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12 month wedding planning checklist. How to plan your wedding in one year with a list of tasks to complete and when. Free printable and download.
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What Should I Be Doing? A 12-month Wedding Planning Checklist | The Weducation Series

“I’m Engaged, now how do I plan my wedding?” A Wedding Planning Checklist & printable for the next 12 months of awesome.

Everyone says to us “I have no idea what I’m doing!” We totally get it – even if you’ve been to a hundred weddings, it’s totally overwhelming once you realize what goes in to all of the behind the scenes. We’ve got a handy Wedding Planning Checklist broken down over 12 months to get you started, including a printable version for you (download that below)! Is there anything you’d add to this wedding planning checklist?

11-12 MONTHS

Take at least a week without making decisions.
Envision your wedding
Set up a wedding email
Set a budget. Who is helping, when, & how much?
Set priorities. What’s important to you?
Have 3 tentative dates in mind
Start looking at venues and make viewing appts.
Book your venue
Start thinking about guest list
Hire a coordinator or planner
If you have any high priority vendors, book them
Get wedding insurance

 

8-10 MONTHS

Have an engagement party
Book your wedding photographer & do engagement session
Book your videographer
Book your hair & makeup
Book your MC/DJ
Book your florist
Envision your food and start scheduling tastings
Try on Bridal Gowns and Order Yours
Envision wedding party clothes
Order Wedding bands
Reserve Room blocks
Send out Save the Dates
Create your Registry
Order Invitations and Paper Goods

BONUS TIP: Set up your wedding website now, too!

 

6-8 MONTHS

Finalize your guest list
Reserve rentals (tables, tent, chairs)
Book your catering
Book your dessert baker
Book your officiant
Book any live musicians
Reserve your decor and game rentals
Order bridal party outfits
Groom choose and reserve his outfit
Reserve Hotel Room blocks

 

4-6 MONTHS

Mail out invitations
Have your dress altered to fit you
Make sure passports are in order
Start planning honeymoon
Have Bridal Shower
Reserve your Day Of Transportation

 

2-4 MONTHS

Plan & Order gifts for parents, attendants & spouse
Do your Hair & Makeup trial
Make nail and haircut appts for before wedding
Hire a Day of Coordinator if you haven’t yet

 

1-2 MONTHS

Get marriage license
Have final dress fitting & bustle training
Final fitting for groom
Draw up final decor plans
Finalize honeymoon plans
Create your emergency kit
Order Thank You Cards (if non-photo)
Finalize RSVP list and send out final counts to vendors

 

2-4 WEEKS

Final walkthrough to plan reception layout
Timeline created and sent to vendors for approval
Create family photo grouping list
Final haircuts
Pack boxes of decor, details, documents, plans gifts, payments/tips, take home bag and emergency kit for transport to wedding
Final song list to MC/DJ
Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties
Confirm Day Of Transportation
Plan order of standing, processional and recessional
Write all final checks and tips and delegate who will hand out

 

THE FINAL WEEK

Take the week off work
Steam Dresses
Pick up any final items needed
Nails done
Pick up rental suits
Confirm vendor details and timeline
Confirm delegations to family & bridal party
Write your vows
Have rings cleaned
Have rehearsal & rehearsal dinner
Arrange rental returns/pickup
RELAX!!

 

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Josh (he/him) and Kate (she/her) are creatives at heart – geeky, nerdy, adventurous and weird. We both have tattoos, we both love Harry Potter, the MCU and music (especially Tom Petty) , and we have a million corny inside jokes (Josh is the king of dad jokes). We spend a lot of time on road trips or creating adventures in our own backyard. We believe that the strongest and best relationships are built through experiences together and approach our relationship, family and business with that in mind. We could go on and on about all the cheesiness that makes us love weddings and wedding photography, but we won’t make you gag. Love rocks, that’s all. We are a house divided – Josh is an avid Seahawks fan and on football days, our house is a shrine to everything 12 … where as Kate bleeds Green and Gold for her beloved Packers. Josh also loves reggae music and rap, where Kate’s tastes lean more towards country, pop, and some folksy non-mainstream bands. If you ran into us on a weekend, we’d probably both be in the same room, but Josh immersed in his video games and Kate on the computer or playing that addictive and relaxing game, 2048 (I forewarned you, nerd-status is at an all time high) while listening to an audiobook (she’s nerding out on political memoirs & social justice books right now). Hiking, exploring, and getting as far away from traffic as we can get is the name of our game – which is probably why we live in the woods. Our house literally does not get mail service … or any internet to brag about. That being said, it’s a pretty kick-ass place to have fires on summer nights and to sled when it snows. If you’re looking for someone that will feel like a friend and not just a vendor, we can’t wait to get to know you. We have a mission of making sure our couples are educated during their wedding planning & wedding photography process, and that you never feel like you don’t know what you’re doing.

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