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Chelsea
Expert July 2021

In a wedding funk

Chelsea, on February 12, 2021 at 11:44 AM Posted in Planning 0 4

Im getting married in July this year and I was so excited to be getting closer and then im kinda back in my wedding funk.

Covid, bridesmaid backed out, dont know what im doing, feel like I have alot to do but dont know how to do it lol...

I made a list. Am I missing other things? What should I be working on 5 months out?

-book a room block

-organize the guest list/ cut. I have 250 and was told to at least cut 200 for now.

- contact officiant and see what styles or what to do. I'm Catholic but im not having a religious wedding so i have no idea what a regular wedding looks like.

- work on music, our DJ sent a list of things we need music for.....

- honeymoon??? covid where to go in the US.

- I need to hire hair and makeup still and trial.

-Wedding Registry, dont have one and shower is May 1st.

-Cake flavors, our bakery has 200 flavors and we need to choose 4.


Feel like my groom isnt helping and i wanted a vegas wedding... also need to figure what to do for Bach party and when....


UGH! Its fun stuff but at the same time I feel alone and it would be way easier to just go to vegas LOL

4 Comments

Latest activity by Melanie, on February 12, 2021 at 1:58 PM
  • Brigitte
    Dedicated May 2021
    Brigitte ·
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    Try to take things in steps, one at a time. The most time pressing things on your list to me would be booking your room block and hiring a makeup artist. Music, cake flavors, and wedding registry are all the best things for me wedding planning so far! Those are things your fiancé can help with and you can make it fun if he would be interested. Or your maid of honor and bridesmaids can do those as a fun activity. The music and ceremony style are things I don't think are super time sensitive just yet, but definitely start thinking about it and give yourself a due date so it doesn't slip by.

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  • Sharonda
    Super January 2021
    Sharonda ·
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    Pause . . . take a deep breath. You got this!! You don't have to get everything done today or tomorrow. And a lot of us didn't know what we were doing -- we were winging it -- and that's fine! If you feel you need to step away for a couple of days just to relax and regroup - do that. And then, focus on those things that are time sensitive -- and go from there. If he's anything like my husband, your fiance may not step in to help (he feels like you got it taken care of - you're superwoman) . . . so give him tasks to do and a deadline to do them to take the load off of you. I had to do that with my husband and he still was very surprised when he saw all of the work I had done at the wedding. LOL! We've all been there and felt that way . . . but just think . . . in a few months, all of your hard work will pay off. For now, woosah . . . and then jump back into your groove. Like I said, you got this!!

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  • D
    June 2021
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    Your list sounds spot on, and as long as you plan out your weeks for everything and schedule appointments now and write it down in the calendar you’ll be good. You may want to also think of little things like
    -card box for your cards
    -wedding signature book-invitations and place cards.Those things don’t require any planning and depending on what you’re doing for invitations,You can use some thing like minted.com and design them ahead of time and then once you get the full final details just go back and edit them. That way the little things don’t get forgotten. Good luck!
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  • M
    Super June 2021
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    Long but hopefully helpful post Smiley smile

    Instead of looking at the entire list of things you need to do, pick two or three tasks a week and fully complete them. My wedding is about a month ahead of yours, so I've recently done a lot of these. Honeymoon is the biggest up in the air question for us. We decided to stay in the US but have no idea where. Five months out I started to look at and order invitation samples, made a ridiculous amount of Etsy purchases to get them out the way- garter, ordered a majority of our signs, table numbers, cake knife, and dress hanger, we ordered my fiance's suit, ordered my wedding ring (it was on sale), and my bridesmaids ordered their dresses.

    To help a little with some of the things you listed:

    Hire hair and makeup sooner rather than later, but you don't need a trial scheduled until the May timeframe. Cake is fun! Definitely not something to stress about. Just pick any 4 that you two like. No one is going to ask why you picked lemon over chocolate haha. For your bachelorette, get some input from your bridesmaids! You can add your opinion, but they should really be the ones taking charge.

    Registry: I found Bed, Bath, and Beyond to be super helpful. They have an extensive registry planning list with essentially everything you should include. I'd advise you start that soon because I definitely came back to mine a month later and asked myself multiple times "why did I add this?" and had to re-pick items. You don't want to do this at the last minute and get a bunch of stuff you don't actually want.

    Room block: Super easy. Do a Google maps search of hotels withing ~10 minutes of your venue. Pick 1 or 2 depending on your number of guests, Marriott and Holiday Inn are usually my go to's, but just pick something with a reasonable standard price. On their website there will be a room block survey - date, # of rooms, etc. Fill it out, a manager will email you in a few days with room block prices, then sign the contract.

    Ceremony: I'm Catholic, but my fiance is Baptist so we're have a regular wedding with some Christian aspects. Your officiant should be able to provide you with (or you can Google) example wedding readings to choose from if you don't have any in mind. Our officiant gave us readings from the bible, lines from literature, songs, and romantic pieces. Do you plan to write your own vows or use the standard ones? Regular weddings can just be straight to the point - entrance, presentation of the bride, reading, I Do's, vows, rings, and kiss, or you can add in elements that are special to you like a blessing, music, unity candle, or presentation of flowers to the bride and groom's mothers.

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