SIX EASY WEDDING TIPS | Vermont Bride Magazine
Okay, You've Got the Ring...
what’s next?
 You can’t plan it overnight, but you can start early and set the stage for a perfect wedding. Making the big choices soon lets all the rest come together.
AGREE on a time, date and place. Do you need to avoid times of heavy workloads when you or he are busiest? Is a Holiday a good time to gather your families, or the worst time because everyone is somewhere else? Get a calendar and scope out the options.
IDENTIFY what your style is. If you’re not sure already, you’ll need to research and choose and reject what you like (and what you don’t!) Will you be formal, or informal? Watch out, the ‘suggestions’ can come pouring in from friends and family, so don’t be swayed from knowing your own style.
ORGANIZE yourself – that doesn’t mean using a spreadsheet to track every detail (unless you’re good at that approach); but it might mean tearing pages out of magazines, clipping newspaper articles, and printing out web sites. Keep it together using an inexpensive accordion folder from an office supply store, or get a three-ring binder. You won’t have to remember information in your head if you can keep it handy on paper or your personal computer.
MONEY can be a hard issue to conquer when you’re holding an event that can include two families that under any other circumstance would never talk to each other about such a private topic. Discover what you and your intended agree about when it comes to who should be paying for what, and go from there. Figure out what the boundaries are, and what can (and cannot) be asked. You don’t have to be fearless, just tactful.
VENDORS are everywhere, but there is good, better and best. Use magazines like Vermont Bride to investigate the work of photographers, to get phone numbers and web site addresses for professional vendors who offer the services you’re going to need. Start asking questions and start asking for quotes. Once you have a good vendor lined up that you like, they’ll know other service providers that can do the other things you need. Network, make calls, and get the answers to the questions you have.
DON’T GO CRAZY, ask for help where you need it, involve your friends and family. You can do it!
– Teej Weems
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