My Best Wedding Advice

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I can’t believe the wedding is only a month away! Someone pinch me, I’m so excited (and very impatiently waiting) for the big day to finally be here! It seems like we’ve been planning this day for years and it’s finally starting to feel real.

I remember when we first got engaged, everyone would ask “whens the date?” to my response “June 2018”, “oh wow, you have so much time”. Now when I get asked the date, the response back has changed just a little (mouth open in ah) “Oh wow, are you ready? How stressed are you right now? I won’t bother you because you are so busy”.

Now don’t get me wrong, wedding planning is no joke and definitely comes with it’s stressful moments. Especially when you’re hauling 150 of your closest family and friends to a new city and trying to help them navigate the hustle and bustle. But when it comes to the big day, of course I’m ready! I’ve been waiting for this moment to marry the man of my dreams my whole life (I’m a sucker for love, what can I say?) but am I stressed? No, why would I be? Maybe it’s because I plan what feels like a million events a year so I’ve seen everything and anything under the sun that could go wrong including a catering staff getting stuck in the elevator until 5 minutes before the doors opened (ya, that was not fun). But at the end of the day we’re getting married no matter if it down pours, a bus tire goes flat or things don’t happen in order of the timeline which is all that matters in my eyes. I always thought I would be this “over the top, think out side of the box on every little detail” type of bride but when it came to planning together we really just went with our gut feeling on everything and what we thought was “us”. From the decor to the cake flavors, every detail and design is us to a “T” and that’s what makes me beyond excited for the big day to get here!

I know wedding planning can become overwhelming and is definitely a huge time sucker as every time you check off a to-do, three more pop up but my best advice is try to remember what the day is about. Remember that this is the first day of the rest of your lives together and all those little details won’t matter (not to mention nobody else will notice them) so enjoy every second of it and if you’re still feeling overwhelmed take advantage of all the resources that are available these days. I lived and breathed by my WeddingWire checklist and sent all my family/bridal party their Etiquette and Advice page as let’s be honest there’s a lot of situations that come up where you really just don’t know what’s right from wrong unless someone tells you. There’s no rule book to wedding planning, well I’m sure there is somewhere, but at the end of the day it’s up to you how you want it to play out so enjoy every to-do checked off, every celebration leading up to it and every shared moment with your fiancee that you’ll look back on forever.

My Best Wedding Advice

Don’t Cheat on Your Wedding

One of the best pieces of advice I was given was not to cheat on my wedding. This may sound silly but it is SO TRUE. After I picked my wedding dress, I went back for my first fitting and for something you’ll see later;) and while waiting started skimming through the racks again. I picked one out and held it up to me, at the same moment my wedding dresser walked over and said “don’t cheat on your dress”. At first I laughed and didn’t think much of it but when I got home that night, I found myself screen shotting flowers, decor and invites on my phone even though I had already picked mine out. It wasn’t that I didn’t like mine, it was just that as I saw new things I liked I started second guessing myself which is when I realized what she meant, you already picked the right one so don’t keep shopping around. I know it’s much easier said than done especially when you find yourself scrolling through WeddingWire’s Real Wedding Inspiration page to past time or am constantly getting recommended to follow wedding accounts on instagram, but if I can give you one piece of advice in those situations it’s to look the other way and stick with your original gut feeling.

Don’t Stress About the Details

Maybe this one comes from doing a lot of events and seeing things go wrong almost every time but honestly don’t stress about the details. There’s two main reasons why I say this that will hopefully give you some reassurance. 1. the vendors you hired do these every weekend (sometimes multiple in a weekend) so they know what they’re doing and you can trust they will get the job done. 2. even if something goes wrong, nobody will notice but you and you probably won’t even notice because you’ll be busy celebrating the best day of your life! Trust me on this one as I’ve seen some major event hiccups but every time I ask someone who attended they say they never event noticed (whew!).

Remember it’s Your Day

Last but not least, no matter what happens the most important thing to remember is it’s a day celebrating you and your future husband/wife and the next chapter of your life together so no matter if something doesn’t go as planned or it’s not what you expected, at the end of the day nothing will get in the way of you marrying each other and celebrating the best day of your life together. Plus, the drama, hiccups and flat tires always make for fun stories down the road (…way down the road).

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