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We all know how stress can mount up on your wedding day. Here are a few tips for you to alleviate the stress and enjoy the day that you've prepared for all of your life.

CO-ORDINATOR
If you don't have a wedding coordinator, then appoint a close relative or friend who is NOT in the bridal party to be the liaison between vendors and the bridal party. Having this person accessible to vendors will alleviate the stressful situations that can arise when the bride is being pulled in all different directions.

For example, photographers will need to go to that person to get the bridal party and family gathered for contracted images. It makes it very simple for vendors to funnel requests and inquiries to that particular person during the ceremony, reception and in between.

PREPARATION
Being prepared is an integral part of reducing stress. This can encompass many things, from a wedding-day run-through (including driving from ceremony to reception hall) to physically measuring the venue for vendor placement and certain table arrangements, depending on how detailed you want to get.

Take the time beforehand to plan where vendors will set up, where the guest book will go, where the cake and gift tables will be and who will take care of these items. Also have your schedule given to each vendor so they will know in what order various items will occur. It is also very important that the photographer and the music director/DJ have each other's numbers and cards to co-ordinate the timing of events.

Write everything down. This is essential to having your plan followed. Give this to all vendors and whomever would be the designated co-ordinator.

FOOD AND WATER
While this may be a no-brainer, it is pretty common where the bride forgets to eat and drink water on her wedding day, and then suffers from being faint, or dehydrated during the ceremony. Set aside some time with the bridesmaids or close family to eat a small meal or some vegetables before the ceremony.

EMERGENCY KIT
There are always things that arise that may need quick attention. A run in the hose, a chip in the nail polish, a certain strand of hair behaving badly, broken heel on a shoe, etc. It is a good idea to have duplicate hose, nail polish and acoutrements, super glue, acetaminophen or ibuprofen, antacid, hair spray, mints, make-up and other things on hand to quickly fix what needs fixing and soothe what needs soothing, rather than having to stress over how you are going to cope with whatever went wrong.

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