N'Chantment Events, LLC: So You've Got The Ring: Now What?

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Saturday, June 5, 2010

So You've Got The Ring: Now What?

10 Things to Get You Started

Getting engaged can be the most exciting time of your life. However, it can be the most stressful time as well. After your now fiance has expressed his undying love for you; ask you to spend the rest of your life with him and has gotten up off of his knees, you're left thinking, "NOW WHAT?"

It's not like you haven't planned your wedding in your head over and over again since you were a little girl but now the time is actually here. Don't get me wrong, it's completely okay to feel a little overwhelmed or unsure of how all the planning and details will turn out but before all that...what should you do first?

Here's 10 Things To Get You Started:

1. Announce your engagement (call up friends & family, local newspaper, free wedding website, or engagement party)

2. Set your wedding date or at least have a tentative date with a little room for flexibility just in case (a week before or a week after the desired date)

3. Determine a realistic budget to meet your every desire for your wedding. Stand firm and stick to your budget by placing things in order of highest to lowest priority (Remember: Your venue should be your most expensive purchase ranging at 50% of your budget)

4. Hire a professional wedding & event planner/consultant to assist you with this most important time of your life

5. Determine the amount of guests you can afford to invite. Start to compile a list of potential guests. Use this to keep your list at the desired amount. Break the list down into 4 categories:

a. Bride’s List

b. Groom’s List

c. Bride’s Family List

d. Groom’s Family List

Break the lists down a little further with 3 additional categories within each list:

a. Those who must be invited

b. Those who should be invited

c. Those who would be nice to invite

6. Book a venue(s) to secure your desired wedding date (at least 9 months or earlier)

7. Pick a theme and/or color scheme and stick with it! Incorporate this theme and color scheme into your Save the Date Cards (which you should be sending out right about now!), your wedding invitations (mail 6 to 8 weeks before the event date) and ceremony & reception décor.

8. Order passport, visa or birth certificate, if needed for your honeymoon plans and research marriage license requirements and regulations for your city and state.