| Your Wedding Checklist: essential wedding tasks month by month | |
| Easy Wedding Checklist |
Your Wedding Checklist: 8 to 10 months before your wedding
____Shop for and order your dress and accessories, including veil, gloves and shoes____Sign a contract with your caterer
____Book florist and choose arrangements
____Book your musicians and/or DJ for both ceremony and reception
____Select and confirm your photographer (and your videographer, if you're using one.)
____Look into wedding insurance and decide if it's a good option for you
____Plan your honeymoon
____Shop for and order your bridesmaid dresses
____If you're making your own favors, start doing so now.
____Meet with wedding cake designers or bakers and arrange for a tasting (Yum!)
Your Wedding Checklist: Four to six months before your wedding
____Send save-the-date announcements or call out of town guests to let them know the final date, time, and location of the wedding.____If you're purchasing favors, do so now
____Start planning your rehearsal dinner. Give the host(s) your guest list
____Examine your beauty regimen. Read Five months to perfect wedding day beauty
____If your caterer isn't doing it for you, reserve any rental equipment you'll need, including dishes, tables, chairs, linens, tents
____Register for gifts
____Select your wedding cake designer, and order your wedding cake
____Arrange transportation
____Order stationery
____Select a calligrapher, if you're using one
____Select what the groom and groomsmen will be wearing, and arrange to purchase or rent
____Purchase your wedding rings
____Book wedding night accommodations and accommodations for out-of-town guests
____Buy gifts for your wedding party, parents, and each other
____If you're changing into "going away outfits" before you leave the reception, purchase those now
Go to Page 3: Your Wedding Checklist: 2 to 3 months before your wedding
