Show me your...Day of Timeline

This is what I sent out minus specific names and details that really were specific to us. I also checked my list and found where I could squeeze in some sunset pictures with our photographers right after the mother/son dance.

I sent it out about 10 days before the wedding.

9:00 — Hair stylist arrives

10:00 — Makeup artist arrives

1:45 p.m. — Head to London Town

2:00 p.m. — Dress and take getting ready shots

2:30 p.m. — Mini first look with my dad

2:40 p.m. — First look

2:55 p.m. — Wedding party and family portraits

4:15 p.m. — Rebecca hides

4:30 p.m. — Ceremony prelude

5:00 p.m. — Ceremony

5:30–6:15 p.m. — Cocktails

5:30 p.m. — Finish up family portraits

6:15 p.m. — Guests to tent

6:25 p.m. — Introductions

6:30 p.m. — Buffet opens

• FOB gives welcome

6:50 p.m. — Toasts

• MOH and BM

7:15 p.m. — Guests to dance floor

7:20 p.m. — First dance

• Father/daughter dance

• Mother/son dance

• Everybody dance

8:15 p.m. — Cake cutting

9:55 p.m. — Last dance

10:30–12 — After party at the hotel bar

SOOOO following this thread. I have seen it over and over and still cant get my day of schedule right.

9:00 - Aim to leave the house. Take one of my ladies with and pick another up at her hotel before the next thing

9:15 - Pick up Cake

10:00 - Arrive at Venue. Unload car (some of the food, the decorations, our wedding clothes, overnight bags, etc), plate snacks and get punch stuff ready, add flowers to cake, etc. (bride/groom obviously, and also our friends and the parents of groom joined in this)

11:30ish - Go get ready.

12:30 - Be ready

12:50ish - Ladies head off to join the groomsmen at the head of the ceremony

1:00ish - I follow. 1:00, ceremony begins.

1:30 - Ceremony done, go take photos and visit.

2:30 - Pick up food

3:00 - Eating food by now

Cake when everyone is done eating and has had some breathing time

Visit and stuff.

6:00 -Be out of the venue

Edit- and we all sorted it specifically the day of, since we didn't have to worry about MUAs or hair. Of course, we had discussed it before.

7:30/8:00 AM Start Getting Hair/Make-up done

11:00 AM Bridal Party Arrive at Country M Ranch to get ready (Bridesmaids Makeup Done on

Location)

12:00PM: Photograher arrive at Country M Ranch for pictures with groomsman around

the venue

12:20 P.M.: Getting Ready Pictures for Bride & Bridesmaids

12:45P.M./1:00 P.M. Florist Arrive to Set-Up Tables

1:15/1:30 P.M.: Pictures with bridesmaids/individual of bride/pictures

of venue before guests arrive.

Note: The set up at the church is in the choir loft or main lobby of the church. (I

can make the necessary arrangement if you need to visit the church before to be

prepared, please let me know )

2:15 P.M. Bridal Party Leave for Catholic Church

3:00PM Ceremony with Full Mass

4:00 / 4:15PM Pictures at Church with Family

5:00 P.M. Pictures at Venue or other location for bridal party

6:00PM Grand Entrance

6:10PM: First Dance

6:30PM Dinner

7:30 P.M.: Mother Son Dance/Father Daughter Dance/Bouquet Toss/Cake Cutting

8:00PM: Toasts/Speeches: Best Man, Maid of Honor, Father of Bride and Father of

Groom, etc.

8:30PM Dancing/Music

8:30PM Open Photobooth, MC announcement

10:00PM: Conclude Services for Photography

11:00P.M.: Reception Ends (Last Dance)

11:00P.M. to 12:00P.M.: Cleanup of Venue (Centerpieces, Signs, etc.)

Pre-Ceremony

11:00 AM Venue open for service

12:00 AM Hair & makeup

12:00 AM Lunch

1:00 PM Ceremony Set-up Outside

1:00 PM WP arrive

2:30 PM Set-up Inside venue,

2:15 PM Get dressed

2:30 PM Family photos/Group photos

3:00 PM DJ arrives

4:00 PM Couple relaxes

Ceremony

3:45 PM Guests start to arrive

4:30 PM Ceremony

4:50 PM Ceremony End

4:50 PM Sign license

Cocktail Hour

5:00 PM Cocktail hour starts

5:00 PM Ceremony Breakdown/Set-up Chairs

5:00 PM Group Photos

Reception

6:30 PM Guests are Seated

6:35 PM Bride/Groom introduction

6:40 PM Dinner Starts

7:00 PM Speeches/Toasts

7:30 PM Dinner Ends/Mingle - Move Tables

7:40 PM First dance F/D M/S

7:40-8:30 Dancing

8:30 PM Cake cutting/Garter/Bouquet Toss

9:00 PM Photographer departs

10:30 PM Last Call

10:30 PM DJ Leaves

10:45 PM Service End

10:45 PM Guests leave

Here is mine - hope it helps:

Schedule provided by photographer:

4:00 PM Getting ready candids and detail photos

4:30 PM First Look

4:45 PM Wedding party and couple candids inside and outside the venue

5:30 PM Family/wedding party formals

6:00 PM Downtime before ceremony

6:30 PM Ceremony begins/cocktail hour directly after/remaining group photos and sunset photos with couple

7:30 PM Dinner served/cake cutting/toasts

8am-11am hair appointments

11am-Noon Lunch

Noon-2pm makeup appointments

morning Cake Arrives

4:00 PM Arrive venue

Flowers Arrive

Photography Begins

4:30 PM First Look

5:00 PM Caterer Arrives

5:30 PM Officiant Arrives

Musicians Arrives

Bar Setup Begins

6:00 PM Downtime before ceremony

6:15 PM Musicians Begin

6:30 PM Ceremony Begins

end of ceremony Door is closed between bar room and dining room

Guests exit to foyer and bar room

Wedding party exits to patio to sign license and additional pictures

6:45 PM Bar Opens

7:00 PM Appetizers Served

7:30 PM Musicians End

Door is opened between bar room and dining room

Buffet Service Begins

as dinner begins Toast

after dinner Cake Cutting

after dinner Bouquet Toss

9:00 PM Photography Ends

Buffet Service Ends

10:00 PM Bar Closes

10:30 PM Bar Cleanup Ends

11:00 PM Leave venue

Mind didn't paste perfectly because it is a spreadsheet in Excel, but I am sure you get the idea!

Following because I need help with this! I know WW has a timeline thing on here somewhere but I can't find it. Does anyone know where it is?

Thanks everyone! This is a big help. I'm getting thrown off because my ceremony is at 4pm but 5 mins from my house so not sure what time to begin getting ready at

Here is my timeline for my upcoming wedding. Our wedding is in January in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Think cold and lots of snow):

Timeline

Friday, January 1st, 2015

2:00 P.M – Bridal Party takes table items for reception to venue (s cannot be store them at venue if they cannot be set up)

3:00 PM – Check in at the hotel

4:00 PM – Ceremony Rehearsal at Hotel

5:30 PM – Rehearsal Dinner at Brides Parent house

Saturday, January 2nd, 2015

8:30 A.M – Bride’s Hair & Make Up

8:30 A.M – Bridesmaids & MOB Hair & Make Up

10:30 AM – Travel back to hotel

11:00 AM – Have a light lunch and then get dressed

11:45 AM – Limo arrives at hotel. All wedding party needs to be in lobby and ready to get into limo

12:00 PM – Limo leaves for the first location

12:15 PM – Bride’s & Groom’s Family arrive at first location

1:50 PM – Leave for Second location

2:00 PM – Begin pictures second location

3:00 PM – Travel to third location – If the weather is nice, will be done on the frozen river

3:30 PM – Photographer takes pictures at hotel

4:00 PM – Ceremony Musicians arrive and begin playing

4:00 PM – Guests begin to arrive and can be seated by Ushers

4:30-5:00 PM – Ceremony begins (~20-30 minutes)

5:00 PM – Cocktail Hour Begins & Large Family Pictures Begin in Ceremony Room

5:35 PM – Join cocktail hour

6:00 PM – Grace performed

6:05 PM – Bridal party entrance or announced

6:10 PM – Buffet dinner begins

6:45 PM – Begin visit tables and have photos taken at each

7:30 PM – Toasts begin

7:45 PM – Bride & Groom First Dance – Father/Daughter Dance – Mother/Son Dance

7:50 PM Everybody dance

9:00 PM – Cake cutting – Espresso Bar opens

9:30 PM – Garter Toss & Bouquet Toss

9:40 PM – Dancing starts again

12:30 AM – Last call

1:00 AM – Reception ends. All guests must be gone

1:30 AM – Clean up begins – Everything must be out of room and packed away

Sunday, January 3rd, 2015

10:00 AM – Brunch at the hotel

1:00 PM – Open gifts and cards at parents house

This helped me make my time line....

http://mktg.weddingwire.com/ideas/wedding-timeline/

Ok everytime i try to use that^ it won't let me click on yes or no because they are overlapped and then it won't let me do anything without checking it