Wedding Timeline Builder Worksheet (Page 2 of 5) in pdf

Build It: Creating a Timeline the Easy Way-WITH FIRST LOOK

Use the questions above to help you build below. If you are unsure about first look or no first look, you can run it both ways

and see what works! We work forwards and backwards from your ceremony time.

A. Fill in your ceremony start time: _________

B. Go back thirty minutes from the start time to account for getting set up and seating guests: _________

C. To account for alternate locations, if any, put the answer to #8 above here: _______ minutes.

Go back that amount of time from B and write the new time here: ____________

D. Go back an hour from the time written above in C to account for the first look, bridal party photos, and bride and

groom images. ____________

Check this against the answer to #1, making sure you are not starting your photos when the sun is already down.

E. To account for travel from prep location to ceremony, put the answer to question #6 here: _______minutes.

Go back that amount of time from the time written in D.

____________

F. Go back an hour from the time you wrote in E to account for the bride, bridesmaids' and bride's immediate family

portraits. _______

G. To account for travel between bride and groom's prep locations, put the answer to #5 here: ________ minutes. Go

back that amount of time from the answer to F. _____________

H. Go back an hour from the time you wrote in G to account for the groom's prep, formals, groomsmen, and groom's

immediate family portraits. _______

I. To account for travel between bride and groom's prep locations, put the answer to #5 here: ________ minutes. Go

back that amount of time from the answer to H. _____________

J. Go back ninety minutes from I to account for photographs of prep and details. _____________

K. If you are using a salon instead of on-location hair and makeup, put the answer to #10 here: ____ minutes.

Go back that many minutes from the answer to J to account for travel. __________

L. For on location hair and makeup, go back thirty minutes from F to determine the time you should tell hair and

makeup you need to be complete ______________. For brides going to a salon, go back thirty minutes from K to

determine the time you should tell hair and makeup you need to be complete _____________.

M. To account for your ceremony length, put the answer to #11 here: ______ minutes.

Go forward that much time from your ceremony start time (A.) here: _______

N. To account for a receiving line, if any, put the answer to #3 here: ________ minutes.

Go forward that much time from M. ________

O. To account for a ceremony exit, fill in the answer to #4 above: ________ minutes.

Go forward that amount of time from N. __________

P. To account for family portraits, fill in the answer to #9 above: ________minutes.

Go forward that amount of time from O. _______

Q. To account for travel from ceremony to reception, fill in the answer to #7 here: ________ minutes.

Go forward that amount of time from P. __________ This is the earliest you will arrive at the reception.

R. Go forward two to three hours from Q. __________ This is generally when photography will end, so you can plan

your reception schedule accordingly!

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