Two days away.. Last minute advice?!

View quoted message Haha no problem! They were all terrible at the time but I can laugh at them now 🤣

View quoted message Thank you for this list! Theres a few things I didnt think of!
AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT PHOTO OMG I AM LAUGHING!!!! Perfect photo!!!

View quoted message -I forgot to send the DJ my music (should have been done way before)
-pick out our reception entrance songs (we were about to enter and then someone asked me what song we were walking into.. I went “oh no” and I threw my phone at the best man and told him to have the DJ pick whatever off of my love songs playlist 😂)
-they didn’t have any bartenders so my DJ had to bartend as well and was set up at the bar rather than the stage
- there wasn’t any music playing for the 40 minutes before we arrived
- forgot to put on my earrings
- didn’t go to bed early (had 6 hours of sleep)
- didn’t bring my heels (luckily my mom got them)
- my husband drank too much and was passed out over the hotel toilet until 4 am 😂
all in all though it was an awesome day, I’m just a perfectionist and it did not go my way lmao

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No problem! All things I wish I had been told!

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18 days out and I think I may print this - THANK YOU Stephanie!

Thankyou so much for taking the time to write ladies! I’ve been so busy all day and am just finally sitting down to read these, thankyou for the advice! I would have liked to reply individually but as it is I have to usher my niece and nephew off to bed and get some vases and stuff cleaned up and organized AND be up in 7 hours to drop my dog off at the dog boarder and get started on the hall set up.. I’ll certainly have to cut back on stressing because it’s been one hell of a day! 😆Thankyou again!!

Make a few lists so you dont forget anything over the next 2 days! And try to enjoy some calm time tonight if you can!! Remember those around you will want to help so dont be afraid to delegate to ensure you enjoy all the hard work you've put in! Congrats!!!

Remeber to breath, take a step back and just enjoy it!

Don't forget to breathe and enjoy your special day. Congratulations on advance! Have a spectacular Wedding!

If you start feeling stressed. walk away for a few moments. close your eyes. take a few deep breaths.

make a contact list to give to vendors for day of. so they can call someone else and not you

and just LOVE IT! enjoy every moment!

congrats!!!

If something goes wrong, it's okay! You'll still be married at the end of the day. Especially if its something small--no one else will remember it. No one will remember the lights in the backdrop weren't turned on (for example!) or that this vase wasn't in the right place.

You can't control the weather: what happens, happens, all you can do is go with the flow!

Take a look at the crowd during your ceremony. As you stand at the front, waiting to be announced as husband and wife, look out at everyone there. My friend told me to do this and it was one of the special moments, just seeing everyone together.

Give your phone to a friend to take pictures throughout the day so you have some to look through

Give your phone to someone in your bridal party the morning of to field any last minute calls or texts

Make sure anyone helping out knows what to do, where to be, when to be there. (My husband was recently asked to sell drink tickets, but he wasn't told that he had to be there for 5:30 when cocktail hour started so he came at 5:50, thinking he was just selling for dinner)

Make sure your clean-up crew knows what's yours to take home and where it should go/who should take it (I had made a list of everything and my MOH was taking everything. My friend made a list as well, but we had no idea who was supposed to take all the stuff and where it was supposed to go!)

Drink water! All day. You will probably sweat most of it off, especially if your dress has lots of layers!

Have snacks and water during pictures (it can feel long!)

Clear your bedroom floor of any hazards (my husband stubbed his toe the morning of our wedding when he first woke up and was limping all day!)

Go over your timeline with someone from your wedding party and have them buffer any questions about it (I got a few questions that I just didn't care what happened but they thought I would so they asked; such as dinner was scheduled for 5:15 but the venue said it would be ready for 5:30, late night snack ended up being done before the scheduled time so it came out half an hour early--fine with me, just don't ask me!) But, if you're not okay with any changes, let someone else know so they can field these questions.

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I loved every minute of this! My wedding is a year away and I feel better about it already

I would say to take things one step at a time, have a list, ask for help and don't forget to breathe!

View quoted message I hear ya! I am somewhat of a perfectionist myself. What i will say is that your wedding day will be such a whirlwind you honestly wont notice any of the small things. And neither will your guests. They dont know how stuff is 'supposed' to go, so if things dont go as planned they will never know any better.

I dont think any of the candles on our centrepieces ever got lit.

We ran out of beer earlier than expected.

Not all kinds of wine we had bought got put out on the bar.

We had a giant thunderstorm (we never get thinderstorms) the night before our fully outdoor wedding that i had NO TENTS booked for the ceremony location at all... I didnt get to do half the setup i wanted to do because of the storm the day before and had to leave all the decor set up to friends and trust that they would do it well...

Our makeup went late the morning of the wedding and so we were over a half hour late to get to the first look.

I lost my strapless bra right before the wedding and on the day before I had to go buy a new one.

The night before the wedding all the guys stayed up till 2:00 leaning how to tie bow ties.

One of our groomsmen splash mud all over his white shirt during the ceremony set up and had to clean it in a mens bathroom at a park.

My mom was late to the ceremony because she was prepping all the food and it took an extra 5 hours to cook the meat than expected.

I totally forgot to take any pictures. I did not take a SINGLE picture the entire day. So fully relying on my photographer.

Family drama happened.

We forgot to practice our first dance and had to wing it. Our first dance song was Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Suede. I think there is no physical way to dance to the first part of that song thats not embarassing lol.

Those are just a couple of the things that went wrong at my wedding.. But honestly it was the most perfect day and i barely noticed a single one of the things on this list. And/or i noticed and DIDNT CARE. Things i thought were going to be a big deal just weren't. Weddings are amazing and it will be about celecrating you and your new husband and that is all you will care about. All your favorite people will be there. Just enjoy the day because its over too fast.

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My gosh! I absolutely adore your dress!! And yes, if it wasn't for somebody else on Wedding Wire I wouldn't have thought of it either! I love this community.

Make a list of all things to take and each for head table, centerpeices decor, gift table and favours ( if giving to guests).

Enjoy your day and the time with family and friends surrounding you eith their love and support.

View quoted message I’m thinking I may need a glass of wine before the ceremony for sure haha

View quoted message Thankyou, I’m quite the perfectionist so it’ll be hard but I’ll have to learn it if I’m going to stay sane ☺️

Have so much fun! Dont sweat the small stuff and it will all be perfect!!

Haha thankyou! I hadnt thought of that.. I’d be screwed too!

How exciting! And somewhat nerve racking... lol It's all good girl! Maybe some tea? The only thing that I can think of that is one of the last things you do is that you shall not wear a bra the day of the wedding! That way you won't have the bra lines indented on you. Otherwise if there are items that you forget - it happens - and nobody will notice what was suppose to be there when they are there for the sole purpose of seeing you marry your FH. ENJOY YOUR DAY!!!