• Disclosure
Menu
The German Wife
  • Home
  • Family Life
    • About Us
    • Pregnancy #2
    • Motherhood
    • Finn
    • Molly-May
    • Babywearing
  • Thermomix
  • Travel
    • Days Out
    • UK Breaks
    • Holidays Abroad
    • Our Adventures in Germany
  • Reviews
    • Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
    • Baby
    • Toys & Games
    • Pushchairs & Accessories
    • Technology & Gadgets
    • Subscription Boxes
    • Lifestyle & Gifts
  • Wedding
    • Engagement
    • Wedding Planning
    • Invitations & Stationary
    • #OPFitBride
    • Hen Do’s
    • Registry Wedding
    • Church Wedding
    • The Wedding Weekend
  • Lifestyle
    • Skincare & Beauty
    • Health & Fitness
    • Fashion
    • Food & Drinks
    • Home & DIY
    • Buying A House
    • Giveaways
  • Contact Me
  • Privacy Policy & Disclosure
September 3, 2015October 27, 2020

7 Top Tips For Any Bride To Be!

Wedding Wedding Planning
Well, we did it! We had our more then amazing Big Bavarian Wedding last month and I am currently still trying to come down from this high and get back to normal! Now that I am a married woman and everything is still fresh in my mind I thought I write a post with some general tips and things which I am now after planning my wedding for 12 months defiantly would do differently! There is always something what can be done better right?

 

1. Guest dropping out very last minute!

Sadly this is something which happens at every wedding. Mostly a months, a few weeks or in my case ON the day itself so your table plan won’t be looking how you imagined it. I had 6 people dropping out leaving my 10 people table down to 4 so I decided to scrap that table all together and moved 2 couples onto spare places on 2 different tables. What I can recommend you is don’t print out your table plan cards until a day before! I had mine made by the lovely Michelle from New Beginnings – Celebration Stationery who actually resend me 2 more parcels with new table plan cards and new place cards in the end! (you can check out her amazing work over on my Our Big Fat Bavarian Wedding – Flowers & Decor post).

2. Relax, Take it Easy!
Don’t look at the time because YOU are the bride you are allowed to be as late as you want! I was surprised how relaxed I was and how my mum was the total opposite bless her! And we even made it to church on time so I waited at the back of the church inside my thankfully air-conditioned car for all my guest to go in.
3. Things WILL got wrong!
It wouldn’t be a fun wedding if things wouldn’t go wrong right?
After driving to the church which was over an hour away from home just before I was meant to leave the car I realised I forgot my stunning bridal bouquet at home on the kitchen table! Instead of getting upset about it I actually laughed out loud and my Maid of Honour who I made a small surprise bouquet shaded in the form of a heart gave me hers and nobody noticed until I told them after the service because I thought it was hilarious.
4. Write a List!
Now I bet there are plenty of lists you will be writing on the run up to the big day but the one I forgot was the Picture List, who I wanted to have a picture with. This is one of my biggest regrets because I forgot to take a picture of us with my dearest God mum, The best thing what you can do is write a list and then pass it onto a good friend or a family member so they can tick them off as they are taken. My brothers Girlfriend was actually the one who told my God mum to stand next to us in the big group picture so I do have this one to treasure sadly there are over 140 people in the picture so its too big to crop.

5. Take some Time Out with your new Husband!

Even if its just 5 minutes, take him outside and let it all sink in! This is another thing we somehow didn’t find time too. But nonetheless we had a amazing day and we reflected when we went on our mini honeymoon instead.

 

6. Ask for Help!

I decorated the Hall for 7 hours the day before the wedding and although I did have help from about 7 people I had so many friends come up to me afterwards saying they would have loved to help us but didn’t wanted to bother me, seeing how stressed out I was. So I guess I should have ask for more help and everything would have been a tad easier and more relaxed. So call in the troops to help you decorate and do last minutes bits the last few days before your big day!

 

7. Who needs favours??

From early on whilst planning our big day I decided to scrap the favours (well tell a lie, actually I did wanted to fill a basket with little organza bags filled with a memory stick and a little note so guests could take our wedding play list home with them upload it and put their pictures of our day onto it and send it back to us). I am pretty happy that I didn’t do that after all because it saved me time, money and guess what everybody I have talked to after the wedding told me that they didn’t even noticed that there weren’t any favours. Its not really a common thing to do in Germany anyway. I think you are giving your guest the best present ever with having them here for your big day and celebrating your marriage and your love for each other!

I hope those tips can help some future brides! Happy Wedding Planning!

From a very tired but happy Bride!

Related

Posted in Wedding, Wedding Planning
Tagged BRIDE, Keep Calm!, Tips, Top Tips for a stressed out Bride, Wedding
Leave a comment
AK Cunningham
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Post navigation

   Finn’s 5 Summer Favourites on Netflix!
Silent Sunday   

You may also like

Our Big Fat Bavarian Wedding – My DIY Projects

Posted in DIY, Wedding, Wedding Planning
Tagged DIY Card Suitcase, DIY Happy Tears Tissue Boxes, DIY Wedding Photoboot, Our big fat Bavarian Wedding, Wedding DIY Projects, Wedding Guest Tree
Leave a comment
AK Cunningham
Continue Reading

Our Big Fat Bavarian Wedding – The Wedding Before the Wedding!

Posted in Registry Wedding, Wedding
Tagged bavaria, Dirndl, Germany, lederhosen, Our big fat Bavarian Wedding, registry wedding, standesamt, the wedding before the wedding, tracht, Wedding
Leave a comment
AK Cunningham
Continue Reading

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Welcome!

I’m AK | 36 | Bavarian | Wife to Mr. C. | Mama to Finn & Molly-May | Netflix Addict | Book Worm | To-Do-List Writer | Parmesan Lover | Motherhood Winger

Subscribe to TGW

Get Social

Instagram

Instagram has returned invalid data.

Follow Me!

My Tweets

Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT