Sixteen to Nine Months Before Wedding

• Choose a date for the wedding...
• Visit the clergy and review church requirements...
• Determine the size of the wedding...
• Determine your budget...
• Find a reception location and reserve your space early...
• Begin looking for wedding gown...
  

Nine to Six Months Before Wedding

• Select wedding attendants...
• Choose a color or theme...
• Select bridesmaids' dresses...
• Reserve banquet facility...
• Reserve photographer...
• Begin planning your ceremony...
• Compile addresses for guest list...
  

Sixto Four Months Before Wedding

• Select a florist...
• Reserve your D.J. or band...
• Order invitations...
• Select groomsmen's tuxedos
• Reserve limousine...
• Begin planning your honeymoon...
• Compile a wedding registry...
  

Three Months Before Wedding

• Purchase gifts for attendants, parents and ushers...
• Buy your wedding rings...
• Order your wedding cake...
• Purchase garter and toasting glasses...
  

Two Months Before Wedding

• Plan and make reservations for rehearsal dinner...
• Reserve rooms for out of town guests...
• Address you invitations (invitations should be mailed 4-6 weeks before your wedding date)...
  

One Month Before Wedding

• Confirm honeymoon reservations...
• Get marriage license...
  

Two Weeks Before Wedding

• Complete the bride's trousseau...
• Prepare wedding announcement for newspaper and church bulletin...
• Contact guest who have not responded...
  

One Week Before Wedding

• Pick up wedding dresses and tuxedos...
• Pack for honeymoon...
• Have nails done...
• Give final guest count to the banquet facility...
  

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