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ALL WBC brides that have had your wedding...

Wow...What a day/week it was. We did EVERYTHING!!! With the help of a few others that came through at the venue. Luckily, I chose a hairstyle that was not complicated and being held up at the beauty salon all day. I decided on a natural draw back, slick ponytail (up) with a Tiffany style foo-foo do wig. So easy it was and it was beautiful. I had so many compliments on it and they thought that I was in the hair shop all morning. LOL  You might want to really consider easy styles for your girls as well. Our daughters were our wedding party and they had beautiful curls and rhinestone pins inside. WIGS! No one knew, honestly!  Makeup I did myself, but I ran out of time from the decorating etc., so I forgot the false eyelashes. I threw on some foundation and mascera and called it a day. So, prepping myself, it took a whopping 20 minutes!  Believe it....This is while our guests were nibbling on appetizers and bar drinks with mingling.

We had our hair and make up done before we went to the venue.  Started at 8 am and we were all done (7 girls+1 FG) by noon.  Headed out at 1 pm.  They set up the venue from 2 -3:30 pm.  The ceremony began promptly at 4 pm.

We only had 2 hours prior to the ceremony to set up and it was very rushed, but the girls did a awesome job.  My BM's, hostesses and the coordinator did all of the set up.  They made me step away from the reception room and sent me back to my bridal suite.  I had to be reminded that I was the Bride.  I sat in the suite with my mom, MIL, and my 1st cousin.  I had prepared checklists, diagrams, and descriptions of the way everything was to be set up and they followed it exactly.

I did assign cut off times for them to stop working and get dressed.  The hostess dressed at 2:50.  We assumed guests would start arriving around 3:15.  The BM's dressed at 3:30.   I sat around looking pretty until about 15 min before I walked down the aisle.

Tip #1:  Have all of the girls arrive with hair and makeup complete.  After set up they can but on their dresses and shoes, and touch hair and make up.

Tip #2:  Make a checklist of items to take with you, then bag those up.  Put the items in the car the morning of the wedding or at least place the bags at the door.   This will ease your nerves about forgetting something.

Tip #3:  If they venue will allow you to set up the night before please do it.  You can have the entire wedding party to lend a helping hand for about 2 hours.  This will also make the wedding so much less stressful.

It will work out try not to be too stressed!  Best Wishes!

try to get hair done early as possible so you have time to relax! I think we didnt make our appointment early enough and we were rushing like crazy to get dressed !

We had a day of wedding planner so she took care of all the details of making sure that everything was set for the ceremony and reception site. Both the wedding and the reception was at the same location.
(I highly recommend hiring a day of coordinator)

I arrived at the ceremony site at 12:45

I scheduled my makeup artist and hairstylist  for 1:00 and thank god they both arrived on time. (The wedding was at 5).

My attendants I scheduled them to get there at 3pm. they all were to bring there dresses and get dressed at the site. (suprisingly,everyone was on time)

We were all dressed by 4 and ready for pre-wedding pictures.