10 tips for a stress free wedding day:

How to have a stress free wedding day:

You know what's harder than being a bride planning her wedding... being a bride on her wedding day. This may sound dumb, but if you don't plan accordingly, you could end up paying a ton of money and spending an insane amount of time planning an event, where you're in a grouchy mood because you didn't think things thru. NO bueno. No one wants that.

First off, you can avoid all of this, if you simply get a wedding planner. I know some fab wedding planners who are terrrrrific, more about that later next week. If your budget doesn't allow for a wedding planner here's some tips to get you started in the right direction.

Here's the tips. To view more info on the tips just scroll down. :) 

1. See each other before hand.
2. Wear comfortable shoes at your rehearsal/day before.
3. Have two pairs of shoes for the wedding day.
4. Eat something.
5. Have an emergency kit.
6. Find a person who knows how to pin the boutonniere on the groomsmen.
7. Designate one person with the rings.
8. Have 3 people know how to bustle your dress.
9. Get ready first.
10. Rehearsal Dinner: give everyone info guide. 

1. See each other before hand. I know I know, tradition. Just read this article, if you don't see each other before hand no big deal, just be informed. 
2. Wear comfortable shoes at your rehearsal/day before. Normally the rehearsal dinner is the day before, don't wear shoes that are going to make your feet kill the next day (because that next day is your wedding day and you're going to be on your feet for the WHOLE day). If it was me, I'd much rather wear comfy shoes at the rehearsal & hot shoes that kill me on my wedding day. :) If you can do both - you rock - give us some advice on how to do that! ;)
3. Have two pairs of shoes for the wedding day. If you are like me you can't wear high heels hardly at all. No problemo! How about you have two pairs of shoes. One so you can get some cool shoe shots and then take those bad boys off and wear something comfy. People for the most part only remember what they see in your photos, so if you had hot smokin' shoes in the photos, then hey that's what you had on the whole day. WOOOOT!
4. Eat something. I don't know how many times I have to say this but your wedding day is not a day to turn all anorexic on me. I mean seriously, you should have been doing that in the months prior not the day of! (note the sarcasm). I can't have any passed out brides, unless you rock a stretcher, avoid this. 
5. Have an emergency kit. If you don't do anything of this list. DO THIS. You will thank me later. Here's some items I think are a necessity to have in it. Just remember if something looks completely bizarre, and you're thinking why in the world would I need that?! Think about this, it's on there for a reason. So just trust us. :) If you click here they have a great list of things you can print off. Think that's too much work? I found a already made bridal kit on amazon!
6. Find a person who knows how to pin the boutonniere on the groomsmen. This is an important job and I'm telling you no one knows how to do hardly. I mean, I don't even know how to do this. Half the time, Pedro ends up doing this for the guys. Which that's great he can do that. But it takes time away from something sorta important, no one will know what those flowers looked like if there's no photos of it. :) Here's a great site to learn how to do this. Remember, people like to feel important and like they have an important job, so this is a great job for Aunt Sally! This is a great how to video to ensure your flowers don't look jank!
7. Designate one person with the rings. I know some of these sound like a no brainer but sometimes we forget the simplest of things. Now I don't know about you and I'm not trying to put groomsmen down, but I think I would trust a trusty bridesmaid over a groomsmen who's had a case of beer before noon. I mean, I'm just sayin. I've seen this happen. 
8. Have 3 people know how to bustle your dress.Ok, 3 people may be pushing it. But most times the bride is only one who really knows how to bustle their dress. That might be good, but not really, unless you have some mad flexible skills. Have 2 other people go with you, so that they will remember. Ask your bridal store if they have a how to guide or tip card, they just might and then you won't have to worry about forgetting. I don't know how many times the reception has started late because they forgot how to bustle the dress. Even if your bustle is color coded, just trust me.
9. Get ready first. Seems easy enough but most bridesmaid spend so much time caring about how they look, they end up making you run late for everything. So make sure you get ready first, get your hair done first, your makeup done first, that way you will have that extra time to relax and not freak out. :) 
10. Rehearsal Dinner: Give everyone info guide. Well, you may come off as anal but who the heck cares. I would rather be anal and have a perfect wedding then have it turned to all sorts of crazy. :) Give everyone who is an important part of your wedding day a guide with the following info.C

• Ceremony Venue/Address
• Reception Venue/Address
• Everyone in your immediate family & bridal party - cell phone #'s
• Vendor Name & Contact # (cake, flowers, church coordinator, dj)
• Schedule of Events

Tell them to put this in their car or something they know they will have the next day. Will all of them remember, no, but hey, one person remembering this might just save you big time if something happens! :) 

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