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Organize Your Wedding

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Pick up the cake!

Feb 7th at 11:30 PM

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Grosgrain Ribbon Wedding Cake

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/231267/traditional-wedding-cakes/@center/272453/wedding-cakes#/129817

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Cherie gown

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Modern Calligraphed Menu Card

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/302965/menu-cards-style/@center/303373/wedding-invitations-stationery#/270918

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The Tiffany Setting

http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/Item.aspx?GroupSKU=GRP10001#f+0/0/0/0/0/0

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1-2 Months Before Your Wedding
- Have your first bridal gown fitting. Remember to bring stocking, shoes, the appropriate bra, hair accessories, jewelry, a camera, and your mom or best friend
- Finalize ceremony reading and songs, and review with performers
- Order liquor/beverages not handled by caterer
- Meet with your officiant to finalize ceremony, including attendant formations
- Begin writing your vows if applicable
- Begin writing thank-you notes for bridal showers and early wedding gifts, and update your registry at the same time
- Research where to get your marriage license
- Prepare a photo and video shot list, naming important family members and guests
- Schedule the bridesmaids' luncheon and buy attendant gifts if you haven't already
- Begin whitening your teeth for your wedding day
- Consider liability insurance for your reception location
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10-12 Months Before Your Wedding
- Introduce both families and officially announce your engagement
- Find out who pays for what and start a budget
- Begin your guest list using an easy-to-manage system
- Compare calendars and select a tentative date
- Chose your wedding party
- Create a wedding website to share your engagement
- Consider whitening your teeth for your engagement party and photographs
- Conduct interviews and hire a wedding coordinator if needed
- Decide if you'd like to attend premarital counseling
- Start looking at photos of wedding dresses for inspiration
- Send your engagement photo to the local paper
- Begin thinking about where you want to honeymoon
- Visit and book your reception site, and arrange for parking
- Visit and book your ceremony location, including rehearsal time
- Create a save-the-date guest list.
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6-9 Months Before Your Wedding
- Alert out-of-town guests of wedding date
- Find a bridal salon and begin trying on wedding dresses and veils. Bring stocking, heels, a strapless bra, and hair clip to each appointment
- Get in in shape for your wedding gown by starting a new exercise routine
- Get ideas for honeymoon locations and research pricing
- Start looking at floral designs and interview florists for style and cost
- Search for menu ideas and start meeting with caterers
- Research wedding photography and interview wedding photographers and videographers
- Get ideas for music and interview bands and/or DJs
- Finalize flower and decor ideas, and select a florist. Include specifics of each floral arrangement in your contract
- Sign a caterer
- Order your gown and wedding veil
- Shop for and select your bridesmaids dresses
- Book your honeymoon
- Find out if your ceremony location requires liability insurance
- Finalize contracts with your wedding photographer and videographer
- Book your band and/or DJ
- Browse and purchase wedding dress accessories, including shoes, lingerie, purse and gloves
- Choose your officiant and discuss ceremony ideas
- Start thinking about all of your gift registry options
- Select three hotels in varying price ranges and reserve rooms for out of town guests
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4-5 Months Before Your Wedding
- Start thinking about family and cultural traditions for your wedding
- View wedding invitation styles and research proper wording
- Look at photos to get ideas for wedding cake designs, and meet with bakers to taste samples
- Discuss menu ideas with your catering manager
- Shop for wedding rings
- Look for the groom's tux and decide what the groomsmen will wear
- Confirm your bridesmaids ordered their gowns and decide on accessories
- Have you more and future mother-in-law coordinate and select their dresses
- Compare pricing and place your wedding invitation order
- Purchase your wedding rings and send for engraving if applicable
- Get ideas for wedding favors
- Confirm dates for bridal showers and bachelorette parties
- Make sure you've started your registries before bridal shower invitations are sent
- Choose your baker and finalize wedding cake
- Reserve rentals such as chairs, tables, linens, tents, etc.
- Research and book your rehearsal dinner location
- Get ideas for wedding hair and makeup
- Notify any family or friends whom you would like to give readings, sing solos, serve as guest book attendants, etc.
- Interview and hire any additional management staff and babysitters if needed
- Give your guest list to shower hostesses and check that your registry has enough items. Update wedding website.
- Consider getting wedding insurance.
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2-3 Months Before Your Wedding
- Finalize guest list and send invitation order to the printer
- Book makeup artist and hairstylist
- Order your wedding favors
- Browse and purchase wedding accessories. Candles, baskets, ring pillow, etc.
- Consider signing up for dance classes
- Schedule your last tasting and finalize menu
