1. "Hiring" a friend instead of a pro. Even on a tight budget, you're much better off paying a vendor with experience to take care of your wedding needs. Besides, don't you want your friends and family to enjoy your wedding instead of having to work through it, anyway?
2. Don't speed through your photos. Squeezing your photos into the first half hour of your cocktail hour will make you anything but at ease. If you don't want to see your groom before the ceremony, take pictures separately so that the only shots left for you to take after the ceremony include the both of you.
3. Don't be the last one in the stylists chair. Why? As busy as the dressing room will get you don't want your stylist have to rush through your hair and makeup to ensure your ceremony starts on time. It's not such a big deal if a bridesmaid needs to switch to a less complicated hairstyle if they are pressed for time.
4. Don't tell everyone your wedding plans. I know it's hard not to talk about your wedding but the more you share the more opinions you are going to get and plus, part of wowing your guests is surprising them. If everyone knows you will be changing into another dress then no one will be as impressed when you do.
5. Pick your attendants carefully. Bridesmaids and groomsmen should be closest friends a family. Period.
6. Avoid micromanaging your vendors. If you are confident you are choosing qualified professionals to work for your wedding, and they understand your vision, let them do their jobs. I know it's tempting to control every detail so you are guaranteed to love the results but you really won't have the time and the experience that your professionals do.
7. Don't blow your entire bridal fashion budget on your dress. Remember, you still need alterations, shoes, undergarments, shoes, hair accessories and jewelry.
8. You will regret it if your skip out of a videographer. Photos can only take you so far.
9. Think twice before you send a save-the-date to everyone you know. Reserve save-the-dates only for those guests you know will absolutely be invited to your wedding. Friends you are close with when you get engaged may be mere acquaintances by the time you get married.
10. Try not to get too attached to any one particular flower. When booking your wedding way in advance a florist can only sometimes guess which flowers will be available. Please think in terms of shapes and colors instead of specific flowers.
Happy Planning,
Amy Lythgoe, Wedding Planner and Event Designer
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