Undoubtedly, it is easiest and also most peaceful to organize a wedding if you entrust this work to professionals - wedding organizers and planners who know the specifics of the field down to the smallest detail. However, not all couples choose to do this, instead hosting a wedding on their own and involving friends. If you're on the do-it-yourself wedding bandwagon, you're sure to do just fine, but there are things you should know to make the wedding process as smooth, enjoyable, and stress-free as possible .

Wedding concept

Sometimes there are so many wishes and variations about a wedding dream that it is not clear from which end to approach it, what exactly to choose. Therefore, you should agree on the wedding concept from the beginning - will it be a big wedding, a small wedding, kept classic or free and relaxed, where will we celebrate, etc.? In order for each of the questions (and there will be more and more) to be easily answered, wedding planning should start with the wedding vision and moodboard or the creation of an inspiration tablet, which is useful to take with you when visiting the chosen service providers.

Budget

If you do not have experience in organizing holidays, it is very easy to make a mistake in allocating the budget. In order not to cause unnecessary worries that the budget is eventually exceeded, plus ten percent of expenses from the planned budget should be calculated already at the starting position, because hidden costs always arise, that is, costs that are revealed during the process, because we do not initially think about them.

We should also remember that there are positions in which we can be flexible, but there are those in which we should not skimp ( wedding photographer , catering, decorations etc.), because the price is closely related to quality and professionalism.

Division of work

The wedding day is a holiday for you.

It will not be pleasant if you have to answer the various questions of the wedding guests, or the wedding guests will be confused, not knowing when to present the gifts or where to place them. Therefore, not only in the process of organization, but also on the day of the wedding, the responsible persons should be discussed among friends who will welcome the guests, coordinate about gifts, sleeping places and other issues.

Wedding day plan

When creating the scenario of the wedding day, you should also provide time for rest and moments of solitude. When thinking about how to entertain the wedding guests, couples tend to forget about themselves and the true meeting, seeing, and duality of each other. Perfect moments to spend as a couple are the first moment of meeting and a romantic double solitude in the evening (for example, before the dance), which you can ask your friends to arrange.

Rest

When organizing a wedding, you can be overcome by an excessive sense of responsibility and the desire to do everything perfectly. However, in any live, real event, something will happen outside of the plan, and it will be much easier if you organize and experience your wedding day with that feeling - letting yourself go.

Turning the wedding into a race, the pleasure and joy from it will become less and less. Don't underestimate relaxation and self-pampering, it's vitally important, and how you feel on your wedding day depends on it. Therefore, divide the responsibilities between relatives and friends, and organize the wedding in such a way that you can relax on the day before the wedding, instead of scrambling the final works.

Who can help you?

• Wedding planner

LĪGAVĀM wedding planner is a manual in which not only to do planning work and notes, but also to find answers to organizational and practical wedding organization questions. It takes you through the whole big wedding planning process step by step.

Find the wedding planner here: WEDDING PLANNER - A MANUAL THAT WILL ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS

• Consultation with the wedding organizer

Even if you organize the wedding yourself, you can turn to the wedding organizer for advice on what and how best to do, where and what to look for, how to properly create a wedding budget. If you are in doubt as to which service providers to choose (caterer, decorator, florist, venue, etc.), the wedding organizer will be able to recommend this to you as well.

You are looking for a wedding organizer here: WEDDING AGENCIES AND WEDDING ORGANIZERS

• Distribution of responsibilities

You will definitely have a team (it can even be just two people) who will be happy to participate in the creation of magic. This way, you won't have too many tasks on your shoulders, allowing the wedding to run smoothly and peacefully.

Author of the article: IEVA KRASTIņA

Photo: ARTIS SUPE