Wedding and bachelorette shirt orders have a specific personality: small quantities, a hard date that can't move, and usually someone joining the group chat with sizing information two weeks later than everyone else.
Order the blanks and design separately if the group isn't finalized
If the guest list or bridal party is still shifting, it's reasonable to lock in the design and get a quote while leaving quantity flexible until closer to the date — most Indianapolis shops can accommodate a rough estimate now and a firm count 2-3 weeks out without re-quoting from scratch.
Personalized names add real production time
A single design printed on 10 identical shirts is a fast job. Ten shirts with 10 different names swapped in is closer to 10 small individual jobs stitched together on the shop's end, even though it doesn't feel that different to order. Ask directly whether personalization adds to turnaround time, not just to price.
DTF and DTG are usually the right call here
Given the typical size of these orders (well under screen printing's economical range), DTF or DTG almost always comes out ahead on price and doesn't require committing to one ink color across the whole group.
Build in a buffer before the actual event
Aim to have shirts in hand at least a few days before they're needed, not the morning of. This isn't about distrust in the shop — it's that the day before a wedding is a bad day to discover a sizing mix-up with time to do anything about it.