Happy late Valentine's Day everyone! No doubt many of you celebrated the annual day of romance by deciding to get hitched. I would like to congratulate you, and to wish you the best as you prepare for your big day.
So, your engaged! What now? There are very few experiences in your life that will require the range of skills and talents you are about to pull out of yourself, as you face the logistical mountain of a task that is planning a wedding. You may surprise yourself as you force yourself to do things that you never knew you had in you. If you're lucky, you've experienced it before as a Groomsman or Bridesmaid, and you're not totally at a loss as to what to do. But if you don't have that experience to fall back on, you've got your work cut out for you. Let's see if I can help...
First of all, you'll need to sort out exactly what it is that you expect from your Wedding Day. Is it going to focus on form or function? A lot of couples are going the function route these days, and it makes some sense, with the economy as unsure as it is. Whatever you decide, you've still got to come up with a structural plan for the day. What do you want to include in it? Will it be just the basics, or will you go for an all out extravaganza with all the accoutrements? You'll need to work out a timeline, taking into consideration travel time in between venues, photography session, receiving line to thank your guests for coming. Then you'll need to work out separate timelines for your ceremony and reception. This will require a lot of decisions about which elements to include, and whether to set a traditional, modern or creative tone to the proceedings.
Once you've set up your structure, you'll need to work out the look of your day. There's the macro:(colour, style sensibility), and the micro (dresses, suits, flowers, cake, decorations, invitations).
Now consider, with all the work you're about to put into this, do you want to create a permanent record of this momentous occasion, or will you consign it to memory? If you decide to go with a permanent record, you need to decide what form that record will take, and how it will be compiled.
On the next entry, I will discuss what to look for in a wedding photographer. Back in a few days!
So, your engaged! What now? There are very few experiences in your life that will require the range of skills and talents you are about to pull out of yourself, as you face the logistical mountain of a task that is planning a wedding. You may surprise yourself as you force yourself to do things that you never knew you had in you. If you're lucky, you've experienced it before as a Groomsman or Bridesmaid, and you're not totally at a loss as to what to do. But if you don't have that experience to fall back on, you've got your work cut out for you. Let's see if I can help...
First of all, you'll need to sort out exactly what it is that you expect from your Wedding Day. Is it going to focus on form or function? A lot of couples are going the function route these days, and it makes some sense, with the economy as unsure as it is. Whatever you decide, you've still got to come up with a structural plan for the day. What do you want to include in it? Will it be just the basics, or will you go for an all out extravaganza with all the accoutrements? You'll need to work out a timeline, taking into consideration travel time in between venues, photography session, receiving line to thank your guests for coming. Then you'll need to work out separate timelines for your ceremony and reception. This will require a lot of decisions about which elements to include, and whether to set a traditional, modern or creative tone to the proceedings.
Once you've set up your structure, you'll need to work out the look of your day. There's the macro:(colour, style sensibility), and the micro (dresses, suits, flowers, cake, decorations, invitations).
Now consider, with all the work you're about to put into this, do you want to create a permanent record of this momentous occasion, or will you consign it to memory? If you decide to go with a permanent record, you need to decide what form that record will take, and how it will be compiled.
On the next entry, I will discuss what to look for in a wedding photographer. Back in a few days!
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