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1 M ONTH O UT • Apply for a marriage license. • Finalize the gowns. Make sure your bridesmaids are all set, and go for your final dress fitting. Theknot.com suggests bringing your maid of honor along to learn how to bustle your dress. Have the dress pressed and bring it home with you — it’s yours! Check in with vendors. • Design your wedding program. • Buy a guest book. • Break in your wedding shoes. • Put gift baskets together for your out-of-town guests. 2 W EEKS O UT • Get the lists ready. Make sure to tell your photographer and videographer shots that you would really like to have. Get a list of songs to your reception’s musicians. 1 W EEK O UT • Finalize the RSVP list, and notify neces- sary vendors. Don’t forget to feed your pho- tographer, DJ, et cetera! And while you’re talk- ing to the reception site and caterer, let them know any vendor requests your teammay have. And while you’re at it, just give your vendors one more call to make sure everything is ready to go. • Finalize the reception seating chart, if you choose to have one. Print place cards and table cards. 2-3 D AYS O UT • Finalize the clothes. Make sure your gown is pressed and ready to go, and that your groom and the males in the wedding party go for final fittings and pick up their formalwear. • Finalize, well, everything. This includes wedding party positions during the ceremony and the order of the party in the processional and recessional, according to theknot.com . Give your place cards, table cards, menus, favors, and any other items to your reception site. Call those vendors one more time. Prearrange for someone to return any rentals post-reception. A final nice touch? Delivering gift baskets to the hotel you chose for your out-of-town guests. And don’t forget to pack for your honeymoon! 1 D AY O UT • Emergency contact. Remember that trusted loved one who was going to field all calls on the big day? If you haven’t yet, give your vendors that person’s phone number. •Make sure the checks are written. Vendors. We love and appreciate them. They must get paid. N IGHT B EFORE • Attend the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner. Don’t forget to bring all ceremony accessories — aisle run- ners, unity candle — to the rehearsal. Give your marriage license to your officiant. Give gifts to your wedding party. T HE D AY O F • Give, give, give. Give gifts to your parents and to each other. Give the wedding bands to the best man and the maid of honor. • Bask in every single little moment, and fall even more in love. • Enjoy your honeymoon, love-birds, and don’t forget the thank you notes when you get home. *Thank you to https://www.theknot.com/content/12-month- wedding-planning-countdown for a fantastic countdown frame- work. n Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter WEDDING ISSUE 2021 47