Wedding Day Recommendations: Top Ten Details To Recall

Color Coordinate--If you're unable to find inspiring floral designs even after all that browsing, begin with a color scheme. For example, daisies or pansies would be far too casual for a white tie and tails wedding. If you are planning a fall wedding, begin thinking in terms of rich, earthy colors, such as amber, burgundy, and rust. Wedding gowns come in many shades of pale, from pure white to ecru, so don't just describe you wedding dress. If you are petite, have your florist design a bouquet that complements, rather than overpowers, your size. Devote a little time to reading up on wedding traditions--perhaps in different cultures, especially if that will lend something particularly appropriate to the ceremony. One Memento, Please--Would you prefer to keep your wedding bouquet as a memento, rather than toss it away?

Wedding Flowers and Arrangements-Best Advice from the Experts

As a professional wedding photographer, I've seen my share of problem weddings that only add to the ever-present wedding stress.

Planning a wedding is serious business, especially if you have out-of-town guests to worry about and little children to keep an eye on. Here are ten wedding day tips to keep you upbeat - and stress-free - on your special day!

Avoid Wedding Stress with These Ten Wedding Day Tips

#4 - Don't forget to eat before and during the wedding: Number four on this list of wedding day tips is incredibly important. Talk about wedding stress!

#6 - Make sure your bridal party knows to come early: Every photographer's nightmare - and a major wedding stress inducer - is a scattered, mismanaged bridal party. One of the most helpful wedding day tips is to stock a basket for your guests - perhaps decorated with ribbons in your wedding colors - with floss, tampons (for the ladies), gum, lotion, sanitizer, mouthwash, and safety pins for each of the men's and women's restrooms.

If you choose to have children at your wedding, so be it. They'll need a little entertainment though if you want to keep wedding stress at bay.

#10 - Create a menu for guests to peruse: Number 10 on this list of wedding day tips isn't hard to do, but gives your guests an idea of what kind of food will be served.

Preparation Fights Wedding Stress

Planning ahead of time is the only way to keep wedding stress at bay. Combat potential disasters - and that annoying wedding stress - with these ten essential wedding day tips, and have the time of your life!