Wedding Planning Basics and Wedding Ceremonies
By Nina Callaway, About.com Guide to Weddings
If you're engaged, congratulations! I hope this site will help you with wedding planning, and all of the endless details that make a wedding special and unique. Here are all the basics you'll need to know, and especially details about planning your wedding ceremony.
- Wedding Ceremonies
- Getting Started With Wedding Planning
- Get Organized - Wedding Planning Tools and Worksheets
- Marriage Proposals and Engagements
- Wedding Readings
Wedding Ceremonies
Here's everything you'll need to know about a wedding ceremony, from processional to recessional.
- Sample Wedding Ceremony & Order of Service
- Wedding Ceremony Music
- How to Find an Officiant or Minister for your Wedding Ceremony
- The Wedding Processional - The Order in Which You'll Walk up the Aisle
Getting Started With Wedding Planning
Congratulations! You're about to embark on two amazing adventures - the first, of course, being your life as a wedded couple and the second being the exciting, yet often overwhelming process of wedding planning. This will probably be the biggest and most involved party or ritual either of you have ever put together. Before you get overwhelmed, take a deep breath, then do these ten things.
Get Organized - Wedding Planning Tools and Worksheets
After a newly engaged couple has finished celebrating and announcing, the first thing to do is to get organized. A good wedding planner will help you figure out month-by-month what you need to accomplish, and manage your finances so that you won't find yourself completely overwhelmed only weeks before the big day.
- Your Wedding Checklist - Essential Wedding Tasks Month by Month
- Easy Wedding Budget Worksheet
- Your Wedding Guestlist - First Steps
- Marriage Licenses
Marriage Proposals and Engagements
Planning a marriage proposal? Or just like reading about engagements? Here's everything you need to know - from dos and don'ts, to engagement ring buying advice, to readers' own stories of their engagements.
- Marriage Proposal Ideas
- Marriage Proposal Dos and Don'ts
- How to Buy an Engagement Ring
- Top 10 Rules on Shopping for an Engagement Ring
- Asking Parents for Their Blessing
- Valentine's Day Marriage Proposal Ideas
- Making Your Engagement Special
- Announcing Your Engagement
- Throwing an Engagement Party
Wedding Readings
The wedding readings you choose for your ceremony help express your views on love and marriage. Will you choose something traditional, or modern and unique? Something romantic or funny? Here's a library of wedding readings to help you choose.
Wedding Vows
If you take the time to write your own wedding vows, you'll remember them for the rest of your life. But you don't have to start from scratch! Here is a huge directory of sample vows to pick and choose from.
- Big List of Sample Wedding Vows
- Traditional Wedding Vows
- Non-traditional Wedding Vows
- Write Your Own Wedding Vows in 6 Easy Steps
- Romantic Vows
- Funny Wedding Vows
- Ring Ceremony Vows
- The Etiquette of Renewing Wedding Vows
- Sample Vows for a Vow Renewal Ceremony
Wedding Invitations
The wedding invitation is the first thing your guests will know about your big day, and likely something they will hold onto afterward as a memento. Here's how to make sure your wedding invitation excites and informs your wedding guests, and a guide to the correct wedding invitation etiquette.
- Basic Wedding Invitation Wording--Guide to Writing Wedding Invitations
- Sample Wedding Invitation Wording for Non-Traditional Weddings
- Wording Especially for Divorced or Blended Families
- Frequently Asked Questions about Wedding Invitations
- Top 10 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding Invitations
- A Guide to Printing Invitations - Letterpress, Thermography, Engraved, Offset
Wedding Dresses and Tuxedos
Looking fantastic on your big day is essential - here's how to find the best wedding dresses, tuxedos, beauty advice and more.
- Wedding Dress Shopping Tips
- Warm Winter Wedding Dress Accessories
- Buying a Vintage Wedding Dress
- How Much Does a Wedding Dress Cost?
- Wedding Dress Designers
- Buying a Plus-Size Wedding Dress
- Vera Wang Wedding Dress Collection
- Groom's Tuxedos, Suits, and Style
- Groom's Wedding Accessories - Ties, Cufflinks, Shoes and More
Wedding Budgets and Money Saving Tips
Your wedding budget is one of the most important guides you'll need when planning your wedding. Here are the checklists and advice necessary to get an accurate and useful wedding budget. Then, get that wedding budget under control, with tips and ideas on how to save money on your wedding.
