Countdown Planning Calendar
12 MONTHS
- Determine your budget and the kind of wedding (informal, formal, etc.);
decide where the ceremony will take place. - Visit your officiant with your fiancé. Set the date.
- Consider hiring a wedding consultant.
- Plan a reception.
- Choose your attendants.
- Draw up your invitation list; have your fiancé draw up his.
- Enroll with the bridal gift registry of your favorite store(s).
- Select your gown, veil, accessories and bridesmaids' dresses.
- Consult a men's formalwear specialist.
- Select a photographer/videographer, florist, musicians.
6 MONTHS
- Send out save-the-dates if this is a destination wedding
- Order your invitations, personal stationery and notepaper.
- Plan accommodations for your out-of-town guests.
- Arrange for your rehearsal dinner.
- Plan your honeymoon.
- Have mothers choose their dresses.
4 MONTHS
- Select your wedding reception music.
- Choose gifts for your attendants.
- Buy wedding rings.
- Make a date with your fiancé to get the marriage license.
2 MONTHS
- Buy wedding gift for your groom.
- Make appointment with your hairstylist.
- Consider a professional makeup artist for your wedding day.
- Have final dress fittings.
- Address and mail your wedding invitations.
- Plan a bridesmaid' party.
- Record each gift as received and write a thank-you note promptly.
2 WEEKS
- Draw up a seating plan for the reception.
1 WEEK
- Have final consultation with caterer, florist and photographer/videographer.
- Host a bridesmaids' luncheon.
- Confirm rehearsal plans with clergy and attendants.
