50 Tips to Organize your Wedding

The preparations, the guests, the venue, the wedding dress... there are infinite details you must deal with. How can you organize your own wedding without dying in the process? This guide shows how to plan each moment in the most enjoyable and practical way, and provides major tips to make it the happiest day of your life. Each wedding is as unique as each individual and couple, so find nuptial inspiration for every part of "I do" day and enjoy it!



Ellen Morris is Master Bridal Consultant, national broadcaster and PR officer. She has worked in numerous newspapers worldwide and conducted lectures and seminars at major international companies. Nowadays, she runs her own company, a leader in events planning, with locations in several American and European countries.



Introduction

Planning

Relying on collaborators

Creating a blog

Civil ceremony

Outfits for the civil ceremony: Casual or formal style?

Wedding make-up

Venue for the civil ceremony

Catering

Church or synagogue, a choice to consider

Priest or rabbi, mixed wedding

Documentation required by the church

Pre-marriage course

Ring: engraved or inherited

Music for the wedding ceremony

The guests list

Invitations: creative ideas

Souvenirs

Events room: different options depending on the number of guests

Daytime or nighttime

Outdoors: renting gazebos

Authorized suppliers

Reception

Catering: options for every taste

Candy tables Drinks, cocktails & champagne

Wedding Cake

Centerpieces

Music and DJ

Entrance song

Lights, video mapping & screens

Decor

Photography Video, previous recording

Video shooting of the event

Live show, bands, and dancers

Surprises

Dance time

Wedding Dress

Shoes

Bridal bouquet

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

Hairstyle and headdress

Bridesmaids' dresses

Groom's suit, tuxedo

Gift lists

Opening a bank account for the honeymoon

Choosing the destination

Bachelorette party: ideas, and games

The day before the wedding

Take a deep breath and enjoy yourself