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The Church ceremony. My mom is taking care of that for us. we just have to complete the requirements.
dang I worried about everything! I guess maybe the transportation was the thing that was the least stressful. For weeks I did worry about whether we'd be able to get a classic car. That ended up falling through though - people from all the classic car clubs in town just didn't want to be hired for the day due to insurance reasons. We booked a limo at the last minute and it turned out fine. I didn't have to worry about that at all.
Sigh, I wish there was somethng that i didn't have to worry about (or maybe I don't). LOL..I am so picky and like to do things on my own, so maybe this is best for me and everyone involved, lol.
Edit: Oh, I got one... the venue comes with tables and chairs and a day of Coordinator!!
The DJ. My FI's friend is a professional DJ and gave us a crazy cheap price to do the wedding. Also, we don't have to worry about linens, plates, silverware, any of that, the reception site is all-inclusive. So, that's been a relief.
Our venue is a package deal so hopefully i dont have much to worry about. Before when I was planning the whole big wedding I was so worried about everything because you have to find and put together your own vendors.
I'm realy lucky, having a coordinator that I've been working with for the last few months. I am not at all worried about dealing with vendors. She is all over it. Like a lioness.
I am also *almost* 100% not worried about the look. My MOH's wife is kind of playing the role of my stylist. The only reason something could go wrong is if I don't express it correctly and say something wrong. Her taste is good enough to overcome most mistakes I could make.
Finally, not worried about my ceremony music. It was important to me, so I splurged a little for a really accomplished guitarist. He'll be able to handle pretty much any contingency.
I'm not really concerned about our band. I trust them to play what they feel will get the crowd on the dance floor. I'm not giving them a list of songs to play or anything, just planning on letting them do their thang.
I was kind of overbearing in that I wanted to be involved in every detail, but the thing I worried about the least was the set up of the reception hall, because the venue hired a site coordinator right before our wedding. I didn't really have a choice anyway, and it wasn't perfect, but it was one thing I let go of!
We're doing a tented reception, and one aspect I thankfully do not have to worry about is the tent rental/setup or lighting (we're doing chinese lanterns lit with LED throwies - a very complicated process!). The reception is in my in-laws backyard, and they are handling that whole aspect. I'm so thankful, because that is one part that would really stress me out!
does the shower count?
i'm doing every single thing for the wedding so i said that the two things i wanted to just enjoy and have no part in planning was the RD and bridal shower.
It was the DJ for us. We picked a family friend/relative that has done multiple family weddings and events so we already knew what we were getting in to. It was nice to have something not to worry about.
The ceremony. My MIL is an Episcopal priest so she booked her church for us, hired the organist, made all the arrangements. I never even had to talk to anyone. She married us.
I also didn't have to worry about the bridal party b/c they are all awesome.
I picked the photographer first and know him "professionally" so I don't have to worry about him at all.
The DJ is FI's friend whose a professional DJ
Flowers to an extent because FI's mom is a florist - So while she wants my input I really don't care. I still have to approve everything though, but I wish she would just have fun and do whatever she wants :-)
Cake - Our friend does cakes... I'll show her some ideas and tell her to have fun. It's her gift to us.
I (thought) I didn't have to worry about the site setup (chairs, tables, etc) because I sent my venue my plan ahead of time so they would have it all set up and I wouldn't even have to worry about it...WRONG. The venue coordinator was MIA on our wedding day, and my DH arrived to find the ceremony chairs set up wrong, so he had the best man find some people to help fix them before I saw it (love him BTW). Then after the ceremony when I looked at the reception room, I noticed they didn't follow my chair plan for the tables!! GRR!! So when I should have been getting pictures done, I was telling my SILs and MOH where everything was supposed to go so they could reset the chargers, chairs, and place settings! I'm still ticked off about that. The ONE THING I left to someone else got screwed up. And people wonder why I'm a control freak...
