Only 3 months to plan, is it possible?

Don't stress! you can do it. Get the big things booked first, the venues, photographer, caterer, band....THEN work on linens, flowers, colors etc. Its been done before by many a bride, so you can do it!

It is fast but you can do it. First delegate delegate everything you can so you won't go crazy. Get a wedding planner to help out if you can. It will be well worth the money. Then incorporate your fiance, family and close friends to help with some of the planning.

A lot of the locations might be booked so be creative.

Get wedding invitations out as soon as you decide on where and when.

Photography should be an important investment of course so see who you can reserve as soon as possible.

I'm holding my breathe for you! Sherrlyn Borkgren Photography

First off breath lol do you have your wedding party picked out? are you wanting a big or small wedding? where do you want to have the wedding make sure its not booked. do you have a dress in mind? you can get it done in time my friend put her wedding together in less then two months and she had a big wedding. just crack down now and start makin call :-D good luck

Hi Nelio --

The first thing I suggest you do is find a venue. As you are interviewing the various venues, I would ask if that venue has a preferred vendors list and start calling their vendors list. After you have decided on a venue, paid your venue deposit and signed a contract, only then would I start confirming and paying deposits to the other vendors.

If you can afford a professional coordinator or a professional, "day of" coordinator, I would start there. If you have your wedding and reception at the same place, that makes things easier, as well.

I would ask this of a church, as well. I live in Palm Springs, CA and we have a wedding Association. See if you have a wedding association in your area.

As an officiant, I, too, have access to most all of the professional vendors in our area. You may also wish to find your wedding officiant early on and discuss vendors with your officiant.

I hope this is helpful. Remember, get your venue first!

Reverend Stan

We were planning on getting married at his parent's house. No big deal just his parents and my mom and kids there. Then in March we changed our minds and went with a wedding. Wedding is June 27. I got almost all of the big things taken care of in the first week. We are getting married at his church. So venue was easy. The only stress I had was my getting my dress here in time. I paid extra to have it put on rush order. You can do it.

We did the same sort of thing - got engaged in October and waited a while before setting a date. Then he was like "lets do it this year" so we are getting married in August and had about 5 months to plan everything. I haven't had any problems.

Where were you thinking of getting your dress? Many bridal shops could take a few months to order in a dress. I got mine off of the rack for 20% off, so that is an option. You might find dresses online that can ship faster than that and have good return policies, if you are comfortable ordering online.

I would do things in this order: book your venues, order/send out invitations, find a dress, get a caterer. I would work on the photographer, DJ, and florist maybe a month from now - there might not be a lot of options left but you'll be able to find something.

The rest of the stuff are just details that you can figure out in the last month.

Thanks everyone! It's good to know that there are some people with tighter situations. I'm only going to have about 50-60 people there and we looked at a hall today that we will have the ceremony in and the reception. Haven't looked for a dress yet if I get one now and lose weight, will any tailor take it in or should I be extremely careful on who I choose? I'm looking to lose 30+ lbs. In the last 3 months I have lost a grand total of 50 lbs so I know it can be done. Thanks again for the advice, I'll keep you updated on how everything goes!!!

Nelio,

You can definitely get your wedding planned in 3 months, it has been done in less time believe it or not. Now that you have a venue you just need to nail down all the vendors. If you don't have a wedding planning checklist you can get one online (or email me if you would like me to send you one) that will come in handy to make sure you are covering all the bases, there are lots of details, as I am sure you can imagine.

In terms of your dress and losing weight I would suggest maintaining since you have lost so much already. Set a cut off date and then whatever weight you are at on that day spend the rest of the time maintaining ~ that will also help with post wedding weight too. If you do end up needing a tailor make sure it is someone reputable that has experience tailoring wedding dresses, it is a very specialized job.

Congrats on your engagement and enjoy this time!

Nicole

Dont Stress, I haved planned weddings in 3 months and they are just at a little quicker pace in the planning process than the ones that are a year off. Big deal though, it helps you stay on top of your game with the planning. You might check into a coordinator if you feel extremely stressed about it, but you can probably handle it all just fine. Just get a list of everything you need and assign things to friends and family to help. good luck!

