Wedding Checklist

 Published on: December 7, 2020

12 Month Wedding Checklist

 8-12 Months before

  • Select a wedding date
  • Decide whom you would like in your wedding party and ask each person to participate
  • Decide on a wedding budget
  • Purchase bridal magazines and start a “Wedding File”.
  • Find a reception hall
  • Shop for a videographer and photographer
  • Choose a florist
  • Choose a DJ\Band
  • Book Ashtaka person and a dancing group or Church
  • Choose a saloon for dressing and makeup
  • Find places for groom’s wear and brides wear
  • Apply for marriage license, find a Wedding registrar
  • Purchase a notebook in which to store your wedding information
  • Send deposit and reserve a reception hall
  • Send deposit to other wedding vendors
  • Determine your wedding theme, style and color scheme
  • Choose a beautiful place for your honeymoon
  • Make a rough-guest list with a maximum number of guests in
  • Schedule appointments at Bridal Salon’s for you and your wedding party
  • Decide about the refreshments and liquor to the wedding crowd
  • Find cake designers
    • Cake Structure
    • Wedding cakes
    • Cake boxes
  • Select Floral Arrangement
    • Centerpieces
    • Boutonnieres
    • Head Table Deco
    • Poruwa
    • Entrance
    • Oil Lamp
    • Settee back
    • Bride Bouquets
    • Bridesmaids Bouquets
    • Car Deco
    • Go shopping for wedding invitations
    • Place final order for bridesmaids’ gowns and any accessories
    • Have the mother-in-laws co-ordinate and select their dresses
    • Have the father-in-laws co-ordinate and select their suits
    • Book a going-away car for transportation on your wedding day
    • Review and finalize the overall budget
    • Finalize all decorations
    • Shop for and purchase wedding rings, necklace and brother’s ring
    • Select the brides’ wedding attire
    • Select the grooms’ wedding attire

4 Months before

  • Submit menu and beverage selections to the hotel
  • Begin music selections for the ceremony.
  • Decide on whom you would like to be the M.C. and verify that they are available and willing
  • Place your final order for party favors
  • Schedule tests for makeup and hair
  • Finalize all arrangements for makeup, hair, nails, etc.
  • Schedule an appointment for a food tasting
  • Set up an appointment to see a sample of your floral centerpieces if applicable
  • Finalize your plans for the honeymoon.
  • Schedule your first fitting for your wedding gown and your groom’s tuxedo or suit.

8 Weeks before

  • Purchase gifts for Your parents and In-laws (To be given near Poruwa)
  • Mail all wedding invitations
  • Finalize all details with your caterer, florist and musicians
  • Finalize all transportation, including any special plans for your family and bridal party
  • Finalize your schedule for the wedding day with your wedding venue contact, band/DJ, MC and wedding coordinator, if applicable
  • Finalize the wedding ceremony processional and recessional information with your wedding coordinator or wedding venue contact
  • Pick up the wedding rings (making sure they are sized and engraved)
  • Finalize your jewelry selection
  • Schedule a final test makeup and hair session with your stylists.

4 Weeks before

  • Schedule your second bridal gown fitting
  • Confirm your final appointment with your makeup artist and hair stylist
  • Give all musicians the lists of music for the ceremony and reception
  • Practice your “First Dance” with your music (wearing your bridal shoes)
  • Appoint a family member or friend to gather the gifts at the end of the reception for delivery to the proper location
  • Confirm transportation for wedding party 3 weeks before
  • Reconfirm your hotel room for the wedding night.
  • Send final confirmation for all your honeymoon reservations
  • Finalize the wedding day timeline and fax, mail or e-mail to all appropriate vendors.
  • Call them to make sure they understand all the information and feel comfortable with the arrangements you have made
  • Submit final numbers to rental companies, the florist and the reception venue managers
  • Mail your wedding day schedules. Make sure each wedding day participant is aware of the day’s activities and their role
  • Finalize your seating arrangements (making sure you involve both sets of parents)
  • Finalize the guest list and inform it to the reception hall (Include vendors such as photography, Band/DJ and videography)
  • Send final payment to all vendors
  • Prepare a toast for your wedding reception
  • Have any hair treatments done – highlights, trim etc. (Don’t wait until two days before the wedding!)

1 Week before

  • Confirm the whereabouts of your marriage license and wedding rings and put them in a box or bag marked “Ceremony”.
  • Pick up your bridal saree/dress and make sure all of your accessories are together. Also make sure the wedding dress is covered with a protective bag and stuffed with tissue to preserve its shape
  • Pick up the bridal party outfits and bring them to the bridal dressing room on the day before the wedding, if possible
  • Pick up the groom’s outfit and make sure all of his accessories are together
  • Get groom a haircut
  • Confirm all appointment times for hair, makeup, nails, etc.
  • Get a facial (Don’t wait until two days before the wedding!)
  • Attend the bachelor and bachelorette parties, if applicable
  • Pack your wedding night and day-after clothes
  • Prepare and pack for your honeymoon
  • Arrange transportation to your hair and makeup appointments
  • Arrange who will return any rental items that must be returned after the wedding
  • Reconfirm transportation for the entire wedding party On the Wedding Day
  • Eat a well-balanced breakfast. You have a big day ahead of you, and some brides have been known to faint because they forget to eat
  • Drink lots of water and refrain from an excess of caffeine and alcohol
  • Remember to wear a button-down shirt for your hair and makeup appointments
  • Take a deep breath and enjoy – remember this is your day!
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