Wedding Planning - Continued

Plan your finances.  Plan on paying the minister, making a donation to the church, paying the organist or band at the church, and you will need to make arrangements how the wedding party will get from the ceremony to the reception with as little problems as possible.

Plan for where you are going to have pictures taken.  You will need to budget a photographer or a videographer during your wedding as well.  Pictures can be taken indoors or outdoors depending on your weather.  Family members and friends of the family can be your most inexpensive photographers for the wedding while saving money at the same time.

Flowers are important for decorating the church and at the hall.  The women in the wedding party generally carry flowers, and the men in the bridal party wear lapel flowers.  Parents of both the bride and the groom will wear flowers as well as any grandparents that are present as well.

The decorations at the reception hall, the flowers, and the centerpiece for the tables at the reception hall are all items that you will gather before the wedding.  Decorating the reception hall is usually done the night before the wedding and sometimes the morning of the wedding if there is enough time.

Plan on where guests can stay where they will be close, or for some guests, where they can stay free or at least cheaper places.  Special arrangements may be needed for those attending your wedding from out of town that are staying for more than one night, such as where they will be visiting and what they can be doing while they are in town.

Make the most of your wedding memories by planning your wedding step by step.  Writing everything down on a piece of paper and marking it off as it is completed will ensure that your wedding is a memory that will last forever!