Now that you are engaged, it’s time to start planning your wedding. There are many details to take care of to ensure that everything goes smoothly on your big day. This wedding planning guide will walk you through the steps you need to take to make your wedding day the most perfect day of your life.

Make the Big Decisions First

Setting the date is more complicated than just looking at a calendar and pointing. You should start narrowing it down by thinking about what you’d like the weather to be like on the day of your wedding. Once you have a month or season in mind, call the places you are considering holding your ceremony and reception to find out what dates are available. You need to do this at least six to twelve months in advance. If you wait too long, you may end up having to choose less desirable locations because your chosen venues are already booked.

Decide Who Will Be Involved

Once you have your date and location set, you can start contacting service providers. If there is a certain person you want to perform the ceremony, you should contact them before the date is set in stone. Otherwise, your approach will be to find someone who is available on the date you have chosen. You will also need to arrange for a photographer, florist and caterer during this stage of wedding planning. Also consider whether you will need to hire entertainment for the reception.

This is a good time to think about choosing bridesmaids and groomsmen as well. These people need to be asked well in advance to allow them time to plan for the cost of their dresses and tuxes. The decisions you make about who will be involved in the wedding and who will help with the various tasks required should be made by about six months before the wedding date.

Order the Things You Need

Between four to six months before the wedding, you should make decisions about the bridesmaids’ dresses, groomsmens’ tuxes, menu, invitations, flowers and other items that are going to be needed for your wedding. Now is the time to order these things. You need to allow time for the dresses and invitations to be made, and your caterer and florist will need time to prepare. Now is a good time to register for gifts as well.

The Final Details

By the time your wedding is about two months away, you should have all of the wedding planning details ironed out. Everything that needs to be ordered is ordered, including the cake and your wedding rings. You have purchased gifts for your attendants and planned your ceremony and reception. This is a good time to mail out your wedding invitations so they reach your guests in time for them to make plans to attend your ceremony.

Make sure you need to check the requirements for a marriage license. Most places require you to get the license a certain amount of time before the ceremony. The final fittings for your wedding gown and bridesmaids’ dresses will have to wait until a week or two before the wedding date in case anyone gains or loses weight. At this point, your wedding planning is pretty much done. You have done everything you can to ensure that your wedding day goes smoothly and is full of memories that you will treasure for the rest of your life.

        

Author: Carlo Nicora

Your wedding rings are a symbol that will last long after the wedding day, as they represent the love that is felt for another person, to the point where you want the entire world to know. What kind of love is yours? Fun, romantic, bold, different…? Whatever it is, it can be defined by the message that you inscribe on your wedding rings.

What should you inscribe on your wedding rings? Usually the choice falls upon the date, the initials or names of the bride and groom… but the truth is that there are so many original messages that can be inscribed on wedding rings. Get inspired by these ideas:

1. I chose you
2. It was worth the wait
3. Good morning love!
4. Better than chocolate
5. WOW! I got married!
6. I kissed you first
7. May our ups and downs always be in bed
8. I found love
9. I’ll grow old with you
10. Give me a million kisses (her)
11. And I’ll give you a world of love (him)
12. Yours forever
13. I smile for you
14. Forever yours
15. I’ve waited my whole life for you
16. My secret: I love you
17. Your baby loves you
18. I overflow with love for you
19. Come in and give me a kiss
20. The perfect pair
21. The perfect couple
22. Don’t wait, do it
23. A daily sunrise
24. A commitment is a commitment
25. For all our lives
26. Love of my life
27. Nothing else matters
28. I’ll run away with you
29. My gracious love
30. We’ll grow old together
31. Always be unique
32. The places we’ll go!
33. I’ll always be by your side
34. I’ll stand by you
35. Love machine
36. You’ll always be mine
37. I’ll go to the moon and back for you
38. My glorious wife
39. My fabulous husband
40. I caught you!
41. The answer to my prayers
42. I’ll love you forever
43. You’re my reason
44. Today and forever
45. You’re still so special
46. Sweetie, you’re mine!
47. With all my love
48. United as one
49. From this moment on (…/…/…/)
50. You own my heart
51. You are the owner of my heart
52. You hold the key to my heart
53. My soul mate!
54. Someone to love
55. The best thing in the world is you
56. Amateurs wait, you did it!
57. Today, tomorrow, forever
58. I love you so much
59. I love you
60. Finally happy
61. I found love (her)
62. Love is you (him)
63. To love, protect and cherish
64. You are my meaning
65. From this day…
66. Thank you for waiting
67. My love, my life, my friend
68. My solemn vow
69. Forever in love
70. You are beautiful
71. Let’s kiss
72. Mine, all mine
73. I married my best friend
74. Love until eternity
75. You’re my star (her)
76. You’re my comet (him)
77. I made a wish
78. For a thousand reasons
79. You’re my world
80. My teddy bear
81. My doll
82. Every day and twice on Sundays
83. Kiss of love
84. 999,999 years of love
85. My heart’s treasure
86. I found you, now you’re mine
87. Today is only the first day
88. As long as there are stars in the sky…
89. Happiness is a choice
90. XOXO
91. A deal is a deal!
92. A fire that burns without being seen
93. I always knew…
94. You are my blessing
95. Happy forever
96. They lived happily ever after
97. Forever feels like this
98. The first day of our journey
99. Forever
100. ex amore vita
101. I will always dance with you
102. My true love
103. Forever young (her/him)
104. Forever together (her/him)
105. I will dream… (her/him)
106. … of you (her/him)
107. Good or bad, happiness or sadness
108. Two souls, one heart
109. We’ll never say goodbye
110. Yes, I still love you
111. Legally yours
112. To love, respect and nag
113. Us against the world
114. I love you even more
115. When you look, remember
116. I finally found you
117. Me too
118. We got married! Can you believe it?
119. The sky is lovely today (her)
120. But I’d rather be with you (him)
121. Love is the greatest adventure
122. I found you, I kept you
123. I made a secret wish
124. I love you more than sugar
125. Do you remember when…?
126. A million words…
127. Two wishes came true
128. Everything I’ve always wished for
129. We are love
130. I love you more than M&Ms
131. Jessica loves Peter
132. Yes, Yes, Yes
133. Dreams and kisses
134. A bond for life
135. My inspiration
136. The path of love
137. A love story

