By Candy Friedman
The Younique Boutique, inc.
Your wedding day should be a day of fun and celebration.
Not a day to worry and stress out over all the wedding details
and waiting for things to go wrong. To make sure that your
day goes well, here are some tips and hints.
In the morning have your hair done and maybe your nails too.
Pamper yourself. Have a massage and relax. Be sure that you
eat on that day and that you drink plenty of water, but no
alcohol. You want to be fresh and alert, not drunk and passing
out at the altar.
Remember your goal of the day is getting married to the person
you love. That said, you can take a few advance precautions
to stress-proof your wedding day.
1. For your bridal party, select dependable attendants
and give each one a copy of the tentative timeline for the
day. Avoid asking children under three years old to be in
the wedding party. If you must, let one of the attendants
walk with the child or pair them with an older child.
2. Get all of your vendor service agreements in writing,
in the form of a standard contract. Spell out exactly what
you want and don't want when you make the bookings. Don't
wait until the wedding day to make major changes.
3. Learning to delegate is vital, especially the day
of the wedding. Put someone else in charge of paying the vendors,
moving the guestbook from the ceremony to the reception site,
double-checking with the caterers, or any other small task.
Read through your list and assign everything!
4. Pack and bring along a bride's emergency kit which
includes, extra panty hose, clear nail polish for runs, Kleenex,
aspirin, spot remover, static cling spray, hemming tape, band-aids,
a sewing kit with safety pins. For the groom's kit include:
mouthwash, breath mints, razor, cologne and comb. They sell
these kits already made online as well.
5. Have attendants arrive early to get dressed so
there is no delay when the photographer arrives and no worry
about making the wedding on time.
6. Fasten fake rings to the ring pillow, so they won't
fall off. Have an adult carry the real ones. Also, don't give
the pillow to the youngster until about two minutes before
they start down the aisle.
7. Practice walking and turning in your gown. Make
sure it fits properly before the ceremony. Find the easiest
way to walk and turn with the train, so you're not tripping
over it or having to hike it up. Get a feel for how the dress
moves. Don't eat, drink, smoke or apply make-up after you've
put the gown on for the ceremony. If you do drink, use a straw
and be very careful.
8. In the week prior to the wedding, phone all your
vendors and verify everything. Have them read back to you
the date, time, location and exactly what they will be doing.
Make sure they know the directions to the site. Bring a list
of phone numbers so someone can call them if they don't show
up on time.
9. Nervous stomach or not, eat something before the
wedding. Have someone pick up a sandwich or veggie tray to
share with the bridesmaids. You don't want to faint before
all your friends and family!
10. Order enough food, drinks and place settings for
all attending guests plus some extra in case of last minute
arrivals.
11. Decide on your order of events at the reception
in advance of the wedding day and be sure the wedding coordinator
or DJ also has the information ahead of time.
12. Beware of asking friends or family to provide
music, food, official photography or any other service at
the wedding. They may have good intentions, but an awkward
situation can arise if you aren't happy with the results.
Also, never let a friend or relative serve as bartender, as
they may give generous portions and deplete the supply or
get inebriated themselves.
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