- Find gifts for each other, your attendants, your shower hostess and your parents
- Confirm tuxes have been ordered for groom and groomsmen
- Prep for your honeymoon
- Choose your getaway - finalize wedding transportation
- Look into joint bank accounts, insurance, and merging your money
- Select your music for the ceremony, cocktail hour, reception and review with musicians, singers
- Check that there are enough options left on your registry, and update your wedding website
- Finalize rehearsal dinner plans and order rehearsal invitations, menus, table numbers, escort cards, and any other stationary accessories
- Mail invitations eight weeks before your wedding day
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3-4 Weeks Before Your Wedding
- Finalize your jewelry, which may include something old, something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue
- Prepare your must-have shot list for your wedding photographer and videographer
- Finalize your "must play" and "don't play" music lists and review with musicians and/or DJ
- Practice your first dance wearing your bridal shoes
- Design and order your wedding gown
- Confirm your honeymoon and travel arrangements. Give your loved ones your itinerary in case of emergency
- Call guests who haven't RSVP'd
- Pick up your wedding rings
- Get your marriage license, typically no earlier than 30 days before the wedding
- Research how to change your name
- Mail your rehearsal dinner invitations
- Purchase small candles, candies and mints for your guest powder room
- Meet with your stylist to discuss and test the perfect makeup and hair for your bridal style
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1-2 Weeks Before Your Wedding
- Have your final wedding gown fitting
- Finalize your wedding-day schedule (including receiving-line order) and share with attendants, parents and all vendors
- Confirm all of your beauty appointments
- Confirm pick-up times, schedules and addresses with your wedding-day transportation
- Pick up your wedding dress and make sure all of your accessories are together
- Pick up the groom's outfit, make sure it fits and gather all accessories together
- Finalize your vows for the ceremony
- Get your hair colored and trimmed (don't wait until two days before the ceremony!)
- Confirm final headcount
- Give final attendance numbers to vendors and confirm final date/time for deliverable and pick-ups after wedding
- Pack for your wedding night and honeymoon
- Create a "wedding box" to gather your ceremony accessories (marriage license, candles, ring pillow, basket, guest book) and assign someone to transport
- Prepare all of your wedding favors for transportation to reception venue and assign someone to move them
- Finalize your seating arrangements (making sure you involve both sets of your parents) and submit to caterer
- Prepare place cards
- Confirm dates/times/locations for all photos and video sessions for the day of the wedding
- Confirm dates/times/locations with all vendors
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After Your Wedding
- Get your wedding dress cleaned and preserved
- Preserve your bouquet
- Write and mail your thank you notes
- Complete your name change kit
- Check into your store's bridal registry completion program
- Meet with photographer and videographer to finalize albums and video
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The Day Before Your Wedding
- Get a manicure, pedicure and massage
- Gather together your wedding dress, accessories, and bridal emergency kit
- Assign someone to mail your announcement cards
- Rehearse ceremony with officiant and wedding party
- Prepare a list of payment envelopes - including tips - earmarking who is responsible for distributing to vendors
- Hand out assignment lists and checklists to ensure everyone knows their tasks, including person responsible for transporting gifts
- Hand out ceremony box to appropriate person
- Hand out reception box to appropriate person
- Hand out favor box to appropriate person
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The Day of Your Wedding
- Drink lots of fluids, you've got a busy day ahead
- Take a lavender bath, it's very relaxing
- Remember to wear a button down shirt for your hair and makeup appointments
- Most importantly, enjoy every moment - your day will fly bye!
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JS Collections Strapless Chiffon Dress

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/js-collections-strapless-chiffon-dress/3292609?origin=category&resultback=1392

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Lidia gown

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Satin bow tie

$52.00

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Vera Wang Formal Invitations

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/302916/classic-wedding-invitations/@center/303373/wedding-invitations-stationery#/302714

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Anemone Bouquet

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/269170/modern-wedding-bouquets/@center/272502/bouquets#/150959

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Manolo Blahnik - D'Orsay Satin and Feather Pumps

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Thomas Mason® fabric windsor tuxedo shirt

$175.00

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Carnation Bouquet

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/269158/classic-wedding-bouquets/@center/272502/bouquets#/128543

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Claire Pettibone Sheath Wedding Dress with V-Neck Neckline and Natural Waist Waistline

http://www.kleinfeldbridal.com/index.cfm?pid=52&item_id=14064&rowid=26&page=3

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