Planning a Simple Wedding

For the hopelessly romantic, weddings are the ultimate symbolism of love and commitment to their partners. And largely owing to the amount of time, effort and money spent in planning a wedding, it is easily considered as one of the most-looked-forward-to events in our family lives. While the sight of the bride marching down the aisle in her breathtaking flowing gown is a dreamy sight to behold, the days leading up to the day is not a walk in the park. In fact, most bride-and-groom-to-be’s find that wedding preparations are the most stressful part in getting hitched.

Beauty in Simplicity

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As they say, there is beauty in simplicity. That is also true in setting up your dream wedding. While a grand wedding straight out of a movie scene is the ultimate wish of every couple, a simple wedding can do as much impact and will lend solemnity and romance to the event. A simple wedding with a few selected groups of friends and family members as your guests is not necessarily less eventful. After all, the marriage and not merely the ceremony, is the highlight of the occasion.

Preparing for a wedding is like getting ready for a live performance – you’ll never know what might come up. So to lessen those unnecessary pre-nuptial jitters and stress, it is best to have an elaborate plan for a simple, yet memorable wedding.

Here are just some of the useful tips on how to plan for your simple wedding:

1. Set up or organize your very own wedding scheduler or calendar. Much like a corporate executive who keeps his or her daily schedule on the line with scheduler or organizer, keeping an updated wedding scheduler would be a practical way of keeping the frenzy at a manageable level. Take note of the important dates of activities such as wedding ceremony rehearsals, gown and suit fittings, food tasting, meetings with the caterer and florists, and other schedules leading up to the big day.

2. Be a hands-on bride and/or groom. Hiring the services of a wedding service coordinator is the trend nowadays, and it is perceived to be a practical way to get everything done perfectly. While it pretty much gets the work done professionally, this translates to a huge chunk of the budget being set aside for the service. Your simple wedding plans might turn out to be not so simple at all because coordinators tend to be very imaginative and would try to introduce some features that might turn out to be more extravagant or too plain for your taste. Why not try to put your hands into the planning, choose the motif, the choice of food, wedding entourage’s gowns and suits, but be sure to leave the legwork to others.

3. Make it simple but unforgettable. Planning a simple wedding does not mean scrimping away on the budget as much as you can. Try doing a balancing act on the budget. For example, an exquisite swan ice sculpture that you have been eyeing as a centerpiece in the wedding reception might get a huge chunk off the food budget, that you consider writing it off the plan. Why not make a go for that and chip away on the budget for other items such as flowers, give-away items, and other items that you can afford to save on.

4. Remember that a simple wedding need not limit your sense of creativity. Look out for ideas in wedding websites, read up on how-to-books, browse through magazines, better yet, solicit some ideas from friends or relatives. Try to get as many resources and ideas as you can so that you will not run out of alternatives. A simple wedding may lack of the usual fanfare and highlights of more grand ones, but if planned carefully, can very well highlight the emotions and drama in a solemn and lovely wedding, the best ever that you have had.

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