“If you are doing ANY DIY projects for your wedding (invites, signage, place cards, centrepieces, etc) start planning them as early as possible. Find your Pinterest info, start buying your supplies, do a mock up of how you want things and then start crafting early. It will save you so much stress and anxiety as the wedding gets closer. Use the ‘wedding planning lull’ to your advantage! I found this came after booking all our ‘big ticket vendors’ up until around 6-9 months before the wedding date. You kind of think ‘well that was easy – now what?’ – USE the time to start planning for all the little things. If you have your DIY handled then you won’t feel so overwhelmed when you start getting hit with vendor questionnaire, confirmation requests, final meetings, etc as the wedding draws nearer. There is no such thing as ‘too early’ to start in your projects – make the envelopes, buy the cardstock, source the paint and get things rolling.

Also some words of wisdom from one of my amazing vendors (thanks Jim) – this is YOUR wedding day – do what YOU want to do. There is no set way things have to run – if you want your drink bottle at the altar coz you’re gonna get dry mouth by the time you get to the vows then you go ahead and have your drink bottle! If you need a 5 minute break from photos to take a moment – you take your damn moment!”