Your Wedding Checklist: essential wedding tasks month by month

Easy Wedding Checklist

Start your wedding planning with an easy-to-use wedding checklist that will keep you organized and on top of things! I suggest you print out these wedding checklists and put them in your wedding notebook for easy reference.

Your Wedding Checklist: 10 to 12 months before your wedding

____Read The First Ten Steps for a Newly Engaged Couple

____Tell your parents, important family members, and close friends the good news! How to Announce Your Engagement

____You might also want to announce your engagement in the newspaper, on a wedding website with an email sent out to all your friends, or in the most traditional way, with mailed engagement announcements

____Arrange for your families to meet, if they haven't done so already

____Have an engagement party, if you'd like

____Envision the theme and tone of your wedding: Formal or casual? Day or evening? Religious or secular?

____Set your budget, read Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding

____Decide who's paying for the wedding, or who's going to contribute

____Start your guest list

____Select your wedding date and time (have backup dates in mind, in case a key element is unavailable)

____Select and reserve your ceremony and reception sites

____Hire a wedding consultant, if you're using one

____Choose and book officiant

____Choose bridesmaids, groomsmen and ushers

____Meet with florists, caterers, and musicians.

____Arrange for a tasting with your caterer

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