Weddings and stress sometimes go hand and hand. Here are some ways to help relieve some of that headache.
- Hire a coordinator – They can take full control if you want and its like hitting the easy button
- Hire a decorator – Picking the perfect decor can be hard and professionals with hundreds of weddings under their belt can guide your vision.
- Avoid the drama – Ok this is a big one for some. A lot of emotions come with wedding days and so does the drama. For the day of pick a contact person that you trust. You should not be handling any phone calls day of. So choose a bridesmaid or someone who you love being around and can take control of emotions and strike down issues. A lot of people try to take your day and make it their day. Which it is not and if you want something for your wedding day do it or something you don’t, don’t do it.
- What Traditions will you include – Ok I know this may seem a little weird but you do not have to do any of the quote normal traditions. Its 2023 and we are changing things up, no matter what any one tells you. If seeing your spouse before calms your nerves and makes everything feel better do it. If you don’t want your new spouse going up your dress and getting a garter then don’t. If you don’t want to dance with one of your parents because relationship issues don’t make that a stress to your day. Once again this is your day and stand firm in that.
- All Vendors you hire check their reviews ahead of time – Check multiple places google, facebook, instagram, Wedding wire and The Knot are good places to start. Sometimes vendors try to hide those reviews that they don’t want.
- Make yourself a wedding Binder – This will be the place you can keep all of your wedding invoices, contracts and you can add a calendar to outline all of your due dates. Everything all in one place helps keep organize and less stress.
- Timeline – So you have a lot of people that need to be places at different times. A great way to communicate is a google doc that you can update. That way it is sharable and you can give control to certain people to update if allowed. As a photographer I help out with timelines a lot. Other vendors that will be helpful with this is your coordinator, Church,DJ and also caterer so food is hot.
- Venue – Outdoor weddings can be so beautiful but have a backup. If there can be a tent for rain or a back up location completely. Renting a dance floor for a tent is so worth it as well. If you have a down pour it could make the ground a muddy mess. A dance floor helps that problem. If you are planning in spring or fall have heaters available to rent. In ohio our days go from 80 to 40 in a day so you don’t always know what you are going to get. Heaters have saved a lot of my weddings.
Every wedding day comes with a few challenges. Something is always going to go just a little different than expected and its best to just roll with it. Its even better when the couple doesn’t even know it happened.
I hope these few pointers help you have the stress free wedding you deserve!