Hi, and congratulations on the wedding day!! As im sure other posts and other brides will agree, its never too early! if you find the ONE you want (in whatever you are looking for) then you go for it. Some brides have bought their dresses a year in advance!!
Advise wise, dress should be ordered at least 9-12 months before as can take a good 6 months to make etc & depending what time of year it is for making time frame, then need at least 3months before for fittings / alterations.

Venues, Photographer, etc you should be looking at in the next few months and booking sooner rather than later - maybe not just yet - but again depends what time of year you are planning on marrying as can determine how far in advance to book. They get booked up a good 9-12 months in advance as well so need to start researching. We booked our venue in June for May next year, and when we put deposit down they'd had another 3 enquiries for same day so can build up, but May is a very busy wedding month!
Same for photographer, we booked 2 weeks ago but that was after 4 others were unable to do our date.

I've just recently started researching for flowers and cake. One florist said when you know what you want and have found the florist you want then why wait, if you don't know what you want then yes wait but once you know you may as well book and get it ticked off!
I've started enquiring about stationery too - im not arty/crafty enough to do my own, and I emailed someone yesterday who's fully booked right up till march already!

Then again, some people on here are doing theirs under 8 or 6 months so I guess anytime really.
My OH reckons it can all be done with 1 month to go, so sometimes men aren't the best for advice really!

Not sure if any of that helps, but see what other B2B say too! xx

Hiya,

I bought my wedding dress in April 2011 and we get married on 29 Sept. WE then started looking into bits and bats and venues etc.

I found it (almost!) stress free taking our time over it all!

Deffo never too early! Spreading the cost is the best thing as you'll find other things crop up over time. xx

Never too early. Things like BM dresses I would wait til closer because people change shape and size but stuff like silk flowers, venue, photographer you might as well get done now. Saves stressing about it closer to the date.

we set our date 18 months ago and we decided to get everything booked as we could save money by getting fixed prices, we decided not to buy anything else until 15 months to go but that was only my dress etc. I really started buying centre pieces etc with 12 months to go so that i was spreading the costs

i started looking at things once we got engaged a year ago and the wedding is 2 years away andi have bought/booked so far, church, recpetion venue, cake, dress, shoes, favour bags etc. spreading the costs and plus iv managed to secure some bargains

Thank you everyone :):) Got my venue booked and meeting with one photographer I like but now have a much better Idea of when I'm going to do things, I'm also going to but one little thing per month (cake topper, guest book ect) and hopefully have it all sorted and can have a few months before the wedding doing nothing :):)

I started booking & buying things at 16months to go. I put the 1st payment for my dress in March. going back in october to try it on again and measure me to order it. im getting married in the July next year.

When we looked at our 1st venue, we had the last saturday available in the July, June was already fully booked.

Xxx

It's never ever too early. We booked everything 3 years in advance. It's been easier to pay off monthly that way. As regards to my dress, I have had mine bought, paid for and stored in my mams house since last April...18 months before my big day. I just took it back to be altered.

Get booking!xx

I would start buying as and when you feel like, I certainly have been xx

Thanks SamanthaP91.... Just read through it all and it's helped alot... Think I am just overly excited!! Just don't want the time to pass me by so quickly and I have nothing organised. Thats why I want to start now xx

It's never to early to buy things. It will also help you to see how your theme/colour scheme will come together. Plus if you change your mind, you can always sell something on the well known auction site.