Step one (12 months early) :
- To announce your wedding news.
- To invite both bride & bridegroom's parents or senior relatives to properly meet each others in a special place or occasion, such as one nice dinner.
- To draft your wedding plan in your mind, such as wedding style, day & time, party or dinner style and etc.
- To calculate and estimate the possible budget; sometimes, you may need some advices or money form your parents and senior relatives, too.
- To approximate an amount of bride & bridegroom's guests.
Step two (9-6 months early) :
- To tell the wedding planner what you want exactly (in case of you use a wedding planner service).
- To choose and reserve a wedding location. You may tell your organizer about the dinner or party style briefly.
- To think about the wedding dress styles as well as other wedding day stuffs.
- To look for a good photographer and cameraman by consider their art works.
- To contact a flower shop, then talk about your requirement, budget and time.
- To reserve a music band, musician or DJ.
Step three (6-4 months early) :
- To pick a shop to make your wedding card and little gifts according to your taste.
- To keep your body fit & firm and in a good shape. Both bride and bridegroom should keep on exercise usually.
- To talk to a cake maker in case of your special order.
- To due with a nearby hotel for guest rooms if you have an out of town wedding. You may ask for a group visitor discount from a hotel.
- To have an appointment with wedding planner for discussion about the wedding day service, beverage, drink, dinner party, menu and etc.
- To list the guest names carefully. You should estimate that 20 percent of the guests may not come.
Step four (4-2 month early) :
- To reserve a make up and hair professional. You should ask for their advices for good preparing. It is important that you should be sure to have a final decision about this to avoid wasting time later.
- To have blood and health test, to check for any sexual and other diseases.
- To book your honeymoon places for sure. In case of an aboard honeymoon, prepare your passport, visa and every important document right now.
- To plan how to give out the wedding cards. You should divide guest names into two groups - handing out by yourselves and by mailing.
- To rent the necessary stuffs like tables, chairs or even temporary shelter (and etc.) if you have an outdoor wedding.
Step five (2-1 months early) :
- To have a wedding dress. It's not good to have wedding dress before this stage because your size can be changed. To avoid size change, both bride and bridegroom should keep on exercise usually.
- To try out to wear a make up & have a hairdo like a real wedding day.
- To check every legal document for a marriage certificate register.
- To try on a wedding dress, in case of you have to fix it for the accurate size.
- To send all wedding cards. If you want to publish your wedding news in other media (such as newspaper), please specify the date of advertisement to the publisher.
- To eat lots of fruits & vegetables which contain vitamin C.
- To use skin-care product which enriched of vitamin C because it can protect against daily skin aggression such as sunlight and magically make the dull and tired skins become bright & fresh.
Step six (3-2 weeks early) :
- To check all wedding day appointments making with the staffs (flower shop, makeup professional, hairdresser, musician, photographer, cameraman and etc.) one more time.
- To confirm all the party plan with the party authorities.
- To have a complete beauty spa services from head to toes. You can even have a massage or change your hair color, but you should not have to do all of these after this week anymore. Because you may have an cosmetic allergy.
Step seven (1 week early) :
- To have a bachelor and bachelorette's party.
- To prepare enough cash in case of to pay in wedding day (such as flower, staff, and musician expenses).
- To pack your luggage for honeymoon.
- To publish your wedding ad again [if you had your wedding invitation ad in media (such as newspaper) before]. Because some guests might not be informed.
Step eight final step (1 day early) :
- To publish or announce your wedding ceremony once more to remind the guests.
- To go to gym for little exercise.
- To have a nail salon services.
- To relax by reading some magazines.
- To sleep early. You have to be so ready for wedding!
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