Being organized is going to save you: 1). Time, 2). Aggravation, and 3). Money. It’s also going to make working with others, like your bridal party and parents, a lot easier when you know exactly where you put that packet on the morning-after breakfast catering or the size cards the groomsmen sent in. When you organize yourself, it’s a 1-2-3-voila! situation, and you feel confident and secure in being able to handle all the steps of the wedding planning process.

When you’re getting started with your wedding plans, you’re going to feel all kinds of emotions. Mostly excitement, but there’s going to be a degree of fear – what if I make a mistake? Some of the biggest mistakes in wedding planning can cost you lots of money, wreck your big day, or just generally make you miserable throughout the entire process. So since we want you to enjoy this time in your life, we’ve collected the most important Don’ts so that you don’t make the most common mistakes that other brides and grooms have made! Read on and learn what you shouldn’t do, and also what you should do to get it right, right from the start.

Congratulations on your engagement! Right now, you may have hundreds of ideas swirling in your head about what you want for your wedding, and if you’re like most newly engaged couples, that can be a little bit scary! This is a very important task, after all. Your wedding is very important to you, and you may not know where to start. We have the very first steps that you need to take to set your wedding-planning foundation under you, so that you can then jump into the fun tasks of choosing floral décor and picking the items for your menu.