Planning a wedding can be stressful due to the multitude of tasks that need your attention before your big day comes!
To help make sure that your wedding planning is as stress free as possible, we have created a 12 month wedding planning checklist to guide you through this process.
This 12 month wedding planning guide will help you stay organized so you complete everything you need to before your wedding day arrives.
Feel free to download and use this checklist as a reference to ensure nothing is overlooked as you plan your dream wedding day!
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12 Month Wedding Planning Guide
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE WEDDING PLANNING CHECKLIST!
From setting your wedding budget to finalizing your wedding guest list, I have got you covered with essential checkpoints, tips, and wedding planning suggestions.
Download this free checklist and prepare to easily navigate planning your wedding day with this 12 month wedding planning guide!
Instead of this sage green checklist, if you would rather have a pink colored checklist, then click here to download!!
12 Months Before:
~ Start a Pinterest board for wedding inspiration and ideas
~ Create a wedding budget with your fiancé and family
~ Decide on where you want to have your wedding
~ Pick your wedding date
~ Start researching wedding ceremony and reception venues
~ Decide on what you want your wedding colors to be
~ Start figuring out who you want to invite to your wedding with these questions!
11 Months Before:
~ Start researching and scheduling tours at potential wedding venue(s)
10 Months Before:
~ Book your reception and ceremony wedding venues
~ Start looking at wedding invitations or save the date cards
~ Start creating your wedding website (If you want to create a wedding website but don’t know what you should include on it you can read here to find out!)
9 Months Before:
~ Start looking at wedding photographers or videographers
~ Finish creating your guest list
~ Pick the people that you want to be in your wedding party
~ Book your wedding photographer or videographer
8 Months Before:
~ Book your caterers
~ Start creating your wedding registry (Amazon, Target)
~ Start looking at flower bouquets for inspiration
7 Months Before:
~ Buy your wedding attire
~ Have your partner buy their wedding attire
~ Book your florist and decide on how you want your wedding bouquet, your bridesmaid’s bouquet, and your groomsmen’s boutonnieres
~ Book your DJ or your band
6 Months Before:
~ Book your baker for your wedding cake and for your dessert menu
~ Start looking at where you and your fiancé want to have your honeymoon
~ Have everyone in your wedding party get everything they need for their wedding attire
~ Book musicians for your wedding day (if applicable)
5 Months Before:
~ Start researching hair and makeup ideas
~ Order tables and chair rentals if your venue does not already provide them
~ Book your officiant
~ Book your rehearsal dinner venue
~ Book the place that you will be staying at for your honeymoon, and if you are flying to get there, go ahead and book your plane tickets
4 Months Before:
~ Order your save the date cards or wedding invitations
3 Months Before:
~ Buy you and your fiancé wedding rings
~ Buy the wedding favors
~ Buy any extra stuff for the wedding ceremony
~ Buy any extra stuff for the wedding reception
~ Send out your save the date cards or wedding invitations (learn how to address your wedding invitations here!)
2 Months Before:
~ Finalize the wedding cake and dessert menu with the quantity needed
~ Purchase gifts for the wedding party and for both of the parents
~ Create your wedding reception song playlist or send a preferred music list to your DJ
1 Month Before:
~ Finish the program for the ceremony
~ Create your seating chart along with assigning the table numbers
~ Get your marriage license
~ Finish writing up your vows for each other
~ Create a day of emergency kit for your wedding day
~ Pack for your honeymoon (Here is a honeymoon packing checklist!)
~ Create your dinner menu cards
~ Mail your rehearsal dinner invitations
~ Make sure all vendors and caterers have been paid
~ Put money aside to tip your vendors
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE WEDDING PLANNING CHECKLIST!
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