        

Wedding Planning Guide – Start Planning Your Wedding

Now that you are engaged, it’s time to start planning your wedding. There are many details to take care of to ensure that everything goes smoothly on your big day. This wedding planning guide will walk you through the steps you need to take to make your wedding day the most perfect day of your life.

Make the Big Decisions First

Setting the date is more complicated than just looking at a calendar and pointing. You should start narrowing it down by thinking about what you’d like the weather to be like on the day of your wedding. Once you have a month or season in mind, call the places you are considering holding your ceremony and reception to find out what dates are available. You need to do this at least six to twelve months in advance. If you wait too long, you may end up having to choose less desirable locations because your chosen venues are already booked.

Decide Who Will Be Involved

Once you have your date and location set, you can start contacting service providers. If there is a certain person you want to perform the ceremony, you should contact them before the date is set in stone. Otherwise, your approach will be to find someone who is available on the date you have chosen. You will also need to arrange for a photographer, florist and caterer during this stage of wedding planning. Also consider whether you will need to hire entertainment for the reception.

This is a good time to think about choosing bridesmaids and groomsmen as well. These people need to be asked well in advance to allow them time to plan for the cost of their dresses and tuxes. The decisions you make about who will be involved in the wedding and who will help with the various tasks required should be made by about six months before the wedding date.

Order the Things You Need

Between four to six months before the wedding, you should make decisions about the bridesmaid’s dresses, groomsmen’s tuxes, menu, invitations, flowers and other items that are going to be needed for your wedding. Now is the time to order these things. You need to allow time for the dresses and invitations to be made, and your caterer and florist will need time to prepare. Now is a good time to register for gifts as well.

The Final Details

By the time your wedding is about two months away, you should have all of the wedding planning details ironed out. Everything that needs to be ordered is ordered, including the cake and your wedding rings. You have purchased gifts for your attendants and planned your ceremony and reception. This is a good time to mail out your wedding invitations so they reach your guests in time for them to make plans to attend your ceremony.

Make sure you need to check the requirements for a marriage license. Most places require you to get the license a certain amount of time before the ceremony. The final fittings for your wedding gown and bridesmaid’s dresses will have to wait until a week or two before the wedding date in case anyone gains or loses weight. At this point, your wedding planning is pretty much done. You have done everything you can to ensure that your wedding day goes smoothly and is full of memories that you will treasure for the rest of your life.

        

It can be difficult when deciding on the layout of the reception area where people are to be seated as often people associate that with their importance to you.

The simple fact of the matter is everybody can’t be seated at the same table — or can they? This does of course assume that the size of your wedding party is more than can fit around one table and even then some people might wonder why they can’t seated next to you rather than at the other side of the table.

Oh the stress of it all! — you certainly don’t need the stress when planning all the other aspects of your wedding but it is something that needs to be taken into account of with the help of your partner and also considering your guests preferences of where and whom they might like to be seated next to.

The traditional method of having a bridal party seated at a table at one end of the room and everybody else in rows facing them does not have to be adhered to and often there are alternatives where more people can feel like they are as important as everybody else at the reception.

Consider having the bridal party seated at a table in the middle of the reception with all your friends and family seated all round. This is one alternative that you might decide to use but the layout is entirely up to you in a manner that you find most suitable.

Rather than trying to mix up both sides of the family it might be better to keep the seating arrangements where people who are familiar with one another can be at the same tables. Once again this is just a suggestion as you might find that based on the personalities of the families and friends they might enjoy sitting with one another and get to know each other better.

You and your partner know the best answer to that one and it is something that needs to be discussed not only with each other but possibly also with some selected people who will be attending the reception to see what their thoughts on the matter are.

Make everyone feel important and be sure to circulate whenever possible to greet and thank everybody who has attended your wedding. Often with bigger weddings it is very easy to miss talking to someone so that is one area that you will need to pay special attention.

        

I happen to be plus size, myself. So, I know what a struggle it can be to find really special clothing, shoes and even accessories (let alone lingerie) that is designed to fit and flatter. This is a great resource. Check it out!