When did you start buying 'things'?!

My wedding is April 2021 and Im buying stuff now. Honestly it's just easier to prepare that way. 😁

View Quoted Comment We’ve changed our minds a lot! We have our first meeting with our venue in three weeks so we need to get organized and finalizour ideas.

View Quoted Comment What things are you guys needing to finalize now? Are you guys doing your own decor?

View Quoted Comment Our venue does everything so we have to give them colors, themes, etc. at the meeting for pricing then do a follow up to finalize about 30 days out.

View Quoted Comment That’s how our venue is too! The lady that owns our venue has her own decor company. We did our first meeting around 8 months out and are doing our final meeting next week. I’ve changed my mind about a few small things like centerpieces, but I’m keeping the same theme for the wedding. I would advise to wait on buying the guest book, bridal party gifts, and signs until a little bit closer to the date if you can.

View Quoted Comment I find that it’s much easier than coming up with one large lump sum of money later when you’re already stressing about everything else. You never know if you’ll have an unexpected expense, so if everything is taken care of before hand you don’t have to worry about not having the wedding you dreamed of. I have almost everything. I just need a few more candle holders , my bridesmaids proposals/gifts, my shoes, jewelry and veil. With just under a year left that’s not much. I want to be as relaxed as possible on my day.

View Quoted Comment That has to take the stress of you tremendously! That’s what I’m hoping, just little changes after the meeting in a few weeks.

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Yes, I'm honesty so glad we went that route! Hope it makes it east for you as well !

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Thank you!!!

I started as soon as the date was set. My wedding dress I even bought it a year w. a month before. In my case I thought it was better to start buying stuff little by little and not let it all pilled up around the same time.

Hello congratulations on everything!
I'm getting married in 2021 and have already started buying thing that I KNOW I won't change my mind on. I think now is a good time to start on things that may be on sale for the season of your wedding and just small things that you can definitely get out the way. You don't want to be overwhelmed or doing things at last min.. good luck with everything!!💕

We've been buying stuff (or rather I have haha!) since last summer. We are getting married on Halloween this year and I knew I wanted specific pieces from last year's halloween. I've also purchased A LOT on etsy that's not here in the US so I knew I needed to give time for shipping.

I'm getting married next May. We got engaged this past New Year's Eve and I bought my first thing the next day - a cake topper on Etsy that I'd had my eye on for a long time.

View Quoted Comment Halloween should be fun! International shipping is tricky sometimes! Good luck!

View Quoted Comment How exciting! We are trying to pick a topper in the next few weeks.

We have a tight budget so we’re buying a little at a time so that we don’t have to make a big purchase all at once.

We have to be mindful of our budget, so I'm trying to buy things early or get prices early. My centerpieces ended up being about 25 dollars each.

However they do take up room, so keep that in mind.

Start! I’m getting married 10/24/2020 and I purchased so many of the things needed, however I didn’t engrave. That I’ll start doing next month. Things Remembered had a great sale on my flute glasses and server set 70%. LOVE them and I believe I paid less than $120 for everything. Sales are going on everywhere. Wedding season is in a few months and pricing is going to go up. I have DIY projects and JoAnn fabrics had 60% off . Have fun and enjoy the journey!

View Quoted Comment Hi Samantha that is exactly what we’re doing the buying therefore it’s not a huge dent all at once. I’m detail oriented so there’s more things and elements I get so we have to start early. there’s nothing wrong in doing that just make sure what you’re getting is exactly what you want to do

View Quoted Comment Hi Jazmin, yes they’ll have more options and higher prices unfortunately