How To Plan a Wedding in 7 Days

GETTING MARRIED IN A WEEK!

Felling the urge to get hitched without going through the hoopla of a long planning process. Keep it simple girls. Be flexible and don't sweat the small stuff. Your local yellow pages and "Google" is your key to success. Here are the basics for a small wedding with a few attendants.

1. Select your date and preferred time.
2. Select a Free Venue location - the key word here is Free. This could be your local church, a mountain top or a back yard etc.
3. Hire a Minister - There are many non-denominational ministers that do just weddings which may work for you. If you want a specific faith then you will need to contact a minister of that faith to find out their fees and availability.
4. Hire a Musician - a simple soloist of your choice will be perfect. Choose from guitar, piano, violin, harp, saxophone etc.
5. Hire a Photographer - This can be tricky unless you know of somebody. I would highly suggest searching on Google and then calling them to see if you connect with them.
6. Hire a Florist - Determine what your favorite colors are and/or flowers are before speaking with your florist. Remember, you MUST know what you want before you place your order. For example: small french bouquet with white roses, single white rose boutonniere and multi-colored flower petals for the isle, white arch flora etc.
7. Hire a Rental Company - Determine how many chairs you will need (if any), arch if you want and any other items that will need to be brought into your wedding location. Rental companies will deliver, and remove the items (and some companies will help you set-up as well).
8. Create and send out an e-vite to all the special people that you would like to attend. Call them to follow-up with them the day after and count how many will come.
9. Create and Print your own announcements/thankyou's - You can do this by purchasing custom software, or simply create them in Microsoft Word, Pages for Mac, etc. and send them to your local Office Max to have them printed and ready for pick-up in less than 24 hours.
10. Get your dress dialed in - I would suggest a simple sun dress (if it's summer), going to a vintage clothing company or looking around at consignment shops. You are bound to score something that will work just perfect.
11. Get your grooms clothes worked out - If your groom doesn't have something to wear already you will need to equally find something perfect for him to wear as well.
12. Decide what you are going to do after the ceremony. A restaurant, a privately catered affair, honemoon etc. Make the calls and/or secure the reservations.
13. Practice doing your own hair and make-up! No time to waste here, you can do it!
14. Think about how your are going to arrive at your location and hire a car if you need.
15. Show up as your beautiful self and remember that the most important thing to remember is that you are uniting together to the person you love from this point forward. Nothing else matters.