I'm stressing out!

I've been reading all these posts about girls getting married in the evening and worrying about times to finish getting ready. I'm getting married at 11:30 in the morning at our RH and now I don't know what time I should be ready by!!! Some girls are saying they're getting to the ceremony location an hour early....Some people do pictures beforehand...some make up takes HOURS to do! We have to take our pictures before the ceremony (they have access to a private beach) because there is a wedding right after ours. I have 5 bridesmaids, plus myself, who need hair and make up done.
Anyone else doing an early ceremony?? How do you figure all this out?? Must we wake up at 5 am on our wedding day?!

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Posted by branflake1229

I've been reading all these posts about girls getting married in the evening and worrying about times to finish getting ready. I'm getting married at 11:30 in the morning at our RH and now I don't know what time I should be ready by!!! Some girls are saying they're getting to the ceremony location an hour early....Some people do pictures beforehand...some make up takes HOURS to do! We have to take our pictures before the ceremony (they have access to a private beach) because there is a wedding right after ours. I have 5 bridesmaids, plus myself, who need hair and make up done.
Anyone else doing an early ceremony?? How do you figure all this out?? Must we wake up at 5 am on our wedding day?!

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This may not be what you want to hear, but this was our wedding day timeline:

4:45-5am bridesmaids, hair, and makeup arrive at my house

5-8am hair and makeup done at my house (2 hair girls, 2 makeup girls); BMs put dresses on

8:15am limo takes me/BMs to hall; my parents drive with my dress and a few other things

8:45am arrive at hall where flowers and photographer were waiting, begin 'getting ready' pictures and dress, shoes, etc shots.

9am - 9:45am see DH for the first time, pictures with DH

9:45-11:10ish pictures with family, bridal party

11:15am sign ketubah in bridal suite, get ready for ceremony

11:30-12 ceremony

12-1 CH (we stayed in the bridal suite for the first half, then came down for the second half)

1-5 reception

5:30-10:30ish afterparty (my parents made us leave at 10:30 and drove us to our hotel, where we opened our gifts, etc) but our friends stayed there even later

we did get up early, but we wanted time for pictures before the ceremony and didnt want to be rushed.

Yeah, that's not what I wanted to hear But that actually did help a lot, so thank you! 4:45 am wake up call it is!

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Posted by branflake1229

Yeah, that's not what I wanted to hear But that actually did help a lot, so thank you! 4:45 am wake up call it is!

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geese thats early....