Wedding Planner Wedding Overview

Wedding Style

There are several components to your choice of wedding style with the final focus being how you choose to celebrate this special day. You need to consider budget, type of wedding formality, where the ceremony and the reception are to be held, the number of guests, and finally whose paying for your wedding.

The People in your Wedding Party

  • Maid/Matron of Honour
  • Bridesmaids
  • Best Man
  • Ushers/Groomsmen
  • Flower Girl
  • Ring Bearer
  • Father of the Bride
  • Mother of the Bride

Duties of the Bridal Party

Maid/Matron of Honour

  • Helps you with addressing and stuffing envelopes
  • Keeps a gift record at the shower
  • Arranges bridal shower
  • Pays for her own wedding attire
  • Helps the bride arrange her train and veil at the alter
  • Holds the groom's ring until the appropriate point in the ceremony
  • Signs the wedding certificate
  • Stands in the receiving line
  • Helps the bride change her clothes after the reception
  • Takes charge of the brides gown after the wedding
  • Is the bride's best friend through all the good and bad

Bridesmaids

  • Pay for their own wedding attire
  • Helps with the bridal shower
  • Helps dress the bride before the ceremony
  • Stands in receiving line

Best Man

  • Organizes the bachelor party
  • Rents or purchases his own formalwear
  • Drives the groom to the ceremony
  • Holds the brides ring until the appropriate point in the ceremony
  • Gives payment check to the officiant either just before or after the ceremony
  • Returns the groom's attire (if rented)

Ushers/Groomsmen

  • Rent or purchase their own formalwear
  • Arrive at the wedding location early to assist with set-up
  • Ushers escort guests to their seats
  • Ushers roll out aisle runner immediately before the processional
  • Help decorate newlywed's car

Flower Girl

  • Is the last person down the aisle before the bride
  • Tosses flower petals down the aisle

Ring Bearer

  • The ring bearer proceeds the flower girl in the procession
  • The ring bearer carries the rings down the aisle on the pillow (usually the rings are fake and the maid of honor and best man carry the real rings)

Father of the Bride

  • Proudly walks his little girl down the aisle
  • Wonders how he is going to pay for the wedding

Mother of the Bride

  • Helps the bride choose her gown
  • Helps the bride select bridesmaids attire
  • Co-ordinates her own attire with the mother of the groom
  • Works with the groom's family to assemble a guest list and seating plan
  • Helps address, stuff and mail invitations
  • Helps with bridal showers
  • Stands at the beginning of the receiving line
  • Assists the bride with all the arrangements and details of the entire day
  • Provides invaluable emotional support