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! Wedding Checklist
Here is a little help from your friends at MyEasternShoreWedding!! Use this handy list to help tame that
overwhelming feeling of planning your wedding. What a great way to be organized and relaxed, knowing
you’ve thought of everything!!
YOU’RE ENGAGED! WHAT’S NEXT?
☐ Announce your engagement to family and close
friends
☐ Publish your announcement in local paper
☐ Decide on your wedding date
☐ Discuss with your fiancé the number of guests
you’d like to invite and how large a wedding party
you wish to have
☐ Discuss where you’d like to be married, venue
options, etc.
☐Discuss and set a tentative budget
☐ Decide how expenses will be shared
10-12 MONTHS BEFORE
☐ Select color scheme and wedding theme
☐ Book your venue for ceremony & reception-
book venue as early as you can since the Eastern
Shore is a popular wedding destination!
☐ Decide if you are going to work with a wedding
planner- the best book early!
☐ Download the Eastern Shore’s Handpicked
Vendors Wedding Guide from this site
☐ Choose your wedding party by asking your
dearest friends and family
☐ Firm up budget, make any adjustments
necessary
☐ Book your minister or officiant
☐ Book wedding entertainment
☐ Look at bridal magazines to get ideas of what
style of wedding dress you love
☐ Book photographer
8-10 MONTHS BEFORE
☐ Create wedding website for everyone to enjoy
and keep informed
☐ Start planning your honeymoon, ask a travel
agent about peak season destinations, search the
internet for desirable locales
☐ Select your dress and accessories- some dresses
need long lead times for ordering and alterations
☐ Select your wedding party’s attire and
accessories
☐ Finalize your guest list
☐ Send out Save-the-Dates- such fun!
☐ Create your wedding registry
☐Finalize your vendors in each category
6-8 MONTHS BEFORE
☐ If leaving the country on your honeymoon,
make sure your passports are up to date
☐ Finalize honeymoon plans and purchase tickets
☐ Shop for bridal lingerie- ooh fun!
☐ Order mother-of-the-bride attire
☐ Order wedding bands and ring and have
engraved, if desired
☐ Have your tasting at venue + discuss menu
☐ Schedule an engagement session with your
photographer
3-6 MONTHS BEFORE
☐ Meet with DJ/Band to discuss your playlist
☐ Reserve suite for honeymoon night