Wedding mornings are the BEST! You’re with your best friends and family, getting ready to see your groom, and anticipate finally becoming husband and wife in just a few hours!! It’s one of my favourite times on a wedding day to get to show up, experience the excitement, and then begin photographing your details!!
Getting a timeline for the morning of your wedding is crucial to ensure you aren’t stressed and don’t feel rushed. Every bride wants her and her bridal party to look amazing, especially in photos and videos. Follow these tips to make sure the morning of your wedding is stress-free, mindful, and fun!
WHY HAVING A WEDDING DAY GETTING READY SPACE IS IMPORTANT
The second you wake up on your wedding day, there’s a million things to do. To add to that, chances are the people you need probably won’t all be with you already. And when they do get there, everyone’s asking you questions, you keep asking yourself if you remembered everything, and you’re trying to stick to your plan and make sure everyone else does, too. This can lead to a little bit of chaos and a little bit of stress.
So it’s pretty advantageous to have a designated getting ready space, separate from the chaos, if only for a little while. A space for you + your people to feel the emotions and take a breather and get those outfits on. A place for you to have a moment, separate from everything else.
Even if you are getting ready space is just one room in a house or one part of your hotel room, the effect is the same: you’ll be grateful for that little bit of space you set aside to start your day off right.
TIPS FOR A CALM WEDDING MORNING
1. Get A Good Night’s Sleep
Getting a full night’s rest will have you feeling so refreshed, ready and excited when you wake up in the morning.
2. Lay out all of your accessories the night before.
Keep everything together! Chances are, there will be a lot of moving around on your wedding day, with all of your stuff getting mixed in with everyone else’s stuff and next thing you know, you can’t remember where you put your shoes. I like to tell my brides to keep everything together in a shoe box, that way it all stays together with the dress! Your garter, shoes, jewellery, hair accessories, that way you don’t have to worry about tracking anything down.
3. Don’t Forget to Eat
Your stomach might be flittering with nerves, emotions, butterflies and feelings, and your appetite may be nonexistent, but you’re about to be on your feet for a while — it’s really important to eat something and drink water before your day.
Foods that are hand-friendly — like muffins, bagels, fruits — are cool because they lessen the need for utensils and dishware!
4. It’s all about that ~ambience~
There are plenty of ways to calm your senses, but I find that music and calming fragrances work like magic. Having some of your favourite hype-up songs playing while you and your fave people get ready puts you in a good mood and distracts your mind a little. Having some candles burning or some other scent helps too, with the added bonus of bringing you right back to that moment every time you’re near that smell in the future. Ambience is underrated, but so worth it and simple to make happen.
4. Designate someone to handle your phone.
The last thing you should be doing on the morning of your wedding is texting people to coordinate things or replying to emails or stressing about instagram. Designate a bridal party member to be in charge of your phone so you don’t lose it, and let them handle the people who are trying to reach you
Crank the music
It’s not a real party without a killer playlist. Pumping the tunes during your wedding prep will create a great atmosphere and get everyone in a celebratory mood! Upbeat hits are the perfect remedy for any pre-wedding jitters.
THE ‘BIG REVEAL’
Make sure to allow your photographer to capture the reactions of friends and family seeing you in your dress for the very first time. These pictures will evoke fantastic memories from the day. Also, these pictures will remind you exactly how you felt during this emotional and exciting time
HANG YOUR DRESS
If you have space, hang your dress somewhere nice before you are ready to put it on. That way, your photographer can get shots of the bridal preparations with the dress in the background. This really helps to tell the story and gives context to the photos. Plus, it’s nicer than just a shot of the dress on its own.
THE LITTLE DETAILS
If you particularly want pictures of your bridal shoes, jewellery, bridesmaids dresses, rings, or anything else, then make sure to have them ready for your photographer. These are shots they will want to get early on – leaving you time for the all-important pre-wedding preparations. You wouldn’t want to miss capturing your Dad’s reaction to seeing you in your dress just to get a picture of your shoes!