Whether you give your wedding planning 3 months or 3 years, not everything will go according to plan. Looks like this is a lot of work and some things may need to be cut to get everything involved to make the deadline. But that's completely understandable. Don't live or die by every little thing that may go wrong. It's fine.

It's possible but you're going to be super busy. If you can aford it maybe hire a wedding planner. First thing is first find/book all your venders(location,food,drinks,photographer,videographer, officant of some kind) find a dress, tux, decorations, invitations, BM's, GM, flowers, rings, centerpieces.

Of course you can pull it off. You can also get a dress and have it tailored three weeks or less before. I purchased a dress off the rack and had it taken in two weeks before my wedding. I got engaged on 8 Feb and was married on 25 April. You just need a to do list and go from there. Have fun. It goes by very fast.

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When it is all over, you will probably be happy you spent three months and no more. I have planned 2 weddings...one in 5 months, one in 10 months. Most of the months for the 10 month one were not involved in any planning, just waiting. Start with your guest list since it may affect the rest of your to-do's, line up your venue, officiant, caterer, etc. Then let the people you hire do their job. That's why you pay them. Since you may not be able to order a dress, consider a preowned one. Our website has some great deals on designer gowns that were only worn a few hours. Good luck to you and HAVE FUN!

If ur organized and have ppl to help you, like groom and mothers, you can do it!! im gettting married next yr, n i had mostly everything planned within a few months!!

I am in your exact same situation! We got engaged on May 4 this year tho, not last year! And we decided not to wait. I wanted to get married in nice summery weather but didn't want to wait an entire year to get it planned. i procrastinate anyway... so it's working out. First things we did... set out our priorities... what we wanted what we didn't... then I started freaking out about a venue... then we decided to scale down our wedding (a lot) and the relief was incredible. Then I found a wedding dress... then we found a venue. GET CREATIVE with the venue thing! Parks, condo clubhouses, friends houses... seriously... all can be beautiful. We were going to do ours on 9-12 but switched to 9-14 for cost and availability reasons. I hate wedding planning, by the way... But I think we are both going to be okay!!

No stress! I actually did this. I had about three months to plan my wedding and I had everything finished after two months! I just did all things wedding all the time, and had fun doing it!

Oh yes, you can indeed plan a beautiful wedding in three months. As has already been suggested, the critical thing it to find and reserve your venue. Once you have done that, use all the help available to you. The venue may have a list of suggested vendors. These are usually reputable professionals who are experienced in working with the venue and know what to expect. Take advantage of them and their expertise. You may not have time to participate as much in every detail of the planning but it truly is the job of the professionals to know what is needed. For example, many couples agonize for weeks over their music selections but some leave it entirely to me. If they give me a little indication of the kind of music they like, I can put together a great program for them.

A wedding planner would be really helpful, too. It's their job to think of everything and help coordinate the perfect day.

Best wishes,

Margaret Sneddon, Harpist

www.margaretsnedodn.com

Lol. You sound like me. We desided in April ( the END of April ) to get married the first day of August. My sugestion .... GET YOUR DRESS NOW!!! ... it takes a while for them to do alterations. I JUST got my dress and i still have to get it taken in a few sizes and i am getting it back literally 2 weeks before my wedding day. If there are any mistakes or it still doesn't fit i am pretty much done for ( but i have faith so i'm not in a panic ). Next is his suit/tux ( which ever you do ) cause he will need alterations too. ( pick your bridesmaids dresses at the same time as your dress and tell them to get in there and buy them ASAP!! and have him do the same with the groomsman ) ... after that catering, cake, hair appointment, photographer and decorations ... It's WILL BE STRESSFUL but it is possible and well worth it! I wish you the best and congrats!

Your getting married the same day as me!!! We have been engaged and planning for over a year and we are still not done lol... but yes I DO think it is possible...