One of the most important events in every woman's lifeGirls - wedding. Since early childhood, we all dream of putting on such a luxurious, such a beautiful wedding dress and feeling like a real princess in it! And if you also ride in a limousine, being strewn with a whole bunch of roses, then you will be a true queen. We dream, dream about the wedding day, and when it already begins to loom on the horizon, we suddenly seriously think about how to spend the wedding in a fun and unforgettable way. After all, it is no secret that sometimes such a long-awaited celebration turns into a dull feast, occasionally exploding with sluggish cries of: "Bitter!" or a day full of unpleasant surprises. And most often the reason for this is poor preparation for the wedding. But you really want this event to be memorable. And if you do not treat the preparation of the wedding negligently, but approach this task responsibly and creatively, then this grand event promises to truly become unforgettable not only for the newlyweds, but also for the guests. Well, let's think about how to hold this event in an interesting way, and what the preparation for the wedding should be like.
Ways of preparing for a wedding
Here you don't have much choice, or rather,minimal. You can contact an agency specializing in weddings or organize everything yourself, and even do some things yourself. In the first case, you will save time and effort (but not nerves!), and in the second, you will save a lot of money. Let's consider the pros and cons of both options. If you are going to entrust the organization of the wedding to specialists, then, first of all, choose an agency with a good reputation. Some organizers offer a full range of services, from writing a script and choosing a restaurant to choosing outfits and providing transport for the wedding cortege. Other agencies act as intermediaries and simply find you those who will ensure a decent banquet, musical and entertainment accompaniment and rental of wedding accessories. So inquire not only about the prices, but also about the list of services provided by such an organization. If you think that you can cope with the preparation of the wedding on your own, then be prepared not only for large expenses, but also for the maximum waste of time, mental and physical strength. Of course, more than one person will have to prepare for the wedding - after all, this is a common holiday for the newlyweds and their parents. Therefore, it would be advisable to distribute responsibilities. For example, some parents take full responsibility for organizing the banquet, while others buy wedding dresses and provide wedding transportation. The scenario can be developed by the newlyweds themselves or they can ask friends and relatives for help. In short, there are not so many options, but there are quite a few opportunities. The advantages of turning to specialists: saving your own time and the ability to avoid various complications. There is perhaps only one disadvantage - the need to pay a tidy sum for the work of the organizers themselves. If you prepare the wedding yourself, you will save a lot of money, you will be able to choose a restaurant that suits you in terms of price and cuisine, and also make many wedding attributes and accessories with your own hands. There are many disadvantages to this option - you may simply not meet the deadline, you will need a lot of free time, you may simply be so tired that the holiday will no longer be a joy. And, nevertheless, you will have to make a choice. However, regardless of the option you choose, you will be able to save money and choose a holiday scenario. Let's look at these points in more detail.
How to spend a wedding inexpensively?
While preparing and planning your wedding dayrequire a thorough approach, it usually starts with the intention of the young couple not to spend much on the wedding. They can be understood, because the money will come in handy on the honeymoon. So why throw it to the wind, arranging a lavish feast and inviting a ton of guests to the wedding? How can you hold a wedding cheaply and still let the bride wear such a beautiful white dress and ride in a limousine for at least a couple of kilometers? That's right. Save on the number of guests. This is where the first catch lies. Because a wedding is a wedding, and if you invite your friend Lena to it, and forget about your friend Olya, then Olya will be mortally offended and will become an enemy for the rest of her life. And if you invite your mother's sister Aunt Lida and your father's brother Uncle Sasha, but do not invite their second cousins, it will be unfair. And it doesn't matter that we don't even remember what they look like. It's not nice, that's all! And try to argue with your mom and dad. From the parents' point of view, the ideal wedding is one where all relatives, whose names we don't remember and whose faces we don't know, are present. That's okay, that's normal, the parents say, because the money collected from the guests should cover the wedding. It's not clear whether they will, but the question of how to hold a wedding inexpensively disappears by itself. All "inexpensive" people bow down before their parents' idea of an ideal wedding. No, young people who intend to hold a wedding inexpensively have, of course, an alternative. They can easily go to the registry office in jeans, without informing their parents, drink a bottle of champagne on the street, and then take off somewhere for a whole honeymoon. But, firstly, this is fraught with offense from moms, dads and other relatives, and secondly, it is unlikely that after such a modest wedding there will be any bright memories of it. You can go away to a warm sea for a month whenever you want. And a wedding happens once in a lifetime. In a word, forget about the word "inexpensive" and replace it with the phrase "as economically as possible". There is more space here. You can save on a wedding salon, and on dishes, and on renting a place where the wedding will take place, and even on a toastmaster. And you can also not buy, but make your own invitations, bonbonnieres, seating cards. And some attributes of the newlyweds' costumes can also be made with your own hands. For example, many girls will consider it an honor to make a boutonniere for the groom with their own hands, will gladly make a bride's handbag or even a bouquet for her outfit. And you can also ask especially handy friends or relatives to make a ring pillow or a money chest with their own hands, embroider a towel, bake a loaf of bread or even make a wedding cake.
