Wedding Planning Tips

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 Hey gems, 

Reporting live is your 2024 bride here! Happy to report most wedding planning is complete, but we certainly aren't done just yet!

As the process of planning a wedding is always both fun and stressful, here are a few tips I learnt along the way:

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1. Have a vision

Yourself and your partner should have a vision along with some general guidelines for the event and how you see it coming to life. Big, small, theme, style, etc. This is something that we were pretty lucky to align on from the start, but even then, when family and friends start offering input and suggestions, pushing for you to say YES to what they are thinking is a brilliant idea, it is sometimes so confusing to stick to your original vision. There are plenty of ways to compromise and make everyone happy, but knowing what your basis vision is really helps field some of those moments. 

2. Learn about your circle

Listen, everyone says you learn who your true friends are when you get engaged and boy oh boy, is this true. I will be honest it isn't always so drastic and dramatic, but sometimes can be varying expectations, values, commitment, etc. that really give you some insight into your circle. 

3. Researching is the worst

The planning process is really mainly overwhelming in the research stage, which happens for essentially every decision you have to make. Venue, vendors, food, decor, etc. all need to be researched, negotiated, narrowed down, etc. this process is the worst for me because there are endless options. At some point you just need to slice and make a call, which is way harder then you would think when you have 10 great options in front of you. 

4. Finances

Finances have been a huge struggle for us as we not only are paying for our big wedding, trying to save as much as possible, but also have many friends getting married. We want to be the most present and involved but then life also throws curveballs like the fridge breaking. I can't say enough how badly I recommend starting a wedding account, and dedicating all your savings or a ton of your savings to that account. Best case scenario you'll have a bit extra at the end and can have it for your rainy day fund!

5. Expect nothing 

I don't honestly expect many people to help or jump in to offer to help on the nitty gritty details. I think because of this, similar to learning about your circle, it really stands out when people go out of their way to offer help, research and time to take just an ounce of stress off you. 

There is way more to be said! Let me know if I should do a part two on wedding tips!

Tia things 

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