On another note, I am starting to realize just how many details there are with the wedding. I know I have said to myself "This wedding planning is easy. Check check and check!" Well now that the vendors are almost done, the details are next. The little things that decorate the Church, the reception, the chairs, etc, etc.
What do we want on the invitations? What wording?
Where will the guests stay? Where do I want to get dressed the morning of?
How will the wedding party travel?
I'm now realizing the importance of Save the Dates, so I now have to figure out what to write on those too. Which brings up needing to get a guest list finalized. Both sets of parents have yet to send me their guest lists. I will have to send an email with a timeline on it I think.
My apologies for the ramblings, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and feel like a lot of this will happen on my own since my fiancé is gone 20 days a month. (yes I am bitter and lonely...). I realize that I still have a year but it goes quickly. I already have most of my summer planned already! I remember thinking how far out 2 years would be, but 6 months has flown by and I don't know where they went. I can't have that happen again.
Giving your families a timeline to get you the guest list is a good thing. I told both sets of parents and Luke that they had until X day to get me their names and addresses, otherwise those people wouldn't be invited. I felt kind of mean saying it that way, but otherwise I would have been sending out invitations up until the wedding itself!
ReplyDeleteI never thought of addresses. Thanks Julie, I'll have to add that to the email.
ReplyDeleteFI and I are going to go through this weekend and figure our side of the list out.
Wow, this was a total flashback to my own wedding planning! We did the same that Julie said: You need to get us X names by X date, or else sorry. But plan for a few extras. My MIL went ahead and invited a few other people and never even told us. We just found out on the day of when they showed up.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Having a right hand man helps out a lot too. Just someone to handle the mishaps that happen in any wedding. With so many details things are always forgotten.
ReplyDeleteDon't be so hard on yourself. At the end of the day the only thing that matters is you, your sweetheart and two witnesses sign the piece of paper. Everything else just makes for a good story after wards.
I'm here if you need any help with anything! I probably have a few addresses you might need.
ReplyDeleteThanks Robyn! I'll go through the list this weekend.
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