Wedding Day Scenario
Preparation is very important for any wedding.scenario. The scenario of the wedding day is a serious matter. The schedule of the wedding day should not be made based on the program of the wedding of mom and dad, girlfriend, uncle and aunt or grandmother. They had their own wedding, we have ours, and we arrange it in accordance with our own desires. No, of course, you can’t escape the cries of “Bitter!” and the parade of relatives and friends at a wedding, but they have an indirect relation to the schedule of the wedding day. How to make this schedule? A wedding is a holiday for the bride and groom. And only they can decide how to make a plan for the wedding day, where to celebrate the wedding, what to treat the guests to, and, finally, what to wear to it. Because a white dress with a crinoline is super, but spending the whole day in it is not as easy as it seems. Especially if the wedding venue is a country house, some rock club or a beautiful meadow on the bank of a pond. You can’t run around for a long time in a crinoline and heels. You don’t want any wedding contests on the second day – and you don’t! You don’t want to ransom the bride stolen by the groomsmen – and you don’t! You don’t want to drink champagne from the bride’s shoe – and you don’t! All of this has become pretty boring and doesn’t add any fun to the celebration. There should be maximum imagination and free creativity when planning a wedding day. If the bride and groom want to get married in a hot air balloon – go ahead! If they dream of riding around the city on motorcycles surrounded by a squad of bikers that day – for God’s sake! If they want to make their relatives frolic in the virgin nature and sleep in tents – so be it! Away with boring traditions that cause nothing but boredom! In a word, if we think about how to have an interesting wedding, it means that we think, first of all, about what we want. And not about those around us. When starting to plan a wedding day, you need to remember – everything can’t go perfectly. Well, it just doesn’t happen that way, and that’s it! You could say that if something went wrong, then the wedding was a success. The bride's dress will be wrong, instead of a limousine you'll manage to order a black Lexus, the bridesmaid will oversleep, the car's tire will burst on the way to the registry office... You never know! All these force majeure situations should be taken into account and you shouldn't get on your nerves if they do happen. A wedding is a day of joy, not a royal reception. However, even at these receptions, anything can happen.
Perfect wedding
Well, of course, not every couple will decideto make a non-standard plan for the wedding day. After all, parents are usually categorically against it. And the newlyweds themselves often want a wedding that would correspond to traditions as much as possible - with a limousine, photo session, ransom, walk, etc. In this case, when planning the wedding day, you should make a list of wedding chores and conduct a preliminary rehearsal in accordance with this list. When making a list of wedding chores, you need to take into account the unpredictability of the weather and traffic jams, make allowances for the fact that the right people are late for the wedding, for the fact that someone will forget something, and so on. This will help to avoid unpleasant surprises and stay calm. You should not make the wedding program too eventful. After all, the bride and groom are not long-distance runners. And too long a walk after the registry office can tire them out. And there is still a restaurant ahead, endless kisses, crowds of guests, dancing and all sorts of entertaining quirks. Can all this be endured in one day? No. Therefore, we make a wedding plan, focusing on the minimum expenditure of energy on traditional events: the registry office, a walk, a restaurant. Then there will be energy left for joy. When planning a wedding, you need to focus on the budget available for it. Of course, all young people want it to be very pompous. However, it is unreasonable to borrow for a wedding or save up for it for a whole year. It is not a fact that at the wedding you will be able to collect the amount of money that will not only cover all the expenses for it, but also pay for them with interest. No money for a grand dinner - we will make a buffet with champagne, no money for musicians - we will invite a DJ. The main thing is to have fun! And in order to have fun and joy, preparation for the wedding should also include a psychological aspect. That is, you need to be ready for everything. Because a stylist can do eye makeup differently or cook up a terrible hairstyle, the groom can get completely drunk the night before the wedding, the second cousin can get into a fist fight with the toastmaster, and the best man can fall asleep with his face in Olivier salad. So what! It's a wedding! And it's exactly these kinds of incidents that will be remembered many years later with a warm smile. And none of this matters. What matters is that the girl and the guy are no longer just lovers. They are now a real family, with a big, very interesting future full of all sorts of events ahead of them. And they will go into it together. We recommend reading:
