how long should i start planning my wedding?

we are already had our civil wedding 3 1/2 yrs ago but are planning on our church wedding for august 썜. how much time do i need in advanced? a year? year and a half?
also i love the color teal (its like a blue greenish color) but i dont know if i should do
teal and white
or
teal and chocolate brown?
what do you think?

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9 Responses to “how long should i start planning my wedding?”

  1. jewels says:

    A year is good. A year and a half s a bit too much. And teal and chocolate sounds good, but you need advice from family and possibly wedding planner on this.

  2. Erin says:

    The only things you might want to look into sooner then later is any venues that you will need. Most get booked up really fast. Once you have done that then take some times for yourselves and don’t worry about planning anymore until like a year before. I just got married in October of this year and we started planning November 2008. Was plenty of time especially after all our venues were booked.

    Depending on what time of year your wedding is, I would do the teal and white for a spring/summer wedding, and the teal and chocolate if it is a fall or winter wedding.

    Good luck with your planning. All the best!

  3. His Love says:

    You can start planning now, but I’d wait until at least a year – a year and half before the wedding.
    Teal and Chocolate are great together. Also teal and purple look good too.

    You don’t need to talk to a wedding planner or family members about this. It’s up to you and your hubby.

  4. Patience says:

    A year is enough time to plan. But if you haven’t started by now, you should! :)
    Teal and brown is ok, but the brown is usually paired with a pale blue, not teal. Teal is a bit of a strong bold color to be put up against a earth tone color like brown.

    But this is your day, do what you like :)

  5. mrs miller says:

    everyone i talked to said a year to a year in the half in not a last min. person so i think i had everything colors themes everything picked ou like almost 2yrs before because i didnt want to have to stress about anything and making fast decisions on things and then when it came all together i didnt have to stress at all cause everything was already planne Teal is a pretty color that is the color I had Teal and white is really pretty

  6. Suz123 says:

    One year. One year is plenty of time to plan a vow renewal. In your case, start in August 2011. Vow renewals are usually much simpler than weddings. You may not even need an entire year.

    Many vendors will not book more than a year in advance. Also, if a bride starts planning too early . . . well, her friends and family members may be thoroughly sick of her by the time the wedding (or vow renewal) rolls around, lol.

    What to do in the meantime? Get ideas at the Knot.
    http://www.theknot.com/
    Check out the wedding checklist and budget calculator. They are on the left, under “planning tools.”

    But please remember that vow renewals are usually simple and elegant. They are not re-dos or do-over weddings. Many folks consider re-dos and do-overs inappropriate.

    Invitations could read:
    The honour of your presence
    is requested at the reaffirmation
    of the wedding vows of
    NAMES
    on DATE
    YEAR
    at TIME
    LOCATION
    ADDRESS

    At all the vow renewals I have attended . . .
    Each took place at the couple’s place of worship, immediately following a regular worship service. They were brief ceremonies.

    Each bride had only one attendant. Each groom had only one attendant.

    Some brides dressed more formally than others, but none wore wedding gowns or veils.

    The brides and their attendants either carried small bouquets or wore corsages. The grooms and their attendants wore dark suits and bouts.

    All couples followed the brief ceremony with either a luncheon or a party in their own home.

    May not be what you are envisioning, but re-dos are inappropriate.

  7. Lauren B says:

    first with the colours, I think teal and chocolate brown would look really classy.
    with planning the wedding, you should book the venue as soon as you know the date you want. popular places can book up years in advance. everything else can wait until around 6 months before the big day.
    good luck!

  8. Tressa says:

    Will i am a wedding planner and it depends on how slow you are with getting things done, if it takes you a long time and you have no help then i’ll say a year in a half , but if you have the help that you will need then 10 mouths to a year its going to take a while just not as long as you think it will, if you have never planned a wedding then get some help so things can run smooth.

    as you know that the tiffany’s box is teal and chocolate brown. lovely

    but teal and white can be lovely as well you’ll just have to know how to put them together
    god bless

  9. Issy B says:

    Hey, Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding!

    If you take a look at http://www.bookyourwedding.co.uk under ‘Planning Info’ then ‘Wedding Countdown’

    It gives you lots of info on when to do what in the months leading upto your wedding day.

    Hope this helps and good luck!

    Issy