Wedding timing, what's your plans??

Couple of things.....if your hair and make up are being done before 10am, and you're not putting your dress on until you get to your Nan's, you want to make sure that your "getting ready" photos that you say you are doing between 10 and 11, actually have an element of "getting ready" to them! If your hair and make up is already done, and you're just sitting around in your PJs waiting to leave, there won't be a great deal of "getting ready" at that time to take pictures of!

Also, I would push the first dance back a little to ensure that your evening guests are there - 7 for 7.30 is quite early, and you will want to greet them so they can ooh and aah over your dress etc when they arrive rather than have them rush straight to the dance floor to see your first dance, or to have them miss it completely!

It will, of course, all run fine on the day!

Hi, I agree with Kimiu, but my main concern is the evening buffet at 10pm, personally I think this is very late to be having it laid out. I mean I know your main guests probably won't be interested in it until later on, but your evening guests will probably be expecting it not too soon after arriving.

Personally looking at your timing, I would have it laid out as you are doing the sparklers.

My getting ready pictures I'm thinking of just getting the last detail of putting make up on like lip glos or last curl in my hair or what ever I'm having done to it etc same with the girls Just catching the last bits. Then a few of us in the bed jumping on the bed my jewelry and shoes drinking champagne giving the girls their gifts and cards etc. is that enough getting ready stuff or would I need more? I will get pictures of the dresses up at my Nan's before we finally put them on.

yes looking at the first dance I think that's probably a little to soon for evening guests.

oops lol I thought I did put evening buffet out for 9pm not ten lol. I was doing this at half two this morning I just could not get to sleep.

This will all probably change throughout the year. But definitely makes me excited. I can see it more clearly going through the timeline.

Personally, I would want the TOG there for more of the main hair and make up stuff - this gives more chance of getting "unstaged" photos, which are often the best, especially if you are concentrating on what the hairdresser and MUA are doing, rather than "trying" to look natural while you put your lip gloss on, if that makes sense. Also, if you want the fun stuff, your TOG, if they are any good will be able to capture each of you as you laugh at each others' hair in curlers, etc...I've seen some really lovely photos done like this, that you would expect to be rubbish, as you're not all made up and ready to go, but in fact, they show the true importance of you girls all being together on your last morning before you get wed, type of thing!

Also, have you arranged for your hair and make up to be done at those times - when I actually spoke to the people doing mine, their timings were quite different to the ones I expected. But of course, they know what they are doing so I have gone with their timings, and simply asked the TOG to be there at the same time.

Plus, you may find that there are perfect opportunities to give the girls their gifts etc, on the day, but that the TOG isn't there to capture it! Surely it would be better to have the TOG there and ready to snap at any appropriate opportunity rather than to say "ooh, that would have been a perfect moment but I'd better wait until 10.30, so it can be pictured" or to end up trying too hard in that last hour, and have grimacing faces as you rush around last minute, when an hour or two earlier, you were relaxed and incredibly photogenic!

That sort of thing.....!!

It is nice to have an idea of what will happen, when, but don't get too hung up on it at this stage....it WILL all flow nicely on the day, and you don't want to get too stressed about moving something 10 minutes up or down the list right now, otherwise you will be all Timescaled out before you know it!!

Just to add to other comments, I would definitely leave more than 15 minutes for speeches - at least half an hour, depending on how many you are having talk.

Yes sorry thought I left half hour for speaches, I don't think I will be writing up our final timeline at 3am lol. I think I may just stay at mine the night have a shower and go to my Nan's first thing in the morning. I think it will save time etc and the tog can just pop out to take pictures of the church and groom etc. I think it makes much more sense that way.