The happiest day of your life can also be one of the most stressful. For most Houston brides, wedding-day anxiety is not of the big-picture variety—Is he really the one? Am I ready for this?—but a result of minor glitches: a fussy bustle, chipped nail polish, a lost contact lens. One of the best ways to avoid these sorts of mishaps is by making sure you have a well-stocked wedding day survival kit at your side on your big day.
A week or two before your wedding, print out your kit list and get everything on it; almost all of the items will be available at your local drugstore. Organize items by category, pack smaller items in labeled Ziploc bags for easier access and assemble your kit in a roomy tote bag with plenty of compartments (a diaper bag makes a great survival kit holder!).
Every wedding day survival kit should contain the following:
BEAUTY
All your wedding makeup (if your makeup is being done professionally, make sure you have all of the products the makeup artist is using, in order to do touchups prior to photos; refresh makeup before you cut the cake, as this is one of your biggest photo ops)
- Hair spray
- Nail polish
- Nail glue
- Bobby pins
- Oil blotting papers
- Q-tips
- Tissues
- Mirror
CLOTHING
- Safety pins
- Sewing kit
- Clear nail polish
- Stain remover (brides and wedding pros swear by white chalk or Clorox wipes to erase stains on white wedding gowns)
- Masking tape (perfect for quickly mending dropped hems)
- Extra stockings
PHARMACY
- Non-aspirin pain reliever
- Tums or other antacid tablets
- Any medication you might need
- Extra contact lenses and lens solution
- Feminine protection
- Deodorant
- Hand sanitizer
- Breath mints
- Band-Aid Blister Block
EVERYTHING ELSE
- Pen and paper
- Batteries for cameras
- Vendor contact list (ask your coordinator to provide one—include taxi companies)
- Cell phone (to phone taxis, track down a missing vendor or a temporarily misplaced coordinator)
- Copy of your vows
- Wedding license
- Rings
Make sure your survival kit comes with you to your ceremony site AND your reception site (you may want to entrust your planner or maid of honor with this responsibility). And, speaking of your maid(s), you may want to pack a few extra…well, just about everything, to make sure your wedding party is as prepped, primped and in perfect wedding day form as you are.
Practical advice… Thanks for the tip… 😀