Wedding planner Edinburgh. This is 12 month step by step guide that will help you to plan your wedding in Edinburgh.

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HERE IS YOUR INDISPENSABLE SSTUDIO WEDDING PLANNER!
Are you planning to get married? There is so much to do isn’t there? Creating your perfect day involves
months of planning and organising. Do you even know where to start? Are you afraid that you’ll miss out
something important?
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those problems just like a professional wedding planner! Simply follow the steps on the plan - and tick the
boxes when each one is done. One step at a time is all it takes – and we’ll guide you through each part of the
wedding planning and preparations so you can enjoy it all.
Planning your perfect wedding can be a really tough job – and it can also be a lot of fun. It really depends
on your personal style and your budget. If you are the kind of person who has lots of other things going on:
doesn’t like or enjoy organising things or would rather hand it all to a professional wedding planner so you
can be sure of what you’ll get, then you will easily find many wedding planners from Aberdeen to Glasgow,
Inverness to Edinburgh and all places in-between, who will be happy to help.
On other hand if you are looking forward to planning your wedding yourself and to making sure that eve-
rything is exactly as you want and just as you dreamed about, than there’s a wonderful journey ahead. Bear in
mind that even if you do decide to use a professional wedding planner, it will still be you who has to make all
the key decisions and give final approval to everything.
Here are three top tips before you start!
1. Start early rather than late. There is nothing worse than trying to get a supplier two weeks before the
wedding and finding everyone is booked up. Great venues are popular – even booking a year ahead isn’t long
enough for some of them, so make enquiries early.
2. Do not try to do it all on your own. Create a little team of helpers and dedicate certain tasks to each one
of them, People love to help so enlist friends and family. It’s your job to monitor their work and discuss book-
ings with approved suppliers. Agree and set time deadlines with your team and make sure you contact people
regularly to keep them on task.
3. Set your priorities. For example, the wedding venue, wedding car, flowers and dress are all about how
you want to feel on your wedding day. They are your key choices and create the
heart and soul of the occasion. On other hand wedding photography and
video is all about how you and others will remember your wedding and is
more of a technical project. You may want to work more on the creative
aspects of the wedding planning and let someone else handle the technical
aspects. Just make sure they understand what you would like the final outcome
to be.
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So, let’s start the wedding plan count down!
12 months to go.
Decide on your wedding date then:
Check Met office statistics for information about the weather in the month of your choice. You may want to
stay with your original date even if the weather isn’t looking great – but you may need to change other ideas
e.g. clothing or venue. www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/regional/
Make sure that all close relatives can make that date. Call them or email them and ask them to get
back to you within a week or so, so that you know if key people are available before you book anything.
Work out your budget – determine how much money you will need and how you will save/earn it. To
help you to do this follows our complimentary Sstudio Wedding Budget Guide.
Make a preliminary guest list – set aside a relaxed evening or day time to do this with your partner. It’s
a couple’s decision who comes to your wedding, and if you set the right tone now, any little disagreements,
worries or snags can be talked about early on and handled. It’s not unusual for there to be some disagreement
or family tension about guests – if you expect that and don’t get upset, you’ll both benefit from the discussions
and agreements that you make now.
Allow an additional 5% extra guest places as you may need to invite someone at short notice. (For instance,
you move and make new friends, or a relative wants to bring an extra person.)
Book the ceremony and reception venue. Remember, you may need cash for deposits now so be sure
that it’s available.
If any of your guests have special needs – e.g. wheelchairs, pushchairs, then make sure the venue has access
for them.
Start searching for wedding outfits. To save time and effort, start your search on-line and in wed-
ding magazines and get a few ideas of what you want. Make a folder and cut out and keep pictures of all the
things you like. Come up with a colour scheme to help you bring it all together. Find the shops that stock your
preferred styles by searching on-line and book appointments with them. That way, you don’t have to traipse
around wasting time in shops that don’t have what you want. You don’t want to go to Dundee for a day then
find what you want is in Glasgow or Edinburgh.
11 months to go.
Get wedding insurance. Just think of the investment you are making and
you will realise it has to be a good idea.
Book a photographer or videographer. To avoid the worst wedding
photography nightmare mistakes use our complimentary guide “ 10 questions
you must ask your photographer”. A good idea is to ring a few and ask them
some preliminary questions from our Sstudio guide. If you get good responses,
then book a time to go and see them personally.
