- If having your hair or nails done the
day of the wedding, allow several hours between your appointment time and
the time you need to be at the Church. They almost ALWAYS run behind.
Don't take a chance on being late.
If you plan on having a receiving line,
make sure that all of the wedding party and family members know to go back
in immediately following for photos. Remember to add in a least a half
an hour for receiving line when telling your caterer what time you will
arrive at hall.
Bubbles or Bird Seed? Bubbles get
my vote. They will pelt you with rice or bird seed, and it will be all
in your hair.
Make sure you know how your dress
bustles, maybe even practice it.
At rehearsal make sure the ushers
practice seating the parents and grandparents and know which pew they are
supposed to go in. Also make sure they know when they are supposed to
take the mothers up to light the candles. I have seen many an usher
drop the mothers off at their pews to be seated instead of taking them up to
the alter to light candles.
Make sure that if you have a special
song you want your DJ to play that he has it and that it is by the artist
you want it by. Many different artist sing the same song. Try to
finalize songs at least 30 days prior to wedding.
Use 6 or 8 large straight pins to pin
down aisle runner. The self adhesive tape that comes on it never holds
it. Don't put the aisle runner down until after beforehand photographs
have been taken.
Take a few little emergency items with
you, such as : straight pins, bobby pins, safety pins, scissors, panty hose,
and something for a headache. And of course make sure you pack the
makeup bag, including hair brush and hair spray. Don't forget to pack face
powder for touch ups throughout the day, especially in hot weather.
Make sure you eat something the day of
your wedding. If it is hot out you might want to bring bottled water
for the wedding party to drink while getting ready at the Church.
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Brides - Do Not use liquid make
up, use powder. This will help eliminate any shine that you might
have. Have your make up with you the day of the wedding and make it
part of your maid of honor's duties that she keep a watch on you to see if
you need it refreshed throughout the day.
Glitter may be ok in the hair,
but do yourself a favor and don't put it on your body. Those pieces
of glitter reflect the light from the flash and show up as tiny white
spots on your skin in your photographs.
Hiring a limo - great, just
don't let having a limo keep you from getting to the Church two hours
prior for photographs. I understand that everyone is on a budget and
sometimes limo's can only be obtained for 2 or three hours, but trust me,
years from now when you are looking through your wedding album that limo
ride will not be nearly as important as all of the beforehand photographs
and after ceremony photographs.
