Wedding planning tips - 12 months prior to the wedding
□ Buy the engagement ring.
□ Set the date.
□ Send an engagement announcement and picture to your local newspaper.
□ Make a wedding budget.
□ Meet and introduce each set of your parents to your fiancé.
□ Ask your fiancé’s parents for a guest list.
□ Hire a wedding consultant (if needed).
□ Find a clergyman or a civil officer to marry you.
□ Reserve the wedding place.
□ Book a location for your reception site. (Preferably SV Civic Center)
□ Choose your menu options.
□ Hire a photographer.
□ Choose a florist.
□ Select bridal attendants, best man and ushers.
□ Start to shop for a wedding dress & your attendant’s dresses.
□ If your attendants are from out of town, e-mailing them to keep them informed.
□ Check on your attendant’s sizes and measurements.
□ Interview photographers and/or videographers.
□ Register your gift preferences at department or specialty stores.
□ Host a wedding website so your family can view pictures and details.
(SVCC offers this service…info@svbanquets.com)□ Plan for your financial future and discuss prenuptial agreements.
Wedding planning tips - 6 to 12 months before the wedding
□ The bride should finalize a gown and the bridal attendants attire.
□ Select a tuxedo for the groom and attire for the groomsmen.
□ Finalize the guest list and order the invitations.
□ Plan your honeymoon.
□ Reserve a wedding night suite/hotel room for before your honeymoon departure.
□ Make arrangements for the music to be played at the wedding.
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Update your wedding website.
Wedding planning tips - 2 to 4 months before the wedding
□ Book a restaurant for the rehearsal dinner.
□ Schedule the wedding rehearsal with your clergyman/officiate.
□ Book accommodations for out-of-town guests (You may want to gather ideas for their entertainment prior to the wedding while they stay).
□ Book the bride's beauty appointments (Also may apply to bridal party).
□ Choose champagne and wines for the reception, in addition to any special glasses.
□ Choose and order your wedding rings.
□ Shop for gifts for each other and your wedding attendants.
□ Finalize your flower arrangements.
□ Make an appointment for a physical exam.
□ Arrange wedding day transportation for the entire party as well as the bride and groom.
□ Order the wedding cake.
□ Start looking for a new home (if applicable).
□ Schedule an appointment for a trial hairdo and makeup, take your headpiece.
□ Book ahead for a hairstyling and manicure near the wedding date.
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Update your wedding website.
Wedding planning tips - 1 to 2 months before the wedding
□ Mail invitations four to six weeks before the ceremony.
□ Complete arrangements with all of the hired help for your wedding such as photographer, DJ, etc.
□ Write the vows.
□ Get final fittings for bride and attendants' gowns.
□ Send copies of ceremony readings to wedding participants.
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Update your wedding website.
Wedding planning tips - 2 to 4 weeks before the wedding
□ Get the marriage license.
□ Find out what the state requirements are for marriage.
□ Send wedding announcements to local newspapers (if applicable).
□ Get a formal bridal portrait taken.
□ Get any accessories to finalize your bridal attire: shoes, jewelry, and hosiery. Take with you to your final fitting.
□ Plan your honeymoon wardrobe and shop for items needed for your trip.
□ Determine your luggage needs.
□ Confirm accommodations for out-of-town guests.
□ Re-confirm all transportation arrangements.
□ Write thank-you notes as gifts arrive.
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Update your wedding website.
Wedding planning tips - 1 week before the wedding
□ Go over final details with everyone hired for the wedding.
□ Make lists of all last-minute questions and how you would like everything to work during the wedding.
□ Give photographer/videographer the final list of pictures/video shots that you would like taken.
□ Call the guests who have not responded.
□ Take a final count of RSVP’s and give a final count of your guest list to banquet hall/caterer/wedding planner.
□ Make a final seating chart and write place cards, if needed.
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Confirm and enjoy your rehearsal dinner.
Wedding planning tips - the day before the wedding
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Rest (and plenty of it). Enjoy being with your family.
Wedding planning tips - your wedding day
□ Eat in the morning. It may be a while before you get another chance to.
□ Have the bride's hair and makeup done three hours before the ceremony.
□ Dress at least one hour before the ceremony.
□ Give the best man the bride's wedding ring.
□ Put officiant's fee in an envelope and give it to the best man to deliver after the ceremony.
□ Bring the marriage license.
□ Seat the groom's parents five minutes before the ceremony.
□ Seat the bride's mother immediately before the processional march.
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The groom should dance first with your bride and then
with your mother, your new mother-in-law and the bridesmaids.
Wedding planning tips - after the wedding
□ Send the announcements and a wedding photo to the local newspapers.
□ Write and mail the thank you notes.
□ Update your wedding website with you honeymoon pictures.
□ Start planning ahead for your future.
□ If changing your name & address, contact and send changes to your Driver’s License, Social Security Card, Post Office, Credit Card companies, etc.
Shenango Valley Civic Center
Shenango Ave. & Pitt St.
Sharon, PA 16146
Phone: 724-342-1444