The countdown: three months to marriage

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Evelyn Carpenter

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The countdown to the most awaited day of your life has begun. In just three more months you will be wearing your beautiful wedding dress and celebrating with the love of your life and your loved ones.

Believe it or not, the three months before the wedding are key for everything you have planned and what you still have to plan to go perfectly, without missing any detail. What should be ready? What should you be preparing? We tell you everything below.

What should be ready

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Make-up and hairstyle tests

Even if you haven't yet decided on what makeup and hairstyle you definitely want to wear as a bride, at least the makeup and hairstyle trials should be done, and you should already have an idea of what you want and who you want to do your makeup and hair with, so that you can start booking a time for your wedding day.

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The person in charge of your event, the food, and decoration, at this point should already be fully chosen, with the contracts closed. Otherwise, you will be very against time and most likely you won't find a place or a caterer.

Venue of the event

The place where you want to have your wedding party must be chosen and the contract must be closed by this time, otherwise, you run the same risk as with the caterer of not finding a place or having to settle for one that is not the right one for your wedding.

Church

Finding a church for the ceremony can take a long time, and they are booked 12 to 10 months in advance, so we hope you already have your wedding church chosen and booked for the big day.

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Wedding dress

Your wedding dress may not be ready yet, but three months before your wedding it should be at least three months in the making and you should have already been to a couple of fittings. If you have already ordered it, you should already have a delivery date, so you can arrange the necessary details.

Cure and marriage talks

In case you are getting married in the Church, another point that you should have solved at this point is the father who will marry you, having already had or scheduled a couple of meetings with him and having done the marriage talks.

Photographer

The photographer should be chosen and booked three months in advance to make sure you can count on his or her services on the day of your wedding.

Fix any detail

Three months is the time limit you have to fix or change any detail you want to make changes to the menu, the open bar, your wedding dress, adding or subtracting guests, all of these points are now or never.

What is still missing

Send marriage certificates

Although they should already be ready or at least ordered, it is still too early to send them, as guests may lose them or forget the date. The best time to send them is one month before the wedding, and in case the wedding is out of town, two months in advance is fine.

Bridal shoes

You still have time to get your wedding shoes to go to the fittings and check the length of the dress with shoes on. In case you want to have them made, painted or lined with a special fabric, don't worry, because you still have time to perform all those services.

Arrange tables and confirm guests

This is one of the most difficult parts of organizing a wedding and unfortunately one of the last to be done. In order to set the tables you must have already sent out the parties and the guests confirmed at least more than once. Therefore, setting the tables is done a week or a few days before the wedding.

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Evelyn Carpenter is the author of the best-selling book, All you need for your marriage. A Marriage guide. She has been married for over 25 years and has helped countless couples build successful marriages. Evelyn is a sought after speaker and relationship expert, and has been featured in various media outlets including Fox News, Huffington Post, and more.