Eighty percent of engagements during the year happen between Thanksgiving and Valentines Day. Approximately 2 million people get engaged in a year so that breaks down to about 1.6 million in that short time frame. I know it's been true with the people in my life this year. My mini-feed on Facebook went crazy on Christmas morning with friends announcing their engagements!
So now you are engaged. You have the ring, now what? There is so much planning to do but each step has a specific time period in the process of which to do it. Here it is:
1. Enjoy being engaged!! Kiss each other a million times and jump up and down : )
2. Tell your parents/closest people to you.
3. Set the date. This way you know what day you are shooting for and you can plan the rest of the pieces accordingly.
4. Announce your engagement.
5. Choose the feeling you would like to have at your wedding. Do you want it to be traditional, modern, fun, low key. Whichever you choose, this step will set the scene for choosing your venue because they book up quickly!!
6. Choose your attendants. Also mandatory before you choose a venue so you know what size you are looking for.
7. Choose a venue. Most venues book up a year in advance.
8. Research vendors. Set up appointments with florists, cake bakers, DJs, photographers, to look at their work. In this step, its also very helpful to ask around. Who have others used and did it work out? Not only was the good or service great but was the vendor a problem solver, good at communicating, easy to get ahold of?
9. Purchase dresses and tuxes! Here's the fun part : ) About nine months before, try on wedding gowns, pick out and order bridesmaid dresses and order tuxes.
10. Reserve the vendors you chose.
There is many more things on the list but these 10 are the first, and most important. You can find all the other steps and everything in between on tons of websites. My favorite, and the most detailed and accurate is the calendar on WedAlert. The link is: http://www.wedalert.com/content/planning/calendar.asp
Congratulations and good luck with your wedding planning process and please let me know if you need any advice!
Stay fab,
Lauren
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