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Planning Tips 

Things to do Twelve Months before the Wedding: (your wedding planner can help with pink items)

  • Announce the Engagement 

  • Set Wedding Day

  • Create a wedding budget - be exhaustive about this!

  • Hire a Wedding Planner or Coordinator (optional)

  • Compile a guest list & addresses

  • Start file of ideas

  • Research ceremony Officiant

  • Research Reception Halls

  • Research a Professional Photographer, and Videographer

  • Research a professional florist

  • Research professional musicians for the ceremony and reception

  • Review all vendor contracts for documentation and detail of services

  • Book reception ceremony venue or officiant, reception venue and/or caterer, florist and music (ceremony musicians, band, DJ, etc.)

  • Sign all vendor contracts and send in deposits

  • Look for a Wedding Gown and Tux; allowing time for alterations and fittings

  • Select and call the bridesmaids, and the groomsmen.

  • Agree on a date to order bridesmaids' dresses and groomsmen's tuxes

  • Choose a place for your Honeymoon 

  • Apply for passports, if required

  • Order save the date cards if required (for out of town guests)

  • Mail save the date cards

  • If you are having an engagement party, set a date and buy your invitations

  • Take an engagement photo and contact newspapers to place an announcement

  • Check into wedding and travel insurance options

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Wedding Trivia 

Weddings are filled with rituals, customs and traditions that originated centuries ago and have endured the test of time. These wedding traditions have evolved somewhat but have been maintained over the years and handed down to the next generation because they were believed to ensure the promise that they would bring happiness and good fortune to the newly married couple. Why tamper with tradition when so much is at stake?

One interesting bit of wedding trivia is the origin of the practice of giving or exchanging engagement rings. It began in 1477 when Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, gave Mary of Burgundy a diamond ring as an engagement present.

Money Saving Tips 

If you want to save money on your floral arrangements, stick with flowers that are in season or use large quantities of bargain flowers instead of the traditional arrangements of roses and orchards. The results will be dramatic!