HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-02-10, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988. PAGE 27.
Count down to wedding day for brides
Six to Twelve Months Before the
Wedding:
•Discuss the wedding budget
with your parents and fiance, then
determine the type and site of the
ceremony and also the number of
guests to be invited.
•Choose a wedding date, then
arrange with your fiance to meet
with the clergy member or marri
age commissioner who will per
form the ceremony. It’s a good idea
Grooms should plan
for wedding too
Six to Twelve Months Before the
Wedding:
•Buy the engagement ring.
•Arrange for you and your
fiancee to visit the clergyman to set
the date and time of ceremony.
•Choose your best man and
ushers, and advise them as to
proper attire.
Three Months Before the
Wedding:
•Buy the bride’s wedding ring.
•Buy gifts for your bride, best
man and ushers.
•Complete your portion of the
guest list and give it to your
fiancee.
•Order wedding attire for your
self, best man and ushers, after
consultation with bride.
•Make honeymoon arrange
ments - reservations, passports,
visas, innoculations.
•Purchase clothing for wedding
trip.
One Month Before the Wedding:
•Make reservations for over
night accommodation for out-of-
town relatives and ushers.
•Arrange with fiancee for your
share of the florist’s bill.
•Pick up the bride’s wedding
ring.
Rentals, pew bows & arrange-
X ments, wine glasses & silver
| goblets, napkin rings, place-card
\ holders, bouquet stands, plant
stands, fern stands, plume pens,
Cy gift card box, wishing well, cake
baskets, table candelabras, cake
table, registry table, cake knives,
rose arbours, linen napkins &
table cloths.
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to have a couple of dates in mind -
the church or chapel may be
booked or the clergy or commis
sioner unavailable for your first
choice of date and time.
•Arrange for the organist and
soloist or other musicians at
ceremony.
•Make reception reservations:
location, caterer, band or disc
jockey.
•Book your photographer - and
Two Weeks Before the Wedding:
•Go with your fiancee to get the
marriage licence.
One Week Before the Wedding:
•Have your hair trimmed.
•Pick up wedding attire.
•Advise your best man and
ushers regarding the rehearsal and
any special seating arrangements.
•Attend rehearsal and rehearsal
party.
•Give gifts to your best man and
ushers. (The rehearsal dinner is a
good time for this.)
•Give the clergyman’s honorar
ium (in a sealed envelope) to the
best man.
Financial Responsibilities:
1 The marriage licence.
2 The bride’s rings.
3 The gift for the bride.
4Flowers: Bride’s bouquet and
going-away corsage. Boutonnieres
for the men of the wedding party
and fathers. Corsages for the two
mothers and the grandmothers.
5 Gloves and ties for the men of
the wedding party, if needed.
6 Gifts for the best man and ushers.
7 Accommodations for the best
man and ushers, if from out-of-
town.
8 Clergyman’s honorarium.
9 The wedding trip.
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•WEDDING BUDGET AND
PLANNING
•SPECIALIZING IN SILK
FLOWERS
•RENTALS, RENTALS,
RENTALS!
•WEDDING CAKES
•INVITATIONS
•CHURCH AND RECEPTION
DECORATION
•COLOUR COORDINATION
video photographer if desired.
•Start your guest list.
•Choose your attendants.
•Select your wedding gown and
veil (and shoes if they must be
ordered and dyed to match dress).
•Register your patterns, co
lours, etc. with the bridal registry
at leading local stores.
•Order attendants’ dresses.
Three Months Before the
Wedding:
•Complete guest list.
•Order invitations and wedding
announcements.
•Getany innoculations, vaccina
tions, etc. needed for honeymoon
trip. Renew your passport, if
necessary.
•Order flowers.
•Register for pre-marriage
counselling course.
Two Months Before the Wedding:
•Order wedding cake.
•Visit cosmetician for skin care
and makeup tips.
•Address invitations and an
nouncements.
•Mail invitations to arrive six
weeks before the wedding.
•Arrange for wedding cars,
limousine (s) or livery.
One Month Before the Wedding:
•Have final dress fitting.
•Buy groom’s and attendants’
gifts.
•Write thank you notes as gifts
are received.
•Visit hairdresser and decide
upon an appropriate hair style for
your wedding day.
•Arrange accommodation for
out-of-town guests.
•Plan rehearsal dinner (if you
are giving it.)
Two Weeks Before the Wedding:
•Start moving personal and
household items into new home.
•Plan transportation to the
church and reception for atten
dants, parents and yourself.
•Send announcements to news
papers.
•Have a ‘wrap-the-cake party’.
(Gather together and turn a
time-consuming job into a fun
evening).
One Week Before the Wedding:
•Have announcements ready to
mail on your wedding day (after the
ceremony).
•Check on final details with the
caterer, florists, photographer,
band, limousine company, etc.
•Pick up wedding gown from
Bridal Parties
Rehearsal
Parties
Dinners &
Receptions
Use our facilitiesor let us cater for you
special occasion at the location of
your choice.
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•Cheese Trays •Vegetable Trays
• Meat Trays • H ors d ’oelivres
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store.
•Attend rehearsal and rehearsal
party.
The Wedding Day:
•
•Have your hair ‘combed out’ at
the hairdresser’s. Visit cosmeti
cian to have makeup applied.
•Beready an hour-and-a-half
before the wedding for picture
taking.
•Leave for church or ceremony
site, arriving about five minutes
before the service is to begin.
•Then take a few deep breaths,
relax and enjoy yourself - after all.
it is ‘Your Day’!
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