Wedding Preparations - Tips To Get You to The Church On Time

For many brides, the wedding ceremony starts long before they walk down the aisle to stand beside their groom at the alter. For many, it is the preparation that they have dreamed about for so long. The spa day with the brides maids, the hair, the make up, fitting of the dress, putting the final touches on the flowers... these are all taken care of ceremoniously by the bride, and her brides maids. It is a time of pampering and luxury, that we seldom have an excuse for, except on the fabulous occasion of the wedding day.

Unfortunately, it is part of the day that can make or break the flow of the hours to follow. Careful planning and consideration must take place well in advance of your wedding day to ensure a schedule that can be maintained and adhered to. Nothing can create tension quite like the scene of a groom left waiting at the alter, as the bride call from the salon to announce that they are running a little late.

You already have the basic ideas of what needs to take place in the morning of your wedding day, such as hair and make up; but did you consider, also, that every brides maid in you wedding party needs to do the same? Did you consider how you would all get to the salon, and when? Where is everyone getting dressed, and when are we possibly going to have time to take pictures? The brides home is one location that often torments photographers, as it is often the most hectic time of the day. The following is a list of things the a bride and brides maids should consider when planning the morning event on the wedding day.

• Set your alarm - sounds silly doesn't it, but it has saved many a marriage before they even wed
• Eat breakfast - trust me, it is a very long day and you'll need the energy
• Shower - it is something you do every day, but you'll forget to schedule time for it in a panic
• Round up the brides maids - if they spent the night, you won't have any difficulty there
• Head to the spa / salon - you'll have booked the earliest appointments months in advance, and keep in mind that the bride should have all of her treatments done first
• Head back to the brides home - as soon as the bride has her hair and make up done, she should head back home to get dressed and photographed; the photographer will need an hour or two to get all the shots that you require
• Have the flowers arrived yet?
• Eat lunch - once you (the bride) has had her pictures taken, grab a quick bite while the photographer works with the rest of the bridal party
• It's time to go the the church

The morning of your Wedding day will fly by quicker that you ever imagined, so be sure to schedule enough time for everything that must take place. A well planned morning will keep tempers down, faces smiling, and allow of to have more fun. The rest of your Wedding day will benefit immensely for it.

Adam Merrifield is owner/operator of Merrifield Photography (http://www.merrifield-photography.com/index. html, http://www.merrifield-photography.com), and chief editor of The Ontario Photographers Directory (http://www.onphodi.com). Adam also contributes regularly to the Footprints Newspaper, both as the staff photographer/ photojournalist and as a columnist.

CAROLYN HAX Don't use wedding to settle an old score
Detroit Free Press, United States - 5 hours ago
... by yourself -- apparently you've flourished in your second marriage -- then who gives a marzipan dove whether your lawnful of wedding guests knows it? ...

Marriage is a sometime sacred thing (With apology to Gershwin's ...
OpEdNews, PA - 17 hours ago
If someone was found to have a wedding date that was a Friday, everyone knew what had happened. Like it or not the guy had to "man-up". ...

This shotgun wedding is a sacrifice at altar of power
Irish Independent, Ireland - Sep 5, 2008
But he must know in his heart that railroading them into marriage is a mistake. Not to mention a cynical public relations exercise. ...
Video: Raw Video: McCain Embraces Palin's Daughter AssociatedPress
Add an unplanned marriage? Palm Beach Post
Bringing Up Baby Hartford Courant
Osoblog - New Republicall 1,917 news articles

Times Now.tv
Chiranjeevi in row after supporting
Indian Express, India - Sep 5, 2008
However, Praja Rajyam Party spokesman P Prabhakar said the actor had attended the wedding only as a guest and he had no role in the marriage. ...
Case on Chiru over inter-caste wedding Howrah News Service
'Politician' Chiru caught in controversy Times Now.tv
Cops slap kidnap case against Chiru Times of India
Daijiworld.com - Zee Newsall 34 news articles

Lucky couple's wedding prize dream
The Press Association - 5 hours ago
A lucky Dublin bride and her groom could be celebrating their wedding reception onboard a celebrity yacht where Princess Grace also toasted her marriage. ...

Salon
Love and marriage
Salon - 22 hours ago
Kym's sister, Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt, of "Mad Men"), is about to be married, and Kym is granted a leave to attend the wedding. She shows up in her slouchy ...

Shaw, Cassidy united in marriage
Richmond County Daily Journal, NC - 4 hours ago
The wedding was directed by Beth Etheridge of Aiken, South Carolina. Cousins of the bride, Shelby Mossman of Hamlet and Erica Wrigley of Northeast, ...

Calcutta Telegraph
My big fat Bong wedding
Calcutta Telegraph, India - 16 hours ago
The desire often liberates the marriage from family residences, staid “marriage houses” and community halls into five-star properties and open spaces, ...

Extra help for California's Prop. 8
Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 5, 2008
Some contendthat the ruling in the same-sex marriage case obliges churches, synagogues and mosques that rent out their social halls for wedding receptions ...

Cargill and Ford unite in marriage
Kilgore News Herald,  USA - 18 hours ago
Keeping with tradition, she carried the handkerchief that her sister carried in her wedding, which was originally both of their baptismal bonnets. ...

Wind Chimes and more...

Windchimes for great gifts!

Belize Honeymoon Resorts