Manolo for the Brides

• ask your caterer to feed your wedding vendors, especially if your reception falls during a mealtime and your vendors will be working all day
• plan for either a receiving line or to make time to go (as a couple) from table to table to greet each guest
• look over your wedding dress as soon as you get it to make sure it’s the right one and catch any issues like missing beading or rips
• designate someone who will do a last-minute once over of your reception venue at the evening’s end for lost property and grab any gifts people brought to the wedding
• research what you’ll need to do and have ready to make sure that your wedding is actually legal
• ask your ceremony venue if there is a private place you and your attendants can get ready or if you’ll need to arrive fully done up
• eat breakfast
• ask your wedding vendors if they’re willing to do test runs or mock-ups, like a single floral centerpiece to show you what it will look like or a pre-wedding hair style and make-up test run
• plan for decorations for the wedding cake table
• work on your personalized vows well in advance of the big day so you don’t feel rushed or get writer’s block
• remember that in addition to being a bride- or groom-to-be and someone’s honey, you’re also YOU and deserve to make time for yourself in all this

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