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Party! U did it!

Wedding Reception Checklist
The wedding reception will probably be the part of your wedding where you and your guests spend most of the time. It is the occasion for you to enjoy your family and friends’ company and, most importantly, to celebrate your marriage with them.

The reception also gives the two family parts the opportunity to get to know each other better and merge into one big family as a result of your wedding. In order for you to enjoy a well organized and relaxed wedding reception, consider the checklist below.

Choose location / venue
Decide whether: catering by a restaurant, catering service or do it yourself
Organize decoration (see our wedding decorations checklist)
Organize flowers (see our wedding flowers checklist)
Check if you need any extra rentals (tables, chairs, linens…)
Organize wedding cake (see our wedding cake checklist)
Decide if you want a professional photographer / videographer (see our wedding photography checklist)
Organize entertainment, program and toasts
Organize music (grand entrance, dinner, dance), soundsystem, DJ
Organize a dancefloor
Organize transportation for you and the guests
If you neither celebrate in a restaurant nor hire a catering service you should also:
Organize dishes and cutlery
Organize food, beverages and snacks
Organize coffee and cake
Ensure people have been selected and agreed to help with the clean up, so you don’t have to do the pick-up after such an intense day.

Consider the following for the program: welcome speeches, toasts by best man / maid of honor / parents, cake cutting, long-distance calls,

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Ceremony

Wedding Ceremony Checklist

All your efforts planning and organizing your wedding evolve around this most special moment, the wedding ceremony, the time when you declare your love to each other and actually become husband and wife. Whether religious or not you can instill spirituality in the way you arrange everything for the moment when you say “Yes, I do”.

In order to help you take everything into account for the ceremony of your wedding, have a look at the checklist below with the things you don’t want to miss.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the ideas pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding

  • Choose church or other venue for ceremony
  • Check fee / gratuity for officient or clergy and site
  • Documents needed for the conduction of ceremony
  • Choose ceremony program
  • Select best man, maid of honor, brides maids, grooms men, or “witnesses”
  • Organize organist/music, groom/parents/bridal party and bride entrances
  • Choose readings / prayers
  • Choose vows or come up with your own
  • Choose decoration (altar, pew bows,flowers, candles, archway…)
  • Choose lighting
  • Organize unity candle
  • Organize rings, ring pillow and ringbearer
  • Organize flower girl basket
  • Organize pen for signing marriage license
  • Organize chairs and table for ceremony if necessary
  • Think about the distribution of people (especially of family members)
  • Organize photographer / videographer
  • Organize car / limousine
  • Check / organize parking possibilities for guests
  • Rehearsal a few days before with bridal party
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Decorations for ceremony

Set a budget
Archway
Altar arrangements
Pew bows
Aisle runner
Headpieces
Centerpieces
Chair covers
Head table decor
Backdrops, ceiling canopies, mandaps, mehendi & sangeet, chuppas…
Lighting
Gifts for guests (purchased or self made?)
Gift table
Basket / Box for gifts
Place / seating cards
Car decoration
Just married clings

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Yum, Cake!

Wedding Cake Checklist

Nowadays there are no strict rules about what constitutes a “perfect” wedding day. But there is one thing that you can find at almost all weddings: the wedding cake. Just imagine what a wedding would be like without a delicious and lovingly decorated wedding cake. However, the choice of a wedding cake is a very personal one and usually represents the couple’s personality and sense of style; elegant, sophisticated or maybe rather playful? There are as many options as there are couples.

Choosing a wedding cake is not an easy task but, taking into account the checklist below, you will certainly find the perfect wedding cake for you.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the ideas pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding.

  • Set budget
  • Start about 4-6 months in advance
  • Choose baker specialized in wedding cakes (if possible)
  • Check baker’s availability on wedding date
  • Ask for pictures of former cakes
  • Make taste test of cake and frosting (if possible
  • Decide on cake flavor, fillings, icing, cake top and cake decoration
  • Check price and payment terms
  • Check set-up fe
  • Make a written contract with all agreements
  • Venue regulations regarding wedding cake (only in-house cake?)
  • Think about what to do with the leftovers