There are so many things that a bride must consider in the planning of her wedding, it is easy to get "lost!" Throughout the planning process I made list after list to keep me on task. I made my daily list, weekly list and overall list. My overall list was the general wedding check list. It covered the major topics of DJ, Venue/Reception site, ceremony site, photographer, dress, bridesmaid dresses etc. My list looked a lot like the one that came in my wedding planner binder (courtesy of my best-friend & Bridesmaid JennC)!
Each week I would sit down with Mike and would make a list of things we had to get done and when they had to get done by! This was a little more detailed than the overall list. And on my days dedicated to wedding planning and activities I would make a list of things I wanted to get done that day. Now, you might be thinking that I had a lot of lists going and that the list making alone might get overwhelming, and I suppose it could have. But instead, it helped me stay on task.
I had just about 5 months to the day to plan my wedding once we booked the venue, so we had to stay on task. Add to this working on my Master's degree, babysitting 3 girls (my adorable flower girls, ages 2, 4, 7), and working part time, I needed my lists so I didn't lose my mind!
So here is my list of things I will try to cover throughout my blog entries:
- Flowers
- Venue
- Dress
- DJ
- Photographer
- Invitations
- Limo
- Wedding Party
- misc.
If you have any other ideas, feel free to leave a comment and I will get to that too!
