Wedding Tips

This page contains a list of extremely helpful tips and ideas to consider when planning your wedding. These tips range from invitations to bridesmaid dresses and will help you save time, money and hopefully make your wedding planning experience a little easier.

Bridesmaid dresses

When picking out your bridesmaid dresses it is a good idea to bring with you your hardest to fit bridesmaid. This way she can try on all the dresses and you can hopefully pick a dress that fits her well. If the dress style can fit your hardest to fit bridesmaid it is very promising that style of the dress will fit all of your bridesmaids.

Ceremony

The time of day you decide on for you ceremony sends a message to your guests about what type of attire is appropriate. An early wedding at 2 or 3 in the afternoon is more casual while a wedding that takes place at 6 or 7 signifies that your guests should arrive in formal attire.

Before you go out and buy vases or tablecloths for your church, look at what the church has available to you. A lot of churches already have items that can be used during weddings. If you are a member of the church more than likely they will waive the usage fee, if there is one, so you can use what they already own.

Groomsmen

A lot of bridesmaid dress designers also make coordinating neck ties, bow ties and vests for groomsmen. If you visit the website of the company who makes your bridesmaid dresses you should be able to order the groomsman’s accessories online so they perfectly match your bridesmaids. This really makes a difference if the place you are getting your tuxes from isn’t able to match your colors.

Making out of Town Guests Feel Right at Home

To make your out of town guests not feel so out of town you can do a couple of things. First, for your you can put visits bureau information into their invitations or up on your wedding website. This will allow your guests to figure out what the can do while in town. Another great idea is to figure out where all your guests are staying. You can do this by asking them directly or finding out from other members of your family. Once you find out, the day they get into town you can bring fresh cookies, cupcakes, muffins, brownies or some other delightful treat to their hotel. The hotel will put it in their room for you. This way your out of town guests will know that you really care about them being there and want them to enjoy themselves.