Wedding Planning Oganization

winechic25

By the time we get married, our engagement will have been over a year. I was so organized up front and marked a ton off our to-do list, and I haven't had a ton to do these last few months.

Now, with a little over 4 mothths to go, I've had this big OSM moment, and feel like I'm missing and/or going to miss so much I need to do.

So my question is, what type of organization for the multitude of details towards the end helped you most? My current 3 ring binder concept is no longer cutting it for me!!

fallbride1109

I used TK's checklist--I would go over it periodically to see what I had left to do and what the suggested timeline was to do it in.  I modified it for my own situation.   This was probably what helped me the most.

About 2 months before my wedding, I made up 3 boxes--one for RD, one for the ceremony, and one for the reception, and also a bag for my personal items, took my checklist, and started filling them with what I could and continued to do this up until a week before the wedding.  Then, on the day it was time to leave, I just loaded everything in the car, knowing it was all there.

winechic25

How funny Steph, I have your three box suggestion written down in my book, it's a great idea! My guest closet is already full of random stuff. I need to follow your suggestion then and convert TK checklists into my own timeline and excel spreadsheets!!

KendallandAlbert

I have a couple of things even this early on :P

1.) I too have a 3 ring binder but it's my own system.  I received 4, count em FOUR, wedding planning guides from people when I got engaged.  I pulled out the useful stuff from them and combined them.  I have sections for every major wedding item.  Th dividers have pockets for all of my ideas

2.) Weebly - I have my planning site, but what you guys don't see is an unpublished subpage for each section for to-dos, other tasks, etc revolving around each aspect

3.) The Wedding Room  - My mom had a spare room (ie bedroom that holds all of her various crap) that I helped clean out.  That is now wedding central.  We have 4 tables set up with labels for Pre-Wedding (Invites, showers, registry, anything before our wedding), Ceremony, Reception, and "Everything Else".  Each table has boxes like Stephanie recommended, a filing system, etc etc

I am probably super overboard on all this though.  I am a bit of an organizational OCD person.  I hate things being out of order or place (My books/CD/Videos are alphabetized, my closet is organized into types and then into color (ROYGBIV style).

DFWIndian

Yea I think I'm just as OCD. I did the same thing you did. I took breaks and it made for a much better experience. I used my three ring binder and had a massive to-do list. I would update it and adjust it as we went on. I would find out what I could do now and do it. What I had to wait for and what I knew I couldn't do until the end (those things kill me).

Just don't get stressed out and you'll be fine! Delegate and find out what is really necessary.

juliebug1997

While I didn't do everything on TK's checklist (like sending out STD's), I found it pretty helpful. 

tam427

I live by my Google Docs Excel spreadsheet. It's awesome. I have a tab for my budget, my guest list, and my To-Dos, plus I can share it with my FI and he can see & update things too. 

tam427

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[QUOTE] 3.) The Wedding Room  - My mom had a spare room (ie bedroom that holds all of her various crap) that I helped clean out.  That is now wedding central.  
Posted by KendallandAlbert[/QUOTE]

<div>My dining table has EVERYTHING for the wedding. It started on a coffee table but had to move as we acquired more stuff. Luckily, it's pretty big. :)</div>