Best wedding organizer

alissakay7

So I'm trying to get organized for my wedding and wondering if anybody has any suggestions on wedding organizers they have purchased.  I've seen a couple online while looking and am looking for suggestions on what worked for you.  I know the knot has one online, but I'm more of a hands-on need to see everything in front of me kind of person. Thanks in advanced!

falsara

it kind of depends on if you like digital or if you are more of a paper person. 

If paper - I suggest a binder, you can even DIY one you just need dividers with pockets, and some print out templates. You can customize the templates for what you need and also you can keep any contracts and stuff.  you can just google DIY wedding organizers and wedding templates and just pick which ones you like.  

If you're a digital person this is the one I use on Google docs - Click this link----> Clicky  

Even if you use a digital one you might want a folder to keep any paper contracts and such in one place.

Hope these help

ETA:  the good thing about the digital one is that you can share it with your fiance' or anyone else is helping you plan so that you all have the most up to date info.

 

AddieCake

I made my own with a binder.

LabLove86

I'm with @AddieCake - mine that I have going is from an old binder, and I just bought some of those dividers that have pockets in them that I've found useful for pamphlets.

I also have a couple different spreadsheets going in excel - which you could do too (Budget and guest list are my big ones), and you can do a 'rough draft' print it out, cross things out and change it, then update in the computer and re-print as needed.

With my budget - I decided that spending money on an organizer when i have things I can do for "Free" at my disposal wasn't worth the cash. My organizer only cost me the price of the dividers, which I think was $3.49 at wal-mart

wandajune6

We had a spreadsheet with about 1001 tabs, plus a file folder for paper copies of those things that we thought we needed to keep. 

I'm not a big fan of paper. We had great intentions of doing everything on Google Doc for better sharing but we ended up using Excel and emailing things around. I prefer Excel's usability, though Google Docs should be good enough for most non-neurotic spreadsheet lovers.

Knottie62225317

falsara said:

it kind of depends on if you like digital or if you are more of a paper person. 

If paper - I suggest a binder, you can even DIY one you just need dividers with pockets, and some print out templates. You can customize the templates for what you need and also you can keep any contracts and stuff.  you can just google DIY wedding organizers and wedding templates and just pick which ones you like.  

If you're a digital person this is the one I use on Google docs - Click this link----> Clicky  

Even if you use a digital one you might want a folder to keep any paper contracts and such in one place.

Hope these help

ETA:  the good thing about the digital one is that you can share it with your fiance' or anyone else is helping you plan so that you all have the most up to date info.

 

wow that is a VERRY detailed spread sheet that will help a lot of people out I think. I know that it showed me a couple of things I missed lol

thx

hellohkb

My mother got me the Simple Stunning Wedding Organizer by Karen Bussen as a gift. I LOVE it. It's $22.50 and she got it at Barnes and Noble.

Knottie98935522

I am with @falsara, I am a digital/online bride and I organize everyone online.

Even before engagement, I got the idea to start a shared file with GoogleDocs with my FI, where we just added all our favorite wedding ideas, venues, prices, locations (etc) all in one place.

BUT, I recently also stumbled on this gem that you can upload and edit for your needs on APracticalWedding.com. Go straight to http://apracticalwedding.com/spreadsheets/. You can download the whole Wedding Workbook or the individual sheets.

 

the2016bride2be

I would suggest a binder . Just the first bride mentioned , you can customize it anyway you want . I was going to purchase thr Erin C wedding planner but after looking at what I wanted my binder for I decided to go to target and buy cute pens, calendar inserts and dividers. I like to print ideas out so my binder is really helpful !

hashtag43016

Barnes & Noble has a TON! In the Wedding section. I love my binder and I take it with me everywhere. Just go and flip through all of them and see which one you like best!

larrygaga

Excel. Seriously.

You can put numbers in there!!! I have a bunch of documents I pull up weekly. One for budget, one for flowers (numbers and pricing, I'm buying bulk), one for food for the big welcome dinner, one for guest list and keeping track of rsvps. I don't even know what else. 

I use paint for collages and colors. Also I use pintrest and keep all my wedding boards private. I have word documents up the ass for lists and ideas.

Go digital and let the programs do the work for you. Also, it saves paper!

I suggest making up a separate email for weddings. I have so much spam from inquiring about venues and prices that I am so glad I didn't use my personal email. 

sharkattack1989.defunct635831054205898261

A $3 accordion folder from Target, a gazillion spreadsheets on Google Drive, an obsessive filing system in my Gmail, and a $5 used copy of The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings purchased on Amazon = my wedding planning arsenal. It's SO NICE to have most things digital so I can do research/planning from my phone on the go.

I also have like 10 Pinterest boards to organize my ideas (one for flowers, one for logistics, one for table decorations, etc), and I "archive" pins to a private board once I'm done with a particular area. (Bye bye, hundreds of dress photos. My dress has been purchased.)