9 Months - 1 Year Before the Wedding


Include your favorites. Preparing for marriage means sharing with another person all the particular things that make you who you are. Talk with your fiancé about how you can choose foods, colors, favors, or centerpieces that reflect your true inner selves.
5 - 8 Months Before the WeddingRead a book about the spiritual meaning of different types of flowers. When it's time to select flowers for bouquets and table settings, think about which blossoms are both meaningful and beautiful to you. For example, in Victorian England, ivy symbolized "wedded love," and phlox meant "our souls are united."
Rediscover family. A wedding is about more than just the bride and the groom, it's about the two families that are coming together through the marriage. Reach out to family before the wedding, plan casual get-togethers or holiday meals, and you can be sure that at the wedding, everyone will get up and dance to "We Are Family."
2 - 4 Months Before the WeddingTalk about your marriage, not just your wedding. This will ease the stress when something small goes wrong in the wedding planning process. If you're future-focused, misspelled names on your cocktail napkins won't bother you as much.
Write a letter to your fiancé. You don't have to include in it every hope, dream, and expectation for your marriage—just share your thoughts about what you are feeling as the wedding draws closer, and put into your own words the connection you two share.
1 Month Before the WeddingTake a long, quiet walk with your future spouse. In all the hubbub of wedding plans, it's easy to lose track of the joy of spending simple time with the one you love.

1 Week Before the Wedding
