The venue is booked, the menu is picked, and the countdown is on! While the first few months of wedding planning are all about the big picture, the last few months focus on those tiny details that make your event uniquely your own. Surprisingly to most people, these can be some of the most stressful months due to time constraints and decision overload. And no one wants to look like this on their wedding day.
If you’re close to the finish line and feeling the pressure, here are five things that will make the last few months of wedding planning less overwhelming.
1. Schedule Monthly or Weekly Date Nights
When you have a wedding to plan, it’s easy to lose sight of the most important part: You’ve found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. Celebrate and connect with monthly or weekly date nights leading up to your wedding. Instead of going over schedules and to-do lists, ask each other about your hopes for the future, what holiday traditions you want to start, and what you want to name your future pets or kids.
2. Set Clear Expectations
Many nearlyweds are nervous to express their needs out of fear of stepping on toes. But at the end of the day, you get to call the shots. Let people know which aspects of the wedding are most important to you so that extra care can be taken to make sure they go smoothly. Stand your ground when it comes to whether or not you want to have children attend, the songs you do and don’t want to be played, and who can bring a guest. When you advocate for yourself, those who truly love and support you will be more than happy to accommodate your needs.
3. Start an Easy but Healthy Habit
Find a small but sustainable way to practice self-care. You want to feel good on your wedding day; some of the best ways to improve your mood are getting good sleep and moving your body. Maybe that means going to bed an hour earlier or charging your phone in a different room so you don’t scroll in the middle of the night. It could also be taking a daily walk, practicing your big reception dance, or avoiding alcohol to keep a clear head. Whatever you choose, make sure it makes sense for your lifestyle and health needs, and won’t add more stress to your life as the wedding approaches!
4. Communicate Needs with Your Wedding Party
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Your wedding party has one job: Support you on your big day. If you are overwhelmed with wedding day to-do’s, it’s time to start delegating. Make sure your person of honor and members of the wedding party know what they need to help you keep track of that day - medication you might need, extra shoes, whatever it is that you need. Friends and family will be more than happy to help as well, so let them know if they need to stop by your apartment to let the dog out or drop off rented tuxes when you’re on your honeymoon. If it can be taken off of your plate, give it to someone you trust.
5. Hire a Coordinator
It’s not too late to hire a coordinator to make sure your wedding day runs smoothly. As your day-of experts, we can work with vendors and set up your space to your exact specifications. We can create the wedding-day schedule and make sure each event is progressing as it should. Unexpected events such as seating chart mix-ups, sudden downpours, or missing cake knives can all be handled efficiently, without you having to take a single moment away from your guests and new spouse. Let us focus on your “to-do’s” so that you can focus on the “i-do’s.”
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We are still booking for late fall and winter 2023. Drop us a note to get on our schedule and get some of that stress off of your shoulders.
