Wedding Accessories and Supplies You Might Need
Shopping for your wedding is one of the most fun parts about planning it. If you start early enough and try to stay organized, you will minimize the amount of stress that builds up as the big day approaches. Use this list of wedding accessories as a reminder of some of the things you will need to purchase or at least check on before the day of the wedding ceremony.
Think about decorating the church a little bit:
• Do you want flowers along site the altar?
• Do you want an isle runner?
• Bows or flowers for the ends of the pews?
• Rose petals for your flower girl to drop as she walks up the aisle?
• Do you need to purchase a unity candle for the ceremony?
• Do you want your guests to throw rice, bird seed or blow bubbles as you exit the church?
What will you need for the wedding party?
• Do you need a ring bearer pillow?
• Do you need a basket for a flower girl?
• Have you picked out gifts for the groomsmen and bridesmaids?
• Do you need any special jewelry for the bridesmaids?
What do you need for the reception?
• Don’t forget your wedding cake topper.
• Are you putting disposable cameras on the tables?
• You will need a guestbook and a fancy pen to go with it.
• Do you need a cake cutter and server?
• Do you need to buy centerpieces for the reception tables?
• Wedding favors?
• Will you need place card holders for each guest or couple?
• Will you need toasting glasses or Champagne flutes?
• If you are doing any decorating yourself, don’t forget those.
The smart thing for you to do is to start building your own shopping list as you think of things and change your mind about the little details. Make sure you go shopping very early. You should pick things up as you make a final decision about them. Just hang on to receipts. Don’t put off all your shopping to the last minute. Buy it all well in advance. Dedicate on little corner of a room in your house to keep everything organized.
Work from lists. Those lists will save you a ton of stress. Cross things off as you take care of them. It helps to close your eyes and visualize exactly how the ceremony and reception will look. Imagine yourself doing everything and you will start thinking of things that you know you will need.