Every lady dreams of a perfect wedding, but unfortunately, this is not an easy feat to accomplish. In order for everything to be well prepared, you have to plan in advance as careful planning is the key to success. To help you out with your wedding endeavor, we have prepared the ultimate checklist of things you must think of before the wedding day. Buckle up and get ready for a bumpy wedding planning ride.
Schedule the day with your photographer
For those of you who wish to have the ultimate photographic coverage of your wedding day, a plan with a surrey wedding photographer (or one better suited to your area) needs to be made. Arranging a photoshoot at your fairytale place needs to be planned several days in advance, and don’t forget to check the weather report for that day. A rainy atmosphere could completely ruin your outdoor shoot. In case anything goes wrong, you can still make your perfect wedding day photos a couple of days after the wedding. As for the wedding day, make sure that the photographer knows your every move and let him follow you everywhere – the more photos they take, the better.
Find a makeup artist
Wedding makeup is a nightmare for all brides, mostly because even the longest-lasting makeup can’t go untouched for the whole day. This is why you should carefully choose your wedding day makeup artist, and you can consult Find Book Beauty in order to see all the option you have to choose from. It’s important to have a makeup rehearsal before the wedding because you don’t want to find out how you hate your makeup just hours before the wedding starts. Furthermore, it would be best if you could hire a makeup artist to stick around for the whole day and help with possible makeup emergencies.
Choose a wedding dress by the date of the wedding
It’s often negligible how wedding dresses can be hot, and this is the ultimate reason why wedding dress rehearsals are a must. If your wedding date falls mid-July and yet you plan on wearing a dress with a crinoline, taffeta, or embroidery, then get ready to be a melted bride. Even if you plan on getting married in the winter, wearing a hot wedding dress for a whole day can cause a lot of sweating (and sweat can possibly ruin the dress). So, if you’re not a fan of simple, sheath dresses, then you need to think of a way to go around this problem, for example by using powdered antiperspirants or by changing your outfit at some point of the day.
Practice your poses
Unlike any other day, you can’t pose an endless number of times for the photos taken on your wedding day. So, it would be wise to practice posing before the big day, so that you don’t end up hating most of the pictures, thinking how that could’ve been prevented if only you’d spent a couple of minutes in front of the mirror with a camera. If you are naturally photogenic, you should still try out some poses while you have your wedding dress on, because the dress sometimes needs a special way of posing. It’s also good to practice keeping your head high in order to avoid the double chin photos.
Prepare a bride’s emergency pack
Finally, don’t forget to have a plan B in case of any emergency. If things can go wrong, they most certainly will if you don’t have backup. Having a bride’s first aid kit by your side is always a good idea, and the things you should most certainly have in it are tissues, makeup, baby powder and ballet pumps.
Put in everything else you can think of because a perfect bride is always prepared for things not going perfectly. There has never been a successful wedding where everything went just as imagined, but even if there was, it wouldn’t be that much fun. Prepare yourself for surprises, but enjoy being spontaneous on your big day because you are the one who deserves to be the happiest.
These are very helpful tips. I never practiced my poses and I could have had better photos.
There is so much stress that goes into planning a wedding and so much to remember. These are good suggestions especially thinking through the choice of a wedding dress and fabric selection.
Those are great ideas. I don’t need them right now but I know a few friends that will need them soon. I will pass it on.