Planning your wedding

Planning your wedding is a very special time but it can all too easily be overshadowed by the amount of work involved in making all the arrangements for the big day. Here are a few recommendations to make the run-up to your wedding as stress-free and enjoyable as possible:

• Set a realistic date for your wedding. Don’t try to plan a huge do in three weeks because you will just be too exhausted to enjoy it.
• Be organised about your planning. Keep lists and write things down, so that you feel in control of proceedings.
• Take time out every so often to have fun with your partner. If all your time together is taken up planning the wedding, you risk losing sight of what it’s really all about, which is your relationship.

Delegation and wedding diplomacy
Resources to help you plan your wedding

Delegation and wedding diplomacy

Weddings do tend to stir the emotions of everyone who is even peripherally involved. You, the couple, will doubtless be feeling somewhat emotional yourselves. This is normal and good but it can put a strain on some relationships and you will need to be tactful.

Involve other people in your decisions as much as possible. If your family and friends are important to you, don’t let them feel they have ceased to be important because you are getting married. This does NOT mean you have to let your mothers organise the whole thing but it does mean you should sit down calmly and discuss what you want and the reasons for your choices. In the end, it is your wedding but do try to see things from other people’s points of view as well. If you are in doubt about anything, ask the advice of your parents, siblings and/or friends. (You don’t have to take it!)

Planning a wedding is an enormous undertaking and you will need some help. If you approach them right, most people will be more than happy to assist you in whatever ways they can. They will be glad to have a role to play and you won’t have to deal with every single aspect of the organisation by yourselves.

Resources to help you plan your wedding

There are loads of resources out there to help you plan your wedding. Here are a couple that we recommend:

Wedding magician Iain Moran offers a free, 20-page e-book on his website. It contains lots of wedding ideas and suggestions, as well as a timeline to help you organise the planning. Particularly considering it’s free, it’s well worth reading. Click on the link to go to Iain’s wedding ideas page and download the e-book.

	Wedding Planner : Everything You Need to Plan Your Own Wedding, from Booking the Ceremony to Organising the Reception by Lynda Wright A self-help kit, full of useful lists and all the information you need in terms of who does what when. Smooths the path to the wedding of your dreams. Click here to buy this now from Amazon.