12 months to go
- Select a date
- Set the budget, and consult families for this
- Select principal sponsors, wedding entourage and liturgical members
- Start working on your guest list
- Start attending the two-day marriage seminar (church requirement)
- Finalize the wedding date
- Reserve the church/ceremony venue and reception site
- Hire a wedding coordinator/planner if desired
- Start canvassing designers for your bridal gown and entourage gowns
- Start looking around for your invitation design and missalette (if needed)
- Finalize your wedding entourage
- Start meeting your designer to finalize designs and to schedule measurements and fittings for you and your entourage
- Decide on your color motif
- Decide what the groom will wear (barong or suit) and start meeting prospective tailors
- Select your official priest / officiating minister
- Start interviewing prospective suppliers like florists, photographers, videographers, musicians, choir, soloist, caterers, wedding cake, makeup artist and bridal cars
- Have your invitation and thank you cards printed
- Decide on and finalize contracts / agreements with all suppliers needed
- Finalize your guest list, including full names, addresses and contact number of each guest
- Finalize fitting schedules for you and your entourage, and they should start fitting their gowns
- Work on your missalette contents and consult a priest
- Start looking for your wedding ring design and purchase your ring, and don't forget your arrhae
- Discuss details of menu with your caterer and set food tasting date
- Choose souvenirs and gifts for your entourage
- COnsult a travel agent for your honeymoon plans
- Purchase your souvenirs and your gifts for the entourage. (If you are wrapping the gifts and or the souvenirs, start working on this)
- Invitations should be delivered by this time. Have them written by a calligrapher.
- Finalize your church and reception songs with your musicians and/or choir soloist.
- Have your missalette printed for the first proof
- Have the missalette printed for final printing
- Start woring on your church requirements
- Have your trial makeup
- Finalize design details with your florist / decorator for the church and reception
- Finalize your menu, beverage and other details with your caterer
- Finalize your honeymoon details and itenirary with your travel agent
- Notify your caterer of your final number of guests
- Start working on your presidential table and reserved tables (if you have any)
- Deliver all entourage's gowns
- Pick up the groom's outfit
- Break in your bridal shoes
- Despedida de Soltera
- Buy all last minute items that you need like stockings, robe, etc.
- Confirm your bridal car pick-up and your room reservation
- Turn over any last-minute details to a responsible representative - your siblings, aunt or best friend - who can make decisions and follow-ups for you. Give her/him copies of all your supplier agreements and to-do lists so that you can relax and be confident tat all will go as planned
- Go to a spa and have a good massage
- Have your manicure and pedicure
- If you will be dressing up at a hotel, check in and bring proper pre-packed luggage
- Relax!
