Planning Timeline - First Steps

We started planning about 6 weeks after our engagement, we wanted to enjoy it for a little bit first. From there we booked our venue first, giving us about 14 months from engagement to wedding.

I started planning about 1 year out.

12 mo- Venue, Photographer, engagement pictures, and Pinterest

8 mo- Save the Dates, engagement party, videographer, guest list, and more Pinterest

5 mo- Cake, cake tasting, catering, DJ, wedding gifts, DOC, HMUA, rings, bridesmaid dresses, pre-marital counseling, and registry

3 mo- Bridal shower, invitations, and a lot of WW forums

1 mo- Bachelorette / Bachelor parties, decor, day of timeline, bridal portraits, hair & make up trials, and finalizing everything with vendors

.....and of course all of the little things in between, but I also took breaks in between things and spread it all out.

We started planning roughly a month after our engagement. Originally started out with a May 2020 date, but changed it to December!

I feel like my planning didn't have a specific timeline other than me booking dj and venue about ten months or so out. I took a one to two month break from wedding planning so that kind of made me rush after

We started planning a little over a year out which was about a month after we got engaged. We originally wanted a late September wedding but the venue we loved only had summer so we went with that. After we decided on the venue and date, we moved on to catering and a DJ and so on. I have a wedding planning book so we mostly followed the suggested timeline in there.

We started planning about a year out as well. We prioritized getting a house first after we got engaged. So, we are basically engaged for a week short of 2 years when the wedding day comes.

I started planning even before we were engaged! We decided in February this year that we wanted to get married on Leap Day next year. I had my photographer/videographer/photo booth booked before our engagement and had toured my venue, bought my dress and shoes. I LOVE wedding planning and wanted to start as soon as we knew we were going to get married next year.

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I didn't officially book anything before we were engaged, but I had definitely done a ton of research on venues and photographers. I wanted to be prepared to hit the ground running once he officially asked! ;-)