Best planning guide/organizer?

carolinastar · July 2012

Hey ladies, my fiance and I got engaged last week and are planning a long engagement to accomodate our schooling schedules, but I want to start compiling ideas to make the planning smoother later.

A few months ago, I went to a Barnes and Noble and saw several binders and guides with space for logging ideas or saving ads or photos. Great idea, but I'm wondering if any of you have found a resource that you found indispensable. Since I'm still new at this, I really don't know what features to look for or what will actually be helpful.

Any recommendations or tips?

Gabrielle76 · July 2012

My own binder and the planning tools from wedding wire have been the most helpful to me so far, and I bought like five planning books.

ElleB87 · July 2012

I wouldn't bother buying a planning guide. I just used a binder from home and made my own and I kept track of my budget with an Excel spreadsheet.

ElleB87 · July 2012

You can also download free templates online and print them out and put them in a binder

tiny speck · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_best-planning-guideorganizer?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:10Discussion:4d9e4dba-3ed7-44c3-bfea-bbdfea8c424aPost:fd12f29a-a9eb-4a66-903e-0854040cadd3">Re: Best planning guide/organizer?</a>:
[QUOTE]My own binder and the <strong>planning tools from wedding wire </strong>have been the most helpful to me so far, and I bought like five planning books.
Posted by Gabrielle76[/QUOTE]

I've found wedding wire's tools really useful too. Their budget too is way more useful than the one on The Knot, for example.

libby2483 · July 2012

I second this. I use the weddingwire budget, guest list, and checklist tools. I also have an accordion file where I keep ideas, contracts, and other important paperwork. There are so many free tools and printables available online that I wouldn't purchase anything.

carolinastar · July 2012

Thanks, ladies; looking around at Wedding Wire and comparing it to The Knot *is* pretty helpful to cover all the bases. I also looked in the bookstore just to see if I wasn't missing anything, and you guys have passed along some good advice; none of them look like they can make for a truly unique, memorable day. Thanks again!

[Deleted User] · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_best-planning-guideorganizer?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:10Discussion:4d9e4dba-3ed7-44c3-bfea-bbdfea8c424aPost:0f2dc9df-adf3-4e45-ab49-eeca90bbc1cd">Re: Best planning guide/organizer?</a>:
[QUOTE]I wouldn't bother buying a planning guide. I just used a binder from home and made my own and I kept track of my budget with an Excel spreadsheet.
Posted by ElleB87[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>This! I bought a planner and was totally overwhelmed by all the information in it, I ended up tearing half of it out because it didn't apply to our smaller, non-religious wedding and now I wish I had just made my own.

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louannholzer · July 2012

I have a HUGE binder with all of our information put together by catagory in it, I used http://justlovelykatherine.blogspot.com/2012/06/www-how-to-put-together-wedding.html << this girls blog to understand what to put in it and secured everything in clear sleeves to have multiple copies for vendors and such to give out when I have my final meetings.

Good luck and CONGRATS!

Enjoy planning!

daizeemaepa37 · July 2012

i am just taping my printouts into a spiral notebook...i do have a small planner, but find it more useful for general guidance instead of actual planning.

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