Planning

First off, not to sound negative, but no-one will care as much about your wedding as you and your spouse do. To most people this is an event that isn't happening for another year.

Having the venue is really all that needs doing now. Make sure of your budget and think about a guest list.

There are many wedding planning checklists that can help with time frames around. Good luck!

^ Agreed with Jacks. I’ve learned this as well. Everyone is not going to be as happy as you are. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t excited for you. I’m pretty sure closer towards the time and even at your wedding everyone will be happy and you all will have a great time. Don’t feel down, they care, they’re just not showing it as much right now.

Really utilize the checklist within here..... it will help keep you on track and inspire ideas.
As far as everyone's involvement..... sometimes you have to use your circle...... family may not always be there like we would like to expect.
Just remember to create and design within you 2 visions...... everything else will fall into place

View Quoted Comment Nailed it!

Definitely DON'T feel down!

My family was happy for me, but they were not all that involved in the beginning, they are full swing helping me get all the final details nailed down for our wedding in September 2022. As the day gets closer there are more little things that they can and will help with, a lot of the vendors are more of a you and him type project. You have such a good head start, start thinking about when you want your engagement photos taken and if you are going to use those for save the dates, or if you have photos you want to use. You have plenty of time to either do summer or early autumn photos if you choose to do so.

Agree to a budget with your Fiance and really stick to it, we just wanted it under a total and that has worked for us. The budget will help with how many people you are inviting and thinking about feeding all of them, buying favors and all the little things that stack up with the number of guest you have.

Think about the YOU stuff that people are not able to do for you, like your hair, make-up, dress ideas, shoes you are wearing, accessories. Think about where you want to take a honeymoon, we are waiting a year because the place we want to go was fully booked a year out, so we are doing a nice staycation in a fancy cabin in the woods that we rented for half a week, while we wait for our real honeymoon.

Use more than just one planner, it will help with the stress, one will say one deadline to get it done and the other will say a different day, helps you have a good range of oh I should be getting this done between these dates.

I think people will be more excited closer to your date. Until then, feel free to come to this community for support and excitement over your wedding! Your next step is probably a caterer. Vendors book quickly, especially the good ones.

I agree with others on the sentiment of how we are likely to be the most excited about our weddings, but I just wanted to say that I HEAR you and your feelings are VALID. I think it's fair to expect some of your closest family members to feel engaged and interested in your wedding - it's a big thing and an exciting time. At this point, you're less than a year out and might want to consider starting dress shopping - is this something you could ask your mom or closest friend(s) to join in on? My mom always expressed excitement about our wedding, but it wasn't until wedding dress shopping that things started to "pick up" from friends and family around. We're still struggling a bit with my fiance's family because his sister just had a baby and all of their attention has been 100% on baby mode - I don't see this changing in the two months to our wedding, but oh well... wishing you all the best and I'm sure you will have an exciting wedding planning experience

I planned my own 65-person wedding (which is happening this weekend!). Just use the checklist on this site, like I did. Nobody will care as much as you about the wedding, but that doesn't mean they don't love you and they aren't excited. It's just not their wedding.