How to Plan Your Wedding in Six Months

The Feminist Wedding Podcast

A month-by-month breakdown of my 6-month wedding planning method!

*Note: This plan happens after a period of enjoying your engagement, and after you’ve established your budget and vision, which is exactly what I do in the Jumpstart. You can learn more about The Jumpstart here.

And with The Wedding Edit (which includes Day-Of-Coordination) I customize this to your wedding plan with vetted vendor referrals in your price range. Then, we co-create a plan for planning with you and your partner, so that planning brings you even closer!

Month 1: around 7:30

• Committing major deposits to the vendors that matter most to you and your partner (often the photographer)

• Getting a sense of the overall budget by looking at your wedding venue + event planner + catering as approximately %50 of your budget

• If you want to learn more about wedding budgets I recommend listening to my episode on Realistic Wedding Budgets, and downloading my free, 20-minute, wedding budget workshop.

Month 2: 17:00

• VIP DAY: Venue visit with your coordinator, floor plan, timeline, and Road Map creation and delivery (here’s the link to see a sample Road Map in Trello!)

• Florist

• Invitations

• Plan your ceremony

Month 3: 19:30

• DJ, Band, Ceremony musicians

• A/V (lighting and sound!) (For more on lighting, listen to this episode!)

• Videography

• Rentals

Month 4: 22:30

• Plan out your sweet table, or order your wedding cake if you’re doing one.

• Book your hotel for the wedding night (and maybe for getting ready)

• Your hair and make up team, commonly called HMUA

• Valet

• Plan out your seating cards/chart and table numbers as well as any additional signage or printables

• Hire your month-of event manager if you haven’t already! (Commonly known by the misnomer: day-of wedding coordinator)

Month 5: 29:00

• Finish up all DIY

• All the stuff that you are totally welcome to skip like…

  • Wedding favours! Listen to this episode with event sustainability expert Romina Kwong to hear us talk about what is an actual great wedding favour

  • Guest book

  • Ring pillows and flower baskets

  • Card box

  • Photo booth accessories? Are we still doing that?

Month 6 (more like 6 weeks out): 30:00

• Get your ducks in a row (all your contracts, final floor plans, etc - complete your logistics/wedmin)

• Make a list of final payments!

• Alcohol permit

• RSVP-chasing + seating chart creation

• Shot list for your photographer

• Get all your printables completed

• Random last-minute add ons:

  • Guest welcome baskets

  • Bathroom baskets

• Break in your shoes! Listen to hear my super easy method.

• Write your vows

Find me on Instagram, where I answer all of my DM'S, and check out The Jumpstart and The Wedding Edit on my website!

Music is Blackout Romeo by The Spin Wires.