Wedding Plan

Posted on | March 20, 2010 |

So you’ve finally become engaged and you are excited to plan the wedding. Most people jump right in and start picking out halls and booking the date to get what they want. While it is great that you want to get a lot accomplished as quickly as possible, you need to take a breath and figure out your most important things first.

I am huge on making lists so you might as well go out and get yourself a binder, loose leaf notepaper and a notebook or two. If you can include a calendar or day planner that you can write important dates in that would really be great to do. I highly recommend organizing yourself from the beginning, it will make your life so much easier. While you are at it, get some page dividers with tabs and some pockets to hold paper that might not have holes or be standard size. You will find it very convenient to have all your paperwork and notes together.

As you are deciding on each part of your wedding you want to make a space in your new planner for it, no matter how small a detail it is. Use the tab dividers to make categories that you will be referring to often, like the food to be served or the guest list. Use the notebook (get one that can be inserted into the binder) for little notes, things you might think are no big deal. While you may not always want to refer to it, you will be very happy that you wrote things down if you decide later that you want the information.

By little things I mean websites you might be glancing at or an idea for favors that you come across. Try to write down notes in your categories if you can, but that’s not always easy or convenient. Just write all your miscellaneous items down in the same spot and you will be able to find them when you need them.

There are so many things we will eventually be covering, but for now lest just start with a few of the important ones. I’ll list them now so you can start to set up your binder and we will start to address them in part 2 of this post. The top 5 things you should figure out first are: