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St. Patrick's Day is all about green and the luck of the Irish. It's less than a month away. You may want to have a St. Patrick's Day wedding and need ideas of how to pull it off in such a short time frame. First and foremost, RELAX.

Relax because you have more than two weeks and almost anything can be done in two weeks unless it involves the government. To have a St. Patrick's Day wedding here is a list of things you will need for the wedding. The first thing you need for any wedding is a bride and groom so check with him too.

How to have a St. Patrick's Day Wedding:

1. Guest List – Every wedding needs a guest list. Even if you are eloping you will have to have witnesses. So do you want to have someone you know as the witness or leave it to chance with perfect strangers? If you want guests at your St. Patrick's Day wedding the first thing to do is to make a guest list with addresses so you can send invitations. Make sure to number the guests on the list so you know how many invitations to buy and send.

2. Colors – Every bride has special colors she wants to include in her wedding. Since this is a St. Patrick's Day Wedding, emerald green should be included. You have to choose the colors, let's say green and gold, before anything can be done. Once the colors are chosen you will be able to buy invitations to send to the people on your guest list. Colors can be substituted. If you don't want emerald green and gold, some type of green will be good for a St. Patrick's Day wedding.

3. Invitations – If your colors are emerald green and gold you may want to buy invitations with the emerald green and gold on the invitation. You can either have a gold paper with emerald green writing or maybe an emerald green border on a white card with gold writing. Any colors could be substituted for the invitations that are the colors of your wedding.

4. Place to have the wedding – You will need to have somewhere you can get married. Whether you want a church wedding or a wedding under the stars, you will need to reserve the area or place you would like to be married at on St. Patrick's Day. If you are planning a wedding on a budget you may want to check prices before a final decision is made. Remember it might be more inexpensive to have the wedding at your residence or your parents' residence. A friend or family member may even offer their property.

5. Decorations – Once you have a location for your St. Patrick's Day wedding then you can buy appropriate decorations. If it is outside you may want to have an arch. If you like balloons you can still tie them down if you are outside. If you are inside you won't need an arch. If you still like the idea of an arch by all means either buy or make one. You can decide on flowers and where to put them once you have chosen a location for your wedding. Make sure to map out your decorations so you don't go overboard and so you won't feel like you don't have enough. If it is easier for you put something where you want decorations to go even if it is a piece of paper until you decide what and how many decorations you are buying. Don't forget about the reception area.

6. Preacher/Notary – It will be a personal choice as to whether you want your officiator to be a preacher or a notary. You may have a notary that is a personal friend you would like to perform the ceremony at your St. Patrick's Day Wedding. Either person you choose will probably charge a small fee so be sure to ask up front about the cost.

7. Dresses – Wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses are fun to choose. For your wedding gown, if you are going traditional but want to include your St. Patrick's Day wedding colors, have gold and emerald green trim on the dress and veil. The flowers that the bride and bridesmaids carry should also be green and gold. For the bridesmaid dresses the emerald green will be beautiful and the maid and matron of honor can have gold dresses. The dresses will be lovely in the colors you have chosen or you can make a rainbow of all different colors on the bridesmaids. If you do that it may be pretty for the flower girl to throw gold coins instead of flowers.

8. Reception area – When you are planning on where to have your St. Patrick's Day wedding you also have to decide on where to have the reception. The reception can be held in the same location as your St. Patrick's Day wedding or in a different venue. Where ever you choose to have the reception you will want it convenient to the location of the wedding so your guests will be able to get there. Since you are having a St. Patrick's Day Wedding you may want to rent a Pub for your St. Patrick's Day wedding reception.

9. Decorations for the Reception – When purchasing decorations for your St. Patrick's Day Wedding don't forget to decorate the reception area. The decorations should be Irish themed like green clovers, a rainbow with a pot of gold, and green, green, green. An emerald fountain with gold coins on the bottom will be a nice touch for the reception area. If you are decorating on a budget and doing it yourself you can buy balloons and flowers to decorate with as well as draw a rainbow and put a bucket of “gold” at the end of it if your reception is going to be inside where you can hang a drawing.

10. Food – Food for your reception should be themed for St. Patrick's Day. You can find green juice easy enough. Hawaiian Punch has a Green Berry Rush for under $2 a gallon. For the other food, you will want to make a list of the food you are going to have. Whether you are making the food or if a cater is making it, someone can add green food coloring to the different dishes to have green food. This will be a St. Patrick's Day Wedding feast of green.

11. Music for the Reception – Don't forget the music for the reception. Choose the songs you want to have played or hire a DJ or band for the event.

12. Escape Route – Make sure to include an escape route after your St. Patrick's Day Wedding. You may want to have a green get away vehicle rented for your St. Patrick's Day wedding. You could also just “go green” and walk or even take a horse carriage away from the St. Patrick's Day wedding festivities.

13. Honeymoon Spot – When you are planning your St. Patrick's Day wedding remember to pick somewhere you want to go for your honey moon. If you have the money to stay with the St. Patrick's Day wedding theme, you should fly to Ireland. If not the next best thing is to ask for a green room at a local hotel. You won't care where you are at anyway since it is your honeymoon.