I know I want purple, but what if my girls try on purple & I hate it. I'm thinking I should wait before I do anything else to be sure I have the right theme/color going. Correct?
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i would do flowers first because i think the flowers really set the tone for the reception and can help narrow done color choice for bridesmaid dresses
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Imo, it's flowers, BM dresses, invites, favors.
I would finish booking all of my major vendors first and then go on to the other things. Depending on who you want to use for invites their could be a wait list.
Also, new BM dress styles will still be coming out so keep that in mind too.
Favors i think should be the last to worry about out of these 4.
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Posted by AdriandSteve
Imo, it's flowers, BM dresses, invites, favors.
I would finish booking all of my major vendors first and then go on to the other things. Depending on who you want to use for invites their could be a wait list.
Also, new BM dress styles will still be coming out so keep that in mind too.
Favors i think should be the last to worry about out of these 4.
this...book a florist, he will tell you to come in later on closer to the wedding to finalize your color scheme.
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i agree florist first. plus this gives you time to budget and set money away for how much you need to spend on them...
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wow i did this backwards i did dress colors & then flowers...
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omg i'm doing this all wrong. i thought the bridesmaids dress colors would dictate completely what kind of flowers i'm getting. hmmm.
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I thought this as well. I'm getting married June 1st and I want lavender but booking your big vendors does make sense.
Your right, we might like purple but once our bm's try on dresses we might hate it.
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omg i'm doing this all wrong. i thought the bridesmaids dress colors would dictate completely what kind of flowers i'm getting. hmmm.
it's not written anywhere that you need to follow a certain way. I'm doing the same thing & my idea is coming together beautifully!! I think no matter what order no one will change my mind for what I'm set on lol
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omg i'm doing this all wrong. i thought the bridesmaids dress colors would dictate completely what kind of flowers i'm getting. hmmm.
I'm doing it this way... dresses take more time to come in, flower orders don't have to be finalized till right before so I can change my mind as much as I want. I'm doing 1 - dresses 2 - invitations 3 - flowers 4 - favors
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If there is an order, I was way off. I already knew colors I wanted and had my invitations and dresses picked before we even booked the hall. I had to change my invites (they we're discontinued) but everything worked around the original colors.
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I don't think there is a set order to any of it. I can see booking a florist to have them in place and then get back to them with color choices/arrangements,etc. after you pick your BM dresses. I think that's the way i'm going to go....
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I picked my girls dresses then I did flowers.
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i would definitley do bm dresses b4 flowers......its good to bring the swatches to chose the perfect flowers that match
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I booked my florist first and picked cetnerpieces. Now that I have my BM swatch I am going to go back to work on bo-ks
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I guess there is no definite answer! sounds like half did one thing & the other half did another.
Thank you to everyone who responded
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Posted by Moonmist09
Posted by AdriandSteve
Imo, it's flowers, BM dresses, invites, favors.
I would finish booking all of my major vendors first and then go on to the other things. Depending on who you want to use for invites their could be a wait list.
Also, new BM dress styles will still be coming out so keep that in mind too.
Favors i think should be the last to worry about out of these 4.
this...book a florist, he will tell you to come in later on closer to the wedding to finalize your color scheme.
I agree... florist first. You want to be sure the florist you want is available on your date. While florists obviously can do more than one wedding a day, they don't want to overbook.
Bridesmaid dresses should be ordered 5-6 months before the wedding. If you wait too long, you may have to pay a rush fee.
Invitations should be viewed about 5 months before the wedding. This gives you enough time to select your invite, get a proof, and make necessary changes.
Favors all depend on what you want. I'm personally making a donation so that can wait. I would say favors can be done 1-2 months beforehand.
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Posted by MrsMikeyT
Posted by justnicethings
omg i'm doing this all wrong. i thought the bridesmaids dress colors would dictate completely what kind of flowers i'm getting. hmmm.
I'm doing it this way... dresses take more time to come in, flower orders don't have to be finalized till right before so I can change my mind as much as I want. I'm doing 1 - dresses 2 - invitations 3 - flowers 4 - favors
I did the above order too. Every florist I went to wanted a swatch of the BM's dresses.
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I picked the BM dresses first...I am now working on flowers...
