Newly Engaged? Here's How To Start Planning A Wedding
Congrats on your engagement! Wondering what comes next?
Consider this your Wedding Planning Starter Kit.
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Bask In Engaged Bliss
This is a big deal!!!! Check out our expert advice on the 5 things you should do right after you say YES—and how to shout out the big news!
Just Engaged? Great! Here Are The 5 Things You Need To Do First.
You just got engaged! Congrats. Now grab a cup of coffee and get cozy, because we've laid out the 5 things you need to do FIRST.
You said YES! How To Announce Your Engagement
You said YES! And now you want to shout it from the rooftops! We totally get it. Here's how to announce your engagement to the world. Hint: Social media is not the first step!
Snag Our Checklist
Yes, our wedding planning checklist rocks. And it even comes with a super-cute printable PDF. So print it out, 3-hole punch it, and get that wedding binder started!
Wedding Planning Checklist :: Downloadable and Printable!
Set A Budget
Weddings cost beaucoup bucks. And it's a good idea to figure out how much you can realistically afford to spend without going broke—or into debt. These articles will help with that.
6 Simple Steps To Setting A Wedding Budget
Whether you’re working with $100 or $100,000, creating (and sticking to) your budget is arguably the most important part of planning a wedding. To get you started, we’ve broken the wedding budget planning process into 6 easy steps that can help you decide what you can spend, and what you’ll want to save or splurge on.
The Ultimate Wedding Budget Checklist
Here it is: The Ultimate Wedding Budget Checklist with a full breakdown of potential wedding expenses. This comprehensive list includes the items most weddings entail, as well as the "typical" percentage of your budget you may want to reserve for each one. Yes, we're slightly Type-A.
Start The Guest List
Weddings are basically a big PARTY! So, who's gonna be invited to yours? Check out our tips for tackling your guest list. We'll also give you the 411 on setting up an ultra-effective wedding website to make guest communications easy breezy.
7 Tips for Tackling Your Wedding Guest List
Besides your fiancé and that little piece of paper from the courthouse that makes it official, the guest list may be the next most important aspect of your wedding. Why? Because, if you're like me, it includes the name of every. single. person. in the world that matters to you.
The Ultimate Guide To Creating Your Wedding Website
Your wedding website is kind of a big deal. It's the digital home base for all things related to your big day. So how do you actually create one? You're in the right place! We've teamed up with our friends at Minted to give you The Ultimate Guide To Creating Your Wedding Website—from choosing the right template to what (and what not) to include, as well as how to spread the word about your site.
Find Your Wedding Style
How are you supposed to commit to a glam wedding when you're tempted by a beach ceremony one minute, and tantalized by a barn reception the next? These articles can help you zero in on your wedding style.
How To Find Your Wedding Style
What exactly is a "Wedding Style" you ask? Well, in the simplest of terms, it's what you and your partner want your wedding to look and feel like. Your wedding style helps you refine your focus and cut through the wedding-inspiration noise. It's important to choose one, but how do you do it? We’ve listed the 6 most popular wedding styles so you can get a sense of what speaks to you.
Wedding Inspiration Overload? Organize your Pins!
Let’s hit the pause button on the endless wedding inspiration obsession, and do something that’s more productive—what I like to call “purposeful pinning.” This Pinterest strategy streamlines your focus, reduces idea overload, and helps you zero in on your most authentic couple style.
Find Your Venue & Set That Date!
We've got the inside scoop on thousands of fabulous wedding venues, from contemporary galleries to rolling vineyards to chic ballrooms and everything in between. We've also armed you with a list of questions to ask your wedding venue when you go on those site visits!
Questions to Ask a Wedding Venue
Need to whittle down your wedding venue options? Here are 50 questions to ask during your site visits! Ask the ones that apply to you and get *everything* in writing in your final contract. We even have a printable PDF version that you can 3-hole punch and stick in your wedding binder.
10 Tips for Picking The Perfect Wedding Venue
Here Comes The Guide lists thousands of wedding venues across the U.S., so we get how overwhelming finding "the one" can be! Check out our Top 10 Tips for picking the right wedding venue to make this major wedding decision a bit less daunting.
Research Vendors—and Ask The Right Questions
If you're already feeling overwhelmed, you may want to consider hiring a wedding planner. And if you want to take engagement photos, now's the time to find a photographer! We've put together some great resources to help you find your wedding vendors: From a printable Wedding Vendor Checklist to our Questions To Ask Your Wedding Vendors series, you'll feel confident reaching out to vendors.
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Your Wedding Vendors
We've created The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Your Wedding Vendors to help you navigate the vendor selection process. Whether you're searching for a talented photographer who can swiftly capture candid moments or a skilled floral designer who can transform your venue into a peony-filled paradise, we've got you covered with the best tips.
How To Tip Your Wedding Vendors
You've itemized your wedding budget down to the last cent. But with all the numbers tallied up you might be forgetting a costly, but necessary, expense: Tips! We've put together the ultimate guide on tipping your wedding vendors—from who, to when, to how much?!
BOOM. You've just graduated Wedding Planning 101.
There's plenty more where that came from on Here Comes The Guide, so browse our articles + ideas, swoon over real weddings, find a fabulous venue, and much more!
