Tell Me Your Wedding Day Timeline!

Mine's a morning wedding and short so it's different...but here it is

7:00 am Start hair and makeup

10:00 Arrive at venue

• Last minute pictures of empty ceremony, getting ready pictures with bridesmaids, mother, etc.

11:00 Ceremony

11:30 Cocktail hour (pictures of bride and groom)

12:30 Reception starts (grand entrance)

• First Dance

• Father Daughter Dance

• Mother Son Dance

12:45 Lunch (buffet style) / prayer

• DJ will call tables by numbers

1:45 Toasts

• Maid of honor

• Best man

1:55 Dancing, Shoe game, Cake, Bouquet toss, & Garter toss

3:30 pm Grand Exit

Mines will be an afternoon-to-evening wedding! but thank you for giving me an idea baranpartyof2

I wish OGJaci!! If I was, I would NOT be asking for timeline help lol! I'd have my wedding planner do that for me.

That's exactly what Kim k would say lol how does Kanye feel about all of this????

.

*We were at the same place all day. Hair and MU stylists came to the venue. Ceremony and reception were at the same place.

8am - Girls started getting hair and MU done (I had myself, 9 bms, 2 moms, and a grandma, so it took awhile)

10am - Photog and Videographer began taking photos of venue, dress and getting ready pics

1:00 - First Look, followed by pics of just FH and I

2:00 - Pics with BP, followed by a few posed family pics (very few)

4:00 - Ceremony

4:30-5 - Cocktails and snacks - It took nearly 30 minutes to flip our venue from "ceremony" to reception. We had beer and wine and light apps for 30 minutes during this time

5:00 - Dinner

6:00 Speeches

6:15ish - Cut Cake

7:ish - 1st Dance, followed by Father Daughter/Mother Son etc - I say (ish) because I know we were off by a bit on those last two things.

The rest of the night - drink, dance, have fun!

Eta - made note about everything being in same location. And

HOLY SHIT Jo - I forgot about your spreadsheet. Excel is my best friend, and what you have done with your timeline is beautiful.

.

.

I only have a rough idea of mine. Plus, our setup is pretty unique, so I know a lot of these don't apply to most traditional weddings.

8:30a Hair and Makeup (get ready, first look, pick up bouquet and bout from reception venue, eat lunch)

12:00p Leave for ceremony

1:30p Ceremony (our ceremony is private - only us and parents/siblings)

4:00p Extended Family Photos (at parents request)

5:00p Cocktail Hour Starts

5:30p-ish Grand Entrance

6:00p Dinner (toasts, cake, first dance)

7:30p-ish Dance Floor Opens

9:30p-ish Grand Exit

Mine's a noon wedding, but here it is:

7:30a - Arrive at venue; have coffee and a light breakfast (venue provided)

8a - Start hair and makeup

10a - bridesmaids arrive (for those not getting ready at the venue)

10:30a - photographer arrives and starts taking pictures

10:45a - bride gets dressed

11a - bridesmaids/bridal photos

11:15a - groom/groomsmen arrive

11:30a - pre-ceremonial music starts; guests start to arrive

11:30-12n - seating of the guests

12n-12:25 - ceremony

12:30-1:30p - cocktail hour (photos for bridal party and family)

1:45p - bride and groom entrance

2p - lunch (buffet)

first dance

father/daughter dance

mother/son dance

2:45-4:30 dancing and merriment!

Jo...dang you are organize! I was just gonna do something like this. It is pretty simple/casual wedding.

2ish-3ish- get ready

3ish-4:30- pictures

4:30-5 ceremony

5-5:45 more pictures

5:45-6 join cocktail party

6-6:30 moving into reception room, seating

6:30-8 dinner

8 ish first dance

Everyone dance after

9:00 cake cutting

Party and drink till 11

I haven't got the early mornin getting ready part down because I still have to do makeup/ hair trial and confirm the exact time

Following i need help with this as well

Thank you all for your help!

Still trying to figure this out myself but what I have so far is as follows

12: lunch with our families

200: makeup begins

300: photographer arrives begins set up and takes finishing touch pictures.

330: first look followed by pictures

440: makeup and hair touch up

5-530 ceremony

540: first dance

545: speeches

6: dinner

6-10 party

This is what I came up with:

9am-Breakfast with the girls

11am- Hair, Nails, getting ready

1p- Getting dressed/photography

2p- load up into the limo (I really wanted the limo)

3p- wedding

345p- photos being taken, guests eating appetizers

5p- reception time

Leaving the place at 9pm.

After our wedding friends and some of the wedding party is camping on my dads field. Save money on the hotel part. Maybe it will change but, for now that's what we got.

So the trick with time lines is actually start from where you need to be. So 5 pm ceremony?

You need to be there before guests arrive so 430 them a buffer time.

So. You need to be at the venue by 4.

Travel time? 15 min?

Call it 25.

Leave hotel no later than. 330.

Plan backwards.

Not forwards.

Following! I've been working on this a lot lately!

A related question:

I'm seeing a huge variety of times that people allotted for getting ready, etc. Everyone is sharing their timelines, but no one is really saying whether they gave themselves too much time, to little time, or a perfect amount of time. Anyone want to weigh in on what went well/could have gone better with their timelines?

ETA: Obviously only applies to the already married ladies on here!

#thisiswhymarriesstayontheforum

You'll have to wait for the irrelevant's to chime in- none of us premarried bishes could actually tell you.

We are going off what the MUA has told us.

Generally speaking 45 minutes per girl for hair and 45 for make up- and easily an hour for the bride.

Plus at least 30 minutes buffer of OH SHIT time.

We are starting at 11:30 for a 5 PM wedding. we have to BE at the venue by 4 PM. I have 4 faces and 3 hair. And I"m HOPING I gave myself enough buffer time.

Go to pinterest.com