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7 Final Wedding Preparations Often Missed By Melissa J Wantuck  |
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 It’s bound to happen, the final days before the wedding approach and brides suddenly realize they’ve forgotten something. Or the day arrives when that realization occurs.
Whatever it may be, remember this advice: relax and take the day of your wedding as it comes. I witnessed a hysterical bride on her wedding day because we couldn’t find one of the wedding rings. We offered quick, reasonable solutions in order to avoid delaying the wedding, but she couldn’t get past the thought her wedding was ruined because we couldn’t find one ring. This kind of reaction doesn’t help you or the crowd of people surrounding you trying to reassure you everything will be all right.
Take any events as they come, breath deeply, and move on. Problems are bound to happen but if you handle them rationally, you won’t even remember them down the road and only the happy memories of your perfect day will last.
Getting the Wedding Rings to the Church
However this is coordinated, don’t leave it until the day of the ceremony. Discuss it ahead of time with your officiant as to what he recommends. His years of experience will prove invaluable to a couple in need of advising. Once the officiant offers his recommendation, write it down on your wedding checklist.
Getting the Marriage License to the Church
Same as with the wedding rings, ask the officiant for his recommendation on when is the best time to get him the marriage license so he has it on the wedding day for everyone to sign. He may request you give it to him at the rehearsal or as soon as you get it.
Getting Flowers on the Men, Musicians and Speakers
Florists don’t often stick around to hand out flowers so assign someone to do this. It could be a friend, family member, your wedding coordinator, etc., basically whoever you trust to get the job done. Speak to the person about it ahead of time, giving them a list of who gets what.
Make Sure Everyone Knows What Time to be at the Church
Laying out a timetable of events and communicating it to everyone involved in the wedding is extremely important and should be done well before the wedding day. If the ushers show up to the ceremony site 10 minutes before the start of the wedding, you’ll have a lot of befuddled guests not sure of where to sit or possibly sitting where others need to be sat. For example, the first two rows on each side should be reserved for the parents, grandparents, and immediate family of the bride and groom. They’re part of the ceremony, will be sat in those locations and are first to leave the ceremony.
Getting Guests Directions to the Reception Site
Some brides choose to send directions for the wedding sites in the invitations. If that’s the case, this won’t be a dilemma for you. If you didn’t send directions with the invitations, make sure you have on your wedding checklist that you need to print up directions and either place them in the programs, print them on the back of the program, or place them next to the guest book so signers will see them.
Keeping Cards with Their Gifts
It will frustrate any person when they go to write thank you notes and they’re not sure who gave what gift because there wasn’t a card on it. More likely than anything, there was a card but it fell off the gift. To avoid this problem, assign someone to attend the gift table at the reception site. Give them a roll of tape and ask them to make sure all cards are securely taped to wedding gifts.
Coordinate Appointment Times at the Hairdresser
Nothing will make a groom more nervous than when the wedding is delayed and the bridal party isn’t in sight. If this is because they’re all still getting ready, the planning for that was short-sighted. Plan ahead with your hairdresser how much time she’ll need to do each girl’s hair. Then, make sure the first girl is at the studio on time, and the rest follow at their appointed time slots. Avoid having manicures and pedicures done the day of the wedding unless the wedding is in the evening. They can be done the day before with minimum risk to chips and scratches.
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