6 months before
* Decide upon a wedding date. * Decide on your budget. * If you are getting married in mosque need to ask the imam.* Go to marriage course. * Decide on the number of guests and make a list -
* Book the caterer* Book tukang kompang, PA system, entertainment.* Book the photographer & videographer. * Order the cake* Start looking for your wedding dress. Decide whether you want it handmade, a designer or ‘off the peg’ dress.* Decide in your bridesmaids and ushers.
* Decide on your ‘Best Man’.
* Confirm all bookings in writing.
* Start doing regular beauty maintenance - Facials, brow threading, hair treatment
5 Months before
* Choose the wedding attire for the groom, best man, bridesmaids, fathers, mothers and ushers.
* Choose the brides and grooms wedding rings.
* Order your wedding favours and hantaran.* Order the wedding invitations and other stationery.4 Months before
* Go to a beauty salon and have a makeover.
* Book a beautician for your wedding day, if required.* Prepare all the doorgifts.* Prepare bridal bedroom decor.
3 Months before
* Send out the wedding invites.
1 month before
* Arrange for a final fitting of your wedding dress.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the canopy people and road closing.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the caterer.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the photographer and videographer.
* Telephone any guests who have not yet responded to your invitation.
* Organise a date when you can pick up you’re wedding outfits.
7 Days before
* Wear-in your wedding shoes. Its will give brides who are not used to walking in high heels a chance to practice.
* Organise with a close friend to have an emergency wedding kit, just for the bride, containing makeup and a repair kit for the wedding dress, so you can be ready for any minor hiccups through the day.