Wedding Planner Ideas

I’m getting married next year, and I love my mom and do want her involved in the planning, but lately I feel like it’s starting to become her wedding, not mine 🙁 Every time she asks me what I want and I give her an answer, she always makes "suggestions" of other things I should do. I don’t want to hurt her feelings or alienate her, but I want this to be enjoyable! Am I being unreasonable?

It really depends on who is paying for the wedding. If you are paying for it, then tell her what you want and put your foot down.

If she is paying for it, then you need to very gently explain to her that you understand that she is excited about planning your wedding but that this is your wedding and you are not happy with, X, Y Z (fill in the blanks). I’m sure she is just trying to be helpful and is getting over excited about everything.

Good luck!

I know the bride usually plans the wedding because she’s dreamed of her wedding a certain way since she was 12… but I honestly have never dreamed of any specific kind of wedding. Trying to plan a wedding is giving me a headache. How much is it fair to expect my fiance to plan? Can I give the planning to him and just show up? (He doesn’t seem to want to do the planning either.)

Men will tend to plan the things that are most important to them, but only if you discuss this with them. Maybe ask him to handle the DJ and see how that goes.

If you don’t want a big wedding you don’t have to have one. If neither of you are interested in the planning & you can afford it, hire a wedding coordinator to take on the task.

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My sister is having a wedding and my, mom, and my other sister and I are planning it for her. I wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with wedding planning if they can give us a few tips and pointers.

I planned my own wedding, and I had so much fun! Your sister is lucky to have you guys to help! As far as pointers go:

-start with a realistic budget
-make a list of likes about your sister – favorite colors, places, things to do, flowers, foods, style – think about her closet and her home as hints – write down everything you can think of, so you can keep these things in mind to guide your choices
-book the big stuff asap – ceremony and reception sites, caterer etc.
-involve your sister in the choices, at least a little. ie. set up an appt. with a florist and take your sister along to make choices
-plan ahead, write everything down, and stay as organized as possible and it will be a breeze

I planned my entire wedding in less than 6months, with 90 guests, and had help from my mum and sister a bit, but mostly did it myself. It was so fun! And we had a wonderful wedding, for less than $2500!

I think it must be different for every couple; what has been the part of planning your wedding that you’ve used the most mental energy in figuring out?

Deciding on a budget and figuring out how many flowers and/or decorations to buy. We literally sat down with pen and paper at one point drawing and designing what we thought would look best for the venue. That was a real pain and very exhausting.

I am no baker so chocolate cake ideas would be great and how do I use the fondant just to cover and maybe some cut outs to add to the sides of the cake, any advice would help! I really want it to come out beautiful so any tips would be great. I forgot to say my wedding planner hasnt used it befor either!

Fondant can be extremely hard to work with. Unless you have some practice its hard to cover a cake and smooth out the ruffles in time before the fondant sets so to speak and becomes hard.

If you have your heart set on working with it call around to a local cake decorator and see if they would be willing to give you a demo. Or if you have access to a culinary school ask the pastry instructor if they or someone else can give you pointers.

I have had some experience with fondant, and know that it requires some finesse to work with the stuff. It requires a lot of patience and quick, gentle handling in order to smooth it out onto a cake.

If you work with it and find that its too frustrating, what you could do is ask a local culinary school (if you have access to one) if they have any students who would be interested in helping you with this. Sometimes there might be aspiring pastry/cake decorators who have had more experience with the stuff and might be able to help you out.
Good luck!

I want to be married to by boyfriend by next fall.

He asked me how long it would take to plan the wedding and I want to get a ballpark answer so he know what kind of window he has to propose to me.

This may sound crazy, but we have been together for five years and talk about our wedding all the time like he has already proposed. We are just waiting to get on our feet now that we have both finished school.

Depends on where and what kind of wedding you want. Certain venues will fill out a year in advance, or more. Vendors book well in advance, too. Dress orders can take up to 6 months to arrive, and you need time for alterations. But that doesnt mean you cant plan a wedding in 9 months– lots of people do. However, I think you should set your budget right now, then get a venue– those are the most important things.