Hearing Wedding Bells in the Near Future?
If you are gong to be hearing wedding bells soon, there is obviously a lot to do. Whether you are the bride or groom or a member of the family, try not to get overwhelmed with the weeding preparations by being organized ahead of time.
Venue
As soon as you think wedding bells are in the future for yourself or your loved one, set a venue as the good places are reserved months in advance and while you may feel there is time for a spring wedding, many others may have booked the location of your choice. So unless you are doing it in your parents' expansive back yard, you should get a venue deiced upon as soon as possible.
Another advantage to booking a venue is that when you have a date in front of you, organizing becomes much simpler. You have a date in front of you so you can start booking the wedding band, the florist, the cake, the deejay or any other vendor you need. Just making castles in the air by saying that you might be getting married some time in the spring makes everything ambiguous and difficult to plan accurately.
Theme
If there is one thing everyone is doing these days is having a theme for their wedding. From Hawaiian weddings to a color theme to a motif like wedding bells, everyone is going with a theme so that their reception looks more coordinated and everything ties in tighter. If they choose to have wedding bells for a theme, for instance, then the cake can have wedding bell toppers, the centerpieces on the guest tables can have wedding bell flower arrangements and the invitation cards can have the same motif.
Calm Your Nerves
Whether you are the bride or someone close to her, being calm and confident about the wedding day is the most important element of organizing. Even the most professionally choreographed wedding can go disastrously wrong if the bride or groom has last minute jitters, if they are too laid back or if they are too much on top of things. Having a balanced approach and being involved but continuing with your life as well is the most important thing. Plan your wedding but do not let that take over your entire life.
For instance, have realistic expectations. Do not be so extravagant that your start out married life in huge credit card debt nor go on such extreme diets to fit in to a size 2 wedding dress that you have a host of medical issue to deal with soon after.
