The Master Plan
April 16, 2008
After setting the date, huddle with your partner to discuss the master plan, or the big picture of how each of you visualizes your wedding day to be. Remember that your wedding day is a shared experience between the two of you so it’s important for you to have a meeting of minds on how you’d want things to happen and progress.
This is also a good time to arm yourself with essential tools of the trade:
- A planner or notebook that is handy enough for you to chuck in your bag wherever you go for those planned and unplanned meetings and brainstorming wedding planning sessions.
- A clear book for you to easily compile those great ideas you see in wedding magazines
- A filofax/phone directory to easily organize the contact numbers of suppliers you’d want to shortlist
Remember that your master plan is, by nature, just a plan. It is flexible and may be changed according to circumstances. The important thing is to be clear on these changes later on so that the two of you will always go back to what your wedding day really means to you.
First things first
March 16, 2008
After the proposal and celebratory greetings from your loved ones and friends, what now?
Set the wedding planning in motion by choosing the date for your big day. You may want to choose a date that holds special meaning to both of you, one that may be considered auspicious, or simply one that is convenient for all parties involved. Whatever factors you have to weigh in, setting a definite date for your wedding puts a certain finality to your plans, something you’d have to do and tell yourself, “Wow, this is really going to happen.” Congratulations and welcome to the world of wedding planning!