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Choose your bridesmaids, maid of honour, best man, pageboys and ushers. Make sure that you
have all their dress sizes, shoe and hat sizes (remember though, that little ones may grow considerably in the
next 11 months) and get together with them all as a group, to explain what kind of wedding you are planning
and how important their help is.
Order your outfits and plan a preliminary fitting date.
Order your wedding cake and make sure you know whether it needs collecting or whether it will be
delivered to the reception venue. If any of your guests are wheat or gluten intolerant, you may want to order
a smaller, non-gluten version or offer a suitable alternative. Ask the cake maker if they supply boxes for the
guests who want to take cake away with them.
10 months to go.
Start choosing wedding stationary. Decide now whether you want to include ‘thank you’ cards, menus
(although your caterers may do this for you) and place-name cards as well as the invitations themselves.
Book your wedding car or cars. Make sure the company can provide you with a back-up plan. If you
want uniformed chauffeurs then tell them now. If the venue has any parking/waiting restrictions make sure
they are familiar with them and also know exactly where to pick the bridal parties up from and when. Add in
extra time for traffic delays, dress re-arranging, photographs and last minute things.
Confirm food and drink with the caterers. Make sure they can supply extra places if need be.
Get your Piper booked. Make sure he (she) knows when, where and what music you want. Be sure to
book them for all the different parts of the day, if that’s what you want. For instance, will you be piped in and
out of the venue/church? On arrival at the reception? As you leave for your honeymoon?
Organise flowers, for the ceremony and reception. You will need to choose your personal flowers/bouquet:
also flowers for bridesmaids to wear or carry, buttonholes for pages, ushers, best man and main family guests.
You may want flowers for decorating the venue/church/car and reception area. Some venues will provide this
as part of their service so double check. You don’t want to order flowers you don’t need! You may also like
flowers for the tables if you are having a ‘sit down’ meal, or a few decorations for the buffet table. Many people
also like to present bouquets to the Bride’s mother and mother-in-law as a ‘thank you’ for their help and sup-
port.
Let florist know what outfits you will have so that they can recommend you flowers. If you have samples of
the dress fabrics, that helps enormously. If not, bring photographs, taken in clear daylight, so the colours are as
‘true’ as possible.
9months to go.
Organise a wedding gift list. You can do this on-line by choosing either
a store or a company who specialise. Let all your guests have details of where
they can find your wedding gift list.
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Book your honeymoon. You will need funds to place a deposit so have them ready.
Make sure your passport is up-to-date. If necessary, you will have to travel with a copy of your wedding
certificate to show your change of name. Make sure when you book your honeymoon that the agents get your
name as it will be in your passport.
Do you need vaccinations/tropical medicines/insurance for your chosen location?
Do you need a travel visa for where you are going?
How will you get to the airport, if you are flying? Do you need to book an additional car?
Choose the wedding rings – and store them in a very safe place! You will have to hand them over to the
best man nearer to “The Day”.
Choose wedding jewellery for you and your bridesmaids. Add it to your household insurance if nec-
essary and then store it carefully.
8 months to go.
Decide on the first dance! What music do you want? What’s the best dance to go with it? Don’t miss out
on a wonderful moment - if you are not comfortable with dancing, get a teacher, check out
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Arrange music for ceremony and reception. This will take more time than you think. When you have
chosen it, make sure that anyone else involved can play it. Get the exact name and composer if you can. For
instance if you have an organist/pianist playing for you, can they get the music in the format they need it
in? Can they play it? If you are booking a band, or/and a disco talk to them about your preferred music and
ask them if it’s what they usually do. Go and listen to them perform if you can. If you are booking a vocalist,
make sure he or she knows where they will perform.
Make sure you have a passport to go to honeymoon. (See also: 9 Months to go).
Make sure to know if you need a visa and make a record into your diary to get one if you need to.
Make sure you have booked an appointment with your doctor for vaccinations. Some vaccinations have to
be ordered and paid for, so find out if this is the case for you.
Consult your travel agent for any extra information about health and safety concerns in the country/coun-
tries, you will be visiting.
7 months to go.
Order your wedding stationary and decide whether you also want to include “thank you” cards or
whether you are going to buy them separately.
Make the first draft for the guest seating plan.
Choose thank-you gifts for members of your wedding party. Now is a good
time to wrap them and label them. It seems a long time away, but it’s one more
job off your list and that means more time to relax the nearer you get to the
Big Day!
Start preparing your speech and begin writing your vows. Here’s a neat
resource to get you started: www.my-wedding-vows.com/
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If you want to you can make a web page to put up all the details of the wedding. That way, you can save a lot
of phone calls and emails later on. If your web page has links to the venues, maps, dates, times of the ceremony
and receptions, links to the wedding present list, and so on, your guests will find it a very useful resource.
6 months to go.
Tell your parents and relatives what you’ll be wearing so they can coordinate their outfits with yours.
Show them colour swatches or photographs. You can send on-line photos to those that aren’t local to you.
Buy honeymoon clothes and pack them. Use scented tissue paper to make sure they stay fresh. If you
need new suitcases now is a good time to get them. Remember to label the suitcases clearly.
Make sure outfits are organised for the groom, best man and ushers.
Negotiate special room rates at local hotels, bed and breakfasts and the venue, if it has accommodation,
so that the guests who want to stay overnight benefit from reduced rates. Make sure your web site or if you are
using email, your emails, have full details of this.
5 months to go.
Begin your search for a hairdresser and makeup artist. You will need to have practice sessions with
both of them. They will want to see your outfits, understand your colour scheme and style and try different
hair arrangements for you. It’s a good idea to make a little folder with all the colours, pictures and location
photographs in so you can show it to them. Make sure they have the wedding day free and find out if they can
come to you, or whether you have to travel to them. If so, how convenient will that be? Who will drive – how
many of you will need their services? You may get a better price for a bigger party.
Book your first-night hotel. Make sure they know you’re a honeymoon couple if you want the ‘extras’.
Sometimes a bottle of champagne, or flowers or a complimentary up-grade can be arranged. Calculate how
long it will take you to get there, so you can plan what time you will need to leave your reception.
Start wearing your wedding foot wear around the house. Don’t walk on hard surfaces at first in case
you mark them. If there is a danger of the soles being slippery, use some emery paper (sand paper) to lightly
mark the sole and make it more ‘grippy’.
Start making a master seating plan. Make sure it’s easy for everyone to read, with large enough print for
older guests who may find small print hard to read. You may want to write out the place name tags now too.
4 months to go.
Let the caterers know of the final number of guests. Make sure they
know ahead of time of any dietary needs. For instance, are any guests vegans or
vegetarians? What options are there for little children?
Visit the hairdressers to discuss all details. By now you will need to you
bring your headdress or veil. If you are having flowers, or fancy clips, let your
hairdresser now know. Also, if you are considering having your hair coloured,
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Organise your wedding make-up. Make sure if your bridesmaids, the ‘mothers’ and maid-of-honour
need make-up that you book for them too.
If you would like to have your bouquet dried as a ‘keep sake’ then now is the time to find someone who can
do that for you.
If you are going to have ‘wedding favours’ – small packets of sweets , or little gifts, on the table for instance,
now is the time to choose and order them.
Get your wedding rings engraved, if that’s something you want to do. Make sure to collect them
promptly.
Carry on wearing-in your shoes at home. If you need a second ‘outdoor’ pair then buy them now and
wear them in. Make sure you wear them using the stockings/wedding hosiery that you will be wearing on the
day.
Buy some thank you cards if you didn’t order them with your wedding stationery. It’s a good idea to buy
plenty of stamps all at once so that you save having to go buy them over and again.
Do you need a manicure and/or a pedicure the day before the ceremony? If so, book it now.
3 months to go.
Send out wedding invitations and make a note of who has had one and when it was sent. If you are a
computer fan, using spread sheets for all of these things will help you. You can share them with your partner
too.
Make a list of acceptances and refusals. Keep this list on hand so you can monitor numbers and keep
your caterers up-to-date. Or you can simply update your “invitations sent” spread sheet.
Send out thank you cards as wedding presents arrive. Make a list of who sent what gift and when you
send a ‘thank you’ add a note that you did, to the list.
Finalise guest numbers with caterers. When you do this, do it with a written medium – even if it’s just
an email – so you can both be sure what is agreed.
Finalise the seating plan. You will need to produce a plan that people can easily read. Sometimes your
venue will help you with this so ask them. Make sure that the font is big enough for older people to read eas-
ily.
Start to plan your hen and stag parties and ask all your key people if they are free on the dates you
want to go away on. Again, you may need deposits so make sure cash is available. Aim to go away/have your
party in the month before the wedding month.
Book a rehearsal for the ceremony and let anyone else involved know
the place, date and time of the rehearsal. If you are planning a get-together for
after the rehearsal, then book a meal now.
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