How to Start Wedding Planning: Grab a Journal, Have Date Nights

Stop right here. Rest assured, you've found what you're looking for.

Let's just take a moment to ground yourself first.

• What do you smell?

• What do you taste?

• What do you see around you?

• What sounds are you hearing?

• Are you touching something soft, warm, comfy, or hard and stable?

Now, take a deep breath. Recognize that this is your reality at this very moment.

No, You Don't Have "15 Things To Do After Getting Engaged"

You have one thing to do—enjoy yourself.

Maybe you're excited about getting started on wedding planning. Maybe not.

However you're feeling about wedding planning, forget about it for now. We want you to enjoy this moment and these feelings with your partner, family, and friends.

When You're Ready to Start Wedding Planning...

Where do even begin?

• A Google search brings you back to thousands of "Things To Do After Getting Engaged" and they're ALL different.

• Yes, we tried prompting AI on where to start. It went as well as... let's just say, this blog post was deemed necessary.

• The Knot, Zola, Wedding Wire, and Minted all felt like drinking from the fire hose.

  
  

Grab a Journal

The classic—pen and paper to jot down notes, ideas, feelings, diary entries. Digital works, too.

Send us an inquiry, and we'll mail you a free journal!

Have Date Nights

We love planning date nights. Go out, stay in. Have a bottle of wine. Sit by a fire. Put on Netflix.

Bring your journal. There are conversations early on that will impact decisions down the line. So, it's absolutely worth it to sit down as a couple and get on the same page.

That's It, That's All You Need to Get Started

It's really as simple as that.

There'll be a time and place to talk about the heavy things: budget, guest count, venues, wedding date, planning timeline, dress, attire, florals, food, cake, invitations, photography/videography, entertainment, transportation, lodging, vows, centerpieces, music, hair & makeup, pinterest boards, bachelor/bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinners, deadlines, deadlines, DEADLINES...

Well, you get the point.

Final Thought: Wedding Planning is Done One Task at a Time

Grab a journal. Have date nights.

To make it through over 240 tasks, you and your partner/family will take on each task one at a time. Of course, there's a specific order to do things, and navigating that is often a challenge, but for now, you know where to start.

We'll always be here for you, too.