10 Step guide to planning your wedding
Planning your wedding should be one of the most fun times in your life, our quick step guide has been designed to make planning your wedding day not only fun but also stress free. Use our wedding checklist to get started.
Step 1 – Plan your budget
One of the first things to think about when planning a wedding is how much you can afford to spend. Whether your budget is £2000 or £40,000, you can be sure that there are wedding venues and services out there that will suit your needs.
Daisy Chain Invites have affordable invitations ranging from just 60p each for those couples on a small budget. Some couples choose to pay for their wedding themselves, whereas others share the cost with their parents, or the parents are happy to fund the whole day themselves.
Step 2 – Find your venue
First of have a rough wedding date in mind. More often than not, unless you are planning to an exact date years in advance, the availability and choice of venue will drive the actual date of the wedding.
Choosing the right wedding venue will most certainly take time, do plenty of research to ensure you find a perfect setting for your big day. If you choose to get married in a church or require a local registrar then be sure to seek the advice of your local Register Office.
When both the ceremony and wedding venue arrangements have been chosen, your whole day should fall into place. Something else important to remember will be your first night together as a married couple. Not all reception venues have hotel facilities, so planning your first night together should be something too consider when viewing wedding venues.
Step 3 – Buy wedding insurance
The average UK wedding costs between £15,000 and £25,000. While it is not very romantic to think about what might go wrong with your wedding, it is best to be prepared. Purchasing wedding insurance from the moment you start spending money on your wedding could really help with peace of mind for both your wedding spend, and honeymoon spend alike.
Step 4 – Select your wedding rings
Now you have set a date and purchased wedding insurance you can start to buy all of the accessories that will bring your big day together. When choosing your rings remember you are also taking another step towards bonding yourselves together forever.
Step 5 – Plan your wedding guest list
Your guest list and the number of people invited will be closely linked to your budget as within your budget you’ll have an agreed amount to be spent on the reception venue. The size of the reception venue could also determine the number of people who can be invited.
So now start planning who is invited. Start with the people closest to you, the key players (family members, best man or men, bridesmaids, etc.) and then work outwards. Imagine you are designing your ‘family and friends tree’.
At this point, do not worry about the actual number of people you have down but think more about not overlooking anyone. Once you are convinced you have everyone included, you can start eliminating people off the list or at least categorising people into daytime and evening guests.
Be prepared to give and take a little when discussing people with your partner and try to be as accommodating as possible.
Step 6 – Choosing the dress
Buying a wedding dress will be one of the most fun and exciting parts of the whole wedding preparation process. Remember to plan attire and accessories for the groom, ushers, bridesmaids, flower girls, pageboys and every other member of the wedding party’.
Step 7 – Order wedding stationery
Whilst you’ve probably already told everyone you know about your up and coming marriage, now is the time to make it official.
Your wedding invitations and associated stationery (rsvp cards, information cards etc.) should be sent out approximately 3-6 months in advance of your big day, but it’s never too early to choose a design or style of stationery that you love.
In order to give your guests as much notice as possible, why not send out ‘save the date’ cards to announce your wedding and ensure that your guests keep that date free, with an ‘official invitation to follow’ in the near future.
At Daisy Chain Invites we supply the complete range of wedding stationery to include Save the Date cards, wedding invitations, rsvp cards, information cards, order of service booklets, place cards and table plan cards and thank you cards, all created in the same design to match your wedding theme.
Step 8 – The Honeymoon
Planning a wedding is a lot of work and at the end of it you’ll need a holiday! Your honeymoon could be your first few weeks alone with your new partner, so it should be truly exciting. If you’ve not built your honeymoon spend into your main wedding budget then decide between you both how much money you can allocate for your honeymoon, and where you’d like to go.
Step 9 – Book a photographer
Through out your wedding day you will experience so many wonderful moments that you will want to remember forever. Do plenty of research to ensure you find the right photographer to capture your magic moments.
Step 10 – Have fun planning your wedding
Finally, enjoy the planning and have fun, we hope this wedding checklist helps!
About Daisy Chain Invites
Daisy Chain Invites are a leading supplier of high quality, affordable and personalised wedding stationery. We are UK based and have an excellent reputation for quick turnaround stationery supply.
About Daisy Chain Invites
Daisy Chain Invites are a leading supplier of quality, affordable and personalised wedding Invitations.
We are based in the UK and have an excellent reputation for customer service and quick turnaround times.
In addition to wedding invitations, RSVP cards and Guest Information cards we also have a range of ‘on the day’ wedding stationery including Place Cards, Wedding Order of Service Books, Table Plan Cards and Menus.
Take a look at our Wedding Anniversary Invitations, Party Invitations, Thank you Cards and Save The Date Cards.