5 Months!!

Are you doing a court house wedding? I would say keep it small and simple focus on the details that are most important to you two. You need the basics food/music/officiant and a venue of course.

View Quoted Comment We are not doing a court wedding. We are catholic and his parents forbade it because it’s against our religion. He wanted to do that so we could start saving up for housing but they said no. And so we waited.

View Quoted Comment Then I suppose first thing you need to do is see if the church you want to get married at is available and then go from there because that will affect the Day you choose to get married.

Wedding planning has made me brutally honest. I'm here for you girl. What's your wedding vision?

You can have your ceremony at the church. Figure out your budget, it dictates number of people invited to a reception. His parents can pay for priest.

View Quoted Comment I didn’t really have a vision but he’s wearing his dress blues so the “theme” is going to be navy blue and gold. And the flower girl will be wearing a red ball gown.

Other then my fiancé I don’t have a team of people behind me in this whole planning thing either. These forums and these girls have been so helpful!! Ask questions! Post pictures of things you like and ask for advice! They’re so sweet and so helpful!
I would say with limited time start with a dress. If you need any alterations done you will be crunched for time if you wait to long.
That will get you in full blown wedding mood too!Good for you getting married young. My man and I dated for 5 years before be got engaged and both wish we would have gotten married forever ago.

View Quoted Comment I started with my dress! Found the perfect one with no alterations needed which was perfect.

View Quoted Comment That’s awesome!!! It’s so beautiful on you too!

Well, I will say first thing just worried about the planning yourself because if you're already not getting any help, then I wouldn't waste your time. Plus the more advice you ask will keep the more they're going to question everything you do. What's going to frustrate you. The only two people that should be planning this event Are you and your fiance. You two choose the date, you two choose that then you and then just let people know when they can show up. if you're doing something in 5 months to ceremony is not the hard part. The hard part is going to be the reception and I would just do something very very simple. Ask the church if they have a place where you guys can hold the reception and I would just keep it very cost-effective and cater out like pizza, pasta or Mexican food. You can even do a bunch of party trays from Sam's Club or Costco. I would keep the guest list to a minimum because you don't have a lot of time to save money. You don't necessarily have to have a theme. But if you want to have an idea of the style of wedding you want then. Look on Pinterest. Do you like a rustic theme, Do you want more elegant, that can be a lot of factors. Now the next things you need to work on within this week is to find a venue and to find a photographer cuz those are two things that book up very fast, and you only have five months.

View Quoted Comment That's a bold color scheme but I think it will look nice for a summer wedding. Are you planning to incorporate red in the color palette as well, or just for the flower girl's dress?
Also, how many guests are you planning to have? And have you given any thought to the reception yet?

Keep it small and simple. You can still have a religious wedding ceremony and do a small reception after. This could be as simple as renting out a private room at a nice restaurant in town. If you want more of a micro wedding with all the bells and whistles, I would urge you to keep a small guest list. The more people, means more money, and more random things you start needing. Start to googling intimate wedding locations and see if that fits your fancy. They usually work in packages and make the planning process so much easier.

1) either find a place with a package that does most things for you
Or
2) keep it really simple

View Quoted Comment Your glowing .