Being engaged can be a fabulous time. It is a time where you are usually at your happiest. However, during this time you realize that you need to start planning your wedding and soon! This article addresses the things you should do first.
The first thing most people do is tell everyone they are engaged. Start with your parents, face to face would be best. Then decide on how to tell everyone else. You can have an engagement party, announce your engagement on a wedding website, announce in the local paper or send out traditional engagement announcements. Of course you can do a combination of all of the above.
The next thing you should think about is the guest list. Not just who might come but coming up with a final guest list rather quickly. It is important to have a finished guest list as soon as possible because it affects many areas of wedding planning. The amount of guests will affect the overall cost, the size of the ceremony and the reception and who gets notification of your engagement.
Another item which must be tackled, may very well be the most agonizing - the wedding budget. You really need to know how much money you have to spend on the entire day. The budget covers everything from the reception (including food, alcohol, seating, decorations, cake and entertainment) to the clothing, jewelry and stationery. You should come up with a number and then break it down into each category. Make sure you can afford everything you need but at the same time make sure you have enough to cover expenses.
Next you will want to sit down together and discuss what each of you wants the wedding to be like. You may be surprised that you and your spouse have different opinions of the big day. You will most likely have to really listen to one another and come to some sort of compromise on many areas of the wedding.
Lastly you are going to have to choose the wedding date, the ceremony location and the reception location. People usually choose these three things together because you want locations which are relatively close to each other and ones which will fit into your wedding theme or feeling. Both locations need to be available on the same date.
All of the above are essentials to wedding planning. The one thing you have to remember is that once those decisions are made, all of the smaller decisions will seem so much easier.
The first thing most people do is tell everyone they are engaged. Start with your parents, face to face would be best. Then decide on how to tell everyone else. You can have an engagement party, announce your engagement on a wedding website, announce in the local paper or send out traditional engagement announcements. Of course you can do a combination of all of the above.
The next thing you should think about is the guest list. Not just who might come but coming up with a final guest list rather quickly. It is important to have a finished guest list as soon as possible because it affects many areas of wedding planning. The amount of guests will affect the overall cost, the size of the ceremony and the reception and who gets notification of your engagement.
Another item which must be tackled, may very well be the most agonizing - the wedding budget. You really need to know how much money you have to spend on the entire day. The budget covers everything from the reception (including food, alcohol, seating, decorations, cake and entertainment) to the clothing, jewelry and stationery. You should come up with a number and then break it down into each category. Make sure you can afford everything you need but at the same time make sure you have enough to cover expenses.
Next you will want to sit down together and discuss what each of you wants the wedding to be like. You may be surprised that you and your spouse have different opinions of the big day. You will most likely have to really listen to one another and come to some sort of compromise on many areas of the wedding.
Lastly you are going to have to choose the wedding date, the ceremony location and the reception location. People usually choose these three things together because you want locations which are relatively close to each other and ones which will fit into your wedding theme or feeling. Both locations need to be available on the same date.
All of the above are essentials to wedding planning. The one thing you have to remember is that once those decisions are made, all of the smaller decisions will seem so much easier.
About the Author:
Pamela Kazmierczak loves writing wedding related articles. She is an expert in the wedding industry. Check out her website, Wedding Ideas or learn more about what to do when you become Engaged. Stop by Today!
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