Your wedding day is approaching and you want to be excited, but are you overwhelmed and stressed thinking about possible wedding disasters? You’re not alone, many brides get nervous before their big day. In this article, you’ll learn about different wedding disasters, and how to navigate through them.
Read on to discover how to minimize and navigate through these wedding disasters, and still have an amazing day!
1. Officiant Where Are You
Your officiant is the person who marries you, so of course, you’ll want them to be the last person running late. The day before the wedding follow-up with your officiant and remind them when they need to be there. To be safe, have them arrive earlier than the requested time.
If it’s the day of your wedding and the officiant is late, don’t panic. More often than not, most wedding guests won’t know something is wrong unless you tell them. While waiting, have the entertainment or band play light music while waiting, and have staff pass out non-alcoholic drinks while guests socialize.
While they’re socializing, try reaching out to the officiant again and see where they are. As a back-up, try to reach out to another officiant if that one is running way behind.
2. Wedding Dress Disasters
If your wedding dress rips before the big day, no worries, you can go to your bridal shop or other bridal shops and they’ll have the tools necessary to sew, steam, or remove stains from it. If you spill your drink on your wedding dress, during your wedding day it’s best to prepare for this possibility.
Have a day of Emergency kit that contains a stain remover pen, club soda, white chalk, and anything else that will fight stains. Try to avoid colored drinks if possible to minimize any stains on your beautiful dress. If you do need to get a stain out don’t rub, just dab at the stain.
You can also keep a brooch with you and if a stain happens you can always pin that part of your dress back with it. Buying online is the most convenient way to prepare you dress. Visit Avery Austin for your dress and more tips for your wedding dress’ proper care.
3. Bad Weather
You were hoping for a day of warmth and sunshine, but the weather has other plans. If it’s a rainy day and you’re afraid pictures will be ruined, they won’t. Did you know that in many cultures if it rains on your wedding day it’s considered good luck?
If it does rain or snow, it’s best to plan ahead and see what your options are with your photographer. Ask if they have any pictures from less than perfect wedding days and how they handled it. Also, speak with the venue as well about plan B if it does rain and you happen to have an outdoor wedding.
If it’s a hot day, make sure to plan ahead and provide water bottles that the venue can place at each chair for guests.
Also, be sure to check out this list about how a rainy wedding day can actually improve your big day.
4. Wedding Photography Disasters
You feel great on your wedding day and are ready, but you look at the time, where’s your photographer? You give them a quick call and they say they’re sick and won’t be able to make it. To avoid this situation, speak with your photographer about what will happen if they’re sick or can’t make it.
Many photographers will have a replacement come if they can’t make it, so you’ll want to find a photographer who has that second option. The last thing you want is to be stranded on your wedding day with no photographer.
If it’s your big day and they say they can’t make it, ask them for numbers of other photographers they have and you can give them a call and see if they can come. If you’re out of options, you could always see if a friend or relative could take pictures.
5. Presentation
Before your wedding day, it’s important to go over everything the day prior by having the rehearsal at the venue so the wedding party knows what’s expected of them, and anyone else in the party.
Make sure to go over any small details ahead of time that aren’t mentioned in the rehearsal such as safe-keeping of the rings or how your bridesmaid handles your train. If you’re not sure how the train should be handled, ask at the bridal shop and then let your bridesmaids know.
Make sure before heading out that everyone’s questions are answered and that you feel comfortable that everyone will perform their duties well on the day of the wedding.
6. Wedding Day Makeup
It’s a good idea to do a trial with your makeup artist prior to your big day. You’ll want to make sure you like the makeup style she does before you get to your wedding day and wind up not liking it. Anything you want different you can also mention during the trial.
You might also want to consider trying out different makeup ideas with your bridesmaids before the big day just in case they’re getting their makeup done by your makeup artist and wind up not liking her work.
Wedding Disasters
In this article, you learned all about wedding disasters and how to navigate through them. Remember, you can make the best of any situation, and it’s best to prepare ahead of time for any disasters that could happen.
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