust them to your personal wedding. I have used this myself and I have found it to help. If these aren't exactly what you are looking for just search on Yahoo! I found these sites by typing in 'Wedding Time line' Hope this helps. Congrats!!

Answer 4

The key is to decide what you want for your wedding, the budget & staying ORGANIZED.
There are lists you can download from some of the bridal sites.

I just watched the DVD, Weddings for Dummies. It's only about 2 hours, doesn't go into depth, but good to get an idea of what to expect. Borrowed it from the library.

Answer 5

Check on-line wedding sites and pick up a few magazines. This will help your creative thinking.
I did a simple search for wedding plan on http://www.amazon.com/ and it listed a lot of books to help you plan your own wedding, including an on-line registry and on-line planner.
Congratulations, and good luck.

Answer 6

I found this planning checklist on line http://www.weddinglenox.com/advises/Wedding_planning_scheduling.php.

You can also try their matching system http://www.weddinglenox.com/f-membersignup1.php that will match you up with local vendors. I tried it and have good result as I only recieved email from vendors according to my request.

One problem I had with my wedding is that it is hard to locate vendors in most website as most likely they group by states and there are too many of them that's too far from me and I have to look at each site to figure out.

The sites I provide above have a easy to use layout to show you pictures, pricing and location in one page plus, you can send out your inquiry for matching vendor to contact you. That save me lots of time to locate the best vendors with the right price.

Answer 7

I would buy a book on how to do a wedding. It will help explain exactly what you need to do and when u need to do it.

I would also speak to your fiance about yalls vision of the big day.

Answer 8

i would recommend buying the Target wedding planner and lots of bridal mags. the target thing has an awesome checklist calendar in it that has been really helpful to me!

Answer 9

get someone to marry you first!