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Get to "I Do" with your sanity intact by following this recommended
12-Month Checklist |
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12 Months Before: |
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Announce your engagement. |
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Arrange for both sets of parents to get together. |
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Decide on a date. |
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Discuss your budget with everyone contributing to the event. |
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Interview wedding planners, if you be using one. In the San Francisco
Bay Area we recommend BBnido |
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Pick the ceremony site and visit the officiant. |
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Work on the guest list to get a rough head count. |
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Visit reception sites and reserve one. |
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Northern California Brides checkout Norcal Wedding Links |
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6 - 9 Months Before |
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Choose your wedding party. |
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Select a caterer.
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Enroll in a bridal-gift-registry. |
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Shop for your gown. |
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Pick the bridal attendants' dresses. |
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Choose a photographer and/or videographer. In the San Francisco Bay Area try Dubnoff Photography |
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Hire a florist. |
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Book the musicians and/or DJ. |
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4 - 6 months before: |
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Buy wedding invitations, envelopes, thank-you cards, etc. |
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Order the wedding gown. |
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Shop for the cake. |
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Scout accommodations for your out-of-town guests. |
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Complete the guest list (assume 20% won't attend). |
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Send out "save-the-date" letters. |
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2-4 Months Before: |
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Call County Clerk's Office for Marriage License requirements. |
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Order the tuxedos for the groom and groomsmen, |
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Get a blood test, if needed for a license. |
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Make honeymoon reservations. Compile all the necessary travel documents
(passports, visas, etc.) |
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Meet wit the caterer or banquet manager to discuss menus, service style,
wine lists, etc. |
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Order the wedding cake. |
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Select approved ceremony music. |
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Pick the reception music. |
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Buy thank you gifts for the attendants. |
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Shop for your wedding bands at Diamond Design Co. |
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Meet with party-rental companies, if necessary. |
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Arrange the rehearsal dinner. |
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4-8 Weeks Before: |
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Mail the invitations eights weeks ahead of the date. |
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Do a hair and makeup run-through (with headpiece) |
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Book your favorite beauty pros for the big day. |
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Make insurance policy changes you'll need post-wedding. |
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2-3 Weeks Before: |
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Do the seating for the reception. |
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Confirm details with the photographer, florist, etc. |
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Give the caterer the final head count. |
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Have your final dress and tuxedo fittings. |
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1 Week Before: |
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Place the fees due on the wedding day in envelopes. |
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Appoint a punctual pal to transport the cake knife, toasting glasses
or other heirlooms to and from the wedding site..
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Get last-minute beauty treatments of your choice. |
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Pack for the honeymoon. (Ask someone to bring your luggage to the reception
if you're leaving from there). |
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Reconfirm flights and hotel reservation for the honeymoon. |
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The Day Before: |
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Greet your out-of-town guests. |
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Go to the gym or do some other stress reducing activity. |
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Schedule time for beauty - a manicure touch-up or a hairstyling appointment-
before the rehearsal dinner. |
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