The Day of the Wedding

Have you booked a photographer yet? I only ask because ours helped establish our timeline relative to sunset. What is your wedding date? And what are you thinking so far?

I thought i was the only one going crazy lol. Today was my day off and all i did was look at my timeline. I'm scared i might be rushing at the end. I have talked to both venue and the photographer and they don't help. All they do is mess up timeline lol. Buti even sent it to my friend, who got married at the same church i am. She told me not to eat after i get my hair done. I'm like so when do i eat? I can't go all day without eating, i'll faint. I want to do my makeup after my hair. In the end, just do the best you can. We can't be obsessing over the timeline lol.

If you don't have a day-of coordinator then I highly recommend having trusted friends whom you can delegate tasks too. When my cousin got married, my aunt had a massive white board with all of the jobs on them and who was assigned to them. That way everyone knew exactly what they were supposed to do and what everyone else was doing. Schedule a meeting with everyone who will be helping and make sure they understand their tasks and the timeline for when things need to get done. More often than not, things take longer than expected, so be sure to incorporate some buffer time.

Also, talk to your vendors (especially your hair/makeup person and photographer) and have them establish timelines for you. They've done this all before and will know better than you how much time is needed. And for hair and makeup, always schedule extra time! You don't want to feel rushed at all.

Your officiant will keep the ceremony moving at the appropriate pace, and your DJ is in charge of announcing the events for the reception, so make sure you and him/her are on the same page. The town where I'm getting married has a sound ordinance, so we're going to do all of the speeches during dinner, and then all of the "ceremonial dances" and then open up the dance floor. (We're still trying to figure out when to cut the cake). We're going to have the schedule of events listed on a wooden palette, so the guests will know when everything is happening!

The more organizing you do beforehand, the more relaxed you can be on the day of the wedding. You want to be able to enjoy that as much as possible, so bring in all the reinforcements you can!

I kept the schedule up myself. i had a doc but he was only for setting up my reception while the ceremony was going on.

create a timeline and you can let your wedding party members know it so that they could also help keep it in tact.