Cosmopolitan Bride Magazine Australia - Summer 2014-2015
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The countdown<br />
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12 MONTHS BEFORE NOTES<br />
✔<br />
4 MONTHS BEFORE NOTES<br />
✔<br />
Announce your engagement<br />
Discuss menu options with caterer<br />
Make sure your families have met<br />
Determine the wedding budget<br />
Choose your bridal party<br />
Discuss details of the service<br />
with the ceremony offi ciant<br />
Choose something old, new,<br />
borrowed and blue<br />
Book ceremony/reception venues<br />
Buy gifts for groom/bridal party<br />
Hire a wedding planner (if desired)<br />
Choose the readings and vows<br />
Book a photographer/videographer<br />
Book a celebrant/offi ciant<br />
Book a caterer<br />
Organise time off work for<br />
your honeymoon<br />
Review your gift registry and add<br />
any items you may have forgotten<br />
Make bridal boutique appointments<br />
Book music for the ceremony<br />
Book a fl orist<br />
9 MONTHS BEFORE NOTES ✔<br />
Order your wedding dress<br />
Organise your accessories<br />
Finalise the guest list<br />
Select wedding day underwear<br />
Book hair and makeup artist(s)<br />
Order the bridesmaids’ dresses<br />
Order/book the guys’ suits<br />
Organise an MC for the reception<br />
Order invitations and stationery<br />
Start sourcing decorations<br />
If needed, book hire-equipment<br />
6 MONTHS BEFORE NOTES ✔<br />
Help out-of-town guests organise<br />
their accommodation<br />
Book transport for the day<br />
Purchase the wedding rings<br />
Order favours for guests<br />
Book honeymoon and<br />
wedding night accommodation<br />
Organise your gift registry<br />
2 MONTHS BEFORE NOTES ✔<br />
Post invitations (you’ll need to<br />
let overseas guests know earlier)<br />
Inform guests of your gift registry<br />
Have a hair and makeup trial<br />
(take your headpiece and/or veil)<br />
Organise your bridal shower<br />
and hens’ night<br />
Complete and lodge your Notice<br />
of Intended Marriage form<br />
If changing your name, complete<br />
the appropriate documents<br />
1 MONTH BEFORE NOTES ✔<br />
Confi rm fl ight booking and<br />
honeymoon accommodation<br />
Organise the bridal party’s fi nal<br />
fi ttings (including accessories)<br />
Confi rm the groom’s and<br />
groomsmen’s outfi ts are ready<br />
Ask speaker(s) to prepare speeches<br />
Write your own speech<br />
Finalise rehearsal arrangements<br />
Finalise the menu, including any<br />
special dietary requirements<br />
Finalise order of events for<br />
ceremony and reception<br />
Organise a house or pet-sitter for<br />
while you’re on your honeymoon
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