The cake! My mom has a wedding cake business and I'm giving her free reign because I know she'll do an awesome job :)
oh yeah - i totally forgot about the cake! I don't really eat sugar as it is...and so being that DH's boss owns the catering business - he makes some pretty tasty cakes - so he is making ours - simple - square, 3 tier with a ribbon around each tier. :p
i'm sort of opposite...the one thing i'm not at all worried about is my Hair/Makeup and its because i'm doing it myself. i get really wierd and ansty when someone else makes me up.
and i think that actually goes for a lot of the things. i'm DIYing my guest book, card box, decorations, centerpieces and bouquets and that calms my nerves more than anything.
The music and honeymoon. M is taking care of ALL musical selections (including what I'm walking down the aisle too)... as far as the honeymoon goes all that I know is I need to dress for warm weather.
I'm on the hair/makeup boat. Other than that, I'm in control of/worried about pretty much everything!
Well my MIL is doing our cake and a lot of other stuff for us, while I shouldn't be worried about it because I know she does an awesome job, I still am because I have a feeling it will be her vision and not ours (trust me she has demonstrated this a lot during planning), especially if she is footing the cost.
I am not worried about is our flowers because our florist is great and I had complete control over what I wanted, and I am not worried about our centerpieces because my FI is creating them
Ahhh... TRANSPORTATION! My FI works for a bus company and we'll be using one of their coaches. It's not a limo, but I.Just.Don't.Care!
Lucky me I'm not worrying about anything... I have absolutely wonderful vendors... I have hired Vendors to provide the things i wantand they all do their own set up when i walk into my ceremony site it will be completely done same with the reception... i chose everyhing i wanted and they are doing the rest... plus a family friend is serving as coordinator... she knows how everything is supposed to look and is making sure the vendors deliver what i paid for... And guess what???? My vendors are all budget friendly.... Ceremony and reception under $20,000 for 150 guest and i don't have to do any set-up or clean-up
Our is: The catering, Set up and take down, Hair, Makeup, Cake, Music, Decorations/linens, photography! I'm a spoiled girl! :)
Oh wait, I got some GOOD ones!
The cake: our venue catered, and the chef made a DELICIOUS cake! We dropped off our ribbon and cake topper three days before, and he managed to make a cake that worked PERFECTLY with both!! I could have kissed the man because our cake rocked the house!
Makeup: I tried to hire a makeup artist, but she turned out to really suck so I did my makeup myself. SO much happier with that and it really was easier than worrying about yet another vendor!
The bar! my FILs are paying and organizing everything for that. The location is in FILs backyard so they are taking care of making sure everything looks great. But pretty much everything else is on me...
Nothing! I put FI in charge of the honeymoon but some how I think I'll have to end up doing that later too :)
well pretty much everything is taken care of money wise by my wonderful parents... i just get to do the fun stuff of picking everything out!!!
the officiant for the ceremony - since my father is my pastor, and i want him to walk me down the aisle not marry me, hes in charge of finding a suitable replacement and getting us up to par with the requirements :)
The venue and pretty much set up the day of. My FSIL promised to help me as much as possible because she hated how her wedding turned out and tries to help everyone in the family have nicer ones than hers. The venue is pretty much guaranteed for us, so that works perfectly in our favor, especially since it's free.
I'm actually not worried about the venue, florist, band or photog. Crazy right? I think b/c I know we hired such amazing vendors, I'm confident they'll just deliver and all will be well.
MightySapphire, where did you find that cake topper? I really like it!
Things I am not worried about are food & linens (both are provided by the venue) and the bridesmaids' dresses. I'm planning on giving them a colour and letting them have at it! One less decision for me and they can pick something they like :)
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Just wondering - do any of you bees have some aspect of the wedding - be it the venue, catering, flowers, etc - that you don't have to really even think about as someone else is doing it all for you?
Mine is our catering. My husband is the manager of a catering company - and so, asides from picking out the food we want - I honestly don't have to worry about it at all! He and his boss will work out some sort of deal as to how he will pay for it - but this is one thing I haven't even had to mess with - which is great because 17 weeks to go and I have MORE than enough to deal with! lol.
Just wondering - what don't you have to